Re: Can't enter 2 XP machines into a Workgroup



Hi
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).


"Mantis" <Mantis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have 2 XP machines. One is hard wired to my router using XP Pro, and the
> other is connected through a Wireless NIC using XP Home Edition. I can
> ping
> the XP Home computer from the XP Pro machine, but I can't ping the XP Pro
> machine from the XP Home machine. I made them under the same workgroup
> name,
> but only my XP Home machine can see both computers on the Workgroup, yet
> it
> still cannot access the XP Pro machine. I connected into the router and I
> can see both attached just fine and I don't see anything out of the
> ordinary
> in terms of the configuration of the router to indicate that the router is
> the cause of the problem. I disabled the XP firewalls on both machines
> and I
> even disabled my Norton's Internet Security as well. I also recently
> replaced the router but I was having the same problem on the previous
> router.
> Peer-to-Peer windows component is enabled on both machines. I even tried
> hard wiring the XP Home machine to see if it was the wireless NIC but it
> proved unsuccessful. I really don't know what else to try. Any help
> would
> be greatly appreciated. Thanks


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