One-way connection: networked XP/2000 PC's

Well, I've been at this for nearly 12 hours now and have exhausted every
avenue I can think of. I'm hoping someone's seen this before! I am trying
to set up a home network with 2 PC's:

#1 - Windows XP Pro SP2 - this one's been around for a while, and it's
currently running Norton Internet Security / NAV
#2 - Windows 2000 Pro SP2 - new to me, clean installation 1 week ago,
currently running ZoneAlarm

I started on #1 (XP) and set up a workgroup ("HOME") and named the computer
"CHERYL". I set up sharing for 3 printers and the "Shared Documents" folder
on this computer. Visibility/security set to "Everyone".

I went to #2 (2000) and named it "HOME01" and tried to connect to workgroup
"HOME"... so far, so good. My Network Places -> Computers Near Me ->
Cheryl -> when prompted for my username/password I was able to log in. I
can see files on #1, edit them, drop new files in the shared directory, etc.

But here's where my luck turned bad...I shared a folder on the 2000 machine
(I've tried every sharing combination I can think of... Everyone, Guest, the
default username/password on the other PC) and shared a printer as well. I
went back to #1 (XP) and go to My Network Places -> View Workgroup
Computers -> nothing happens. Here's a list of the things I've tried (plus
more, but this is all I remember at this point!)

+ Search #1 for "computers" by name or IP, and it can't find #2.

+ ping #2 from #1 and #1 from #2 by name and IP -> both work fine

+ #1: net view -> I can see both computers as \\CHERYL and \\HOME01

+ #1: net view \\HOME01 -- I can see the contents fine:
C:\ . . . >net view \\HOME01\
.. . .
hp_shared_printer Print
SharedDocs Disk
The command completed successfully.

+ #1: But if I try to actually connect to one of these, I get the dreaded
error 53:
net use \\HOME01\SharedDocs *
Type the password for \\HOME01\SharedDocs:
System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found.

So I finally got it simplified to the following experiment:
#2 - Start - Run - \\CHERYL -> opens up the shared directories on the XP
computer just fine
#2 - Start - Run - \\HOME01 (its own name) -> opens up its shared
directories
#1 - Start - Run - \\HOME01 -> error popup: The network path was not found.
#1 - Start - Run - \\CHERYL (its own name) -> error popup: The network path
was not found.
This last part really bothers me... why can't the XP machine even see
itself, when the computer across the room can clearly see its shared
contents??

+ I tried stopping/starting the browser on both machines, to no avail. I
uninstalled and re-installed the network connections on the XP machine
several times, even switching from my wireless card to a USB LAN connection.
I can see the internet from the XP machine and everything appears normal,
except it doesn't think there are any networked computers connected to it!

I did some more debugging with browstat.exe on both machines. The only
unusual thing I ran across was the following error message. From either
machine, if I type:
browstat stats \\CHERYL
then I see the error message in reply:
Unable to query browser statistics: 81
Whereas if I simply type browstat stats, I do get a (non-error) response. I
can post the complete results if it would be useful.

Additionally, on #1 when I go to My Network Places -> Add a Network Place ->
Choose Another Network Location -> Browse, I see the following hierarchy:
+ My Network Places
+ Entire Network
- Microsoft Terminal Services
- Web Client Network
- My Groups
I don't have anything set up in "My Groups". A friend told me that on his
PC, he sees an entry for "Microsoft Windows Network" (or similar name) under
"Entire Network"? I definitely don't have anything like that...

I've tried disabling the two firewall applications and it doesn't appear to
make any difference...I didn't uninstall, however. I also spent some time
on Chuck's website and tried repairing the LSP/Winsock Layer... I went
through 3 of the 6 fixes and hadn't yet found anything.

Any ideas? I'm not sure where to look next. This is the first time I've
done this and I was optimistic after I got it working one way this
morning... but this was not how I'd envisioned spending my *entire* day!

- Cheryl (results of ipconfig /all posted at bottom)

Computer #1 (XP)
=================
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CHERYL
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 2Wire Gateway USB
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-72-85-EE-D2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.35
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 12, 2005
10:12:49 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 12, 2005
11:12:49 PM

Computer #2 (2000)
=================
Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : HOME01
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : gateway.2wire.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : gateway.2wire.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet
Adapter (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-81-00-65-B3
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.1.33
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.16.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 12, 2005
10:03:12 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 12, 2005
11:03:12 PM


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