Re: One computer can't see the other.

Okay Steve got it right finally..lol!!
When I net view from the client computer to the host computer I get my
shared folders, and it says "The command completed successfully." When I new
view from my host computer to my client computer I get a message that says
Network Path Not Found. So I guess my Host is still not seeing the client
computer even though the folders are showing up in Windows Explorer/My
network Places. When I click on the shared folders in My Network Places(on
the host) I get essentially the same message...Network Path Not Found.

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

In article <7582B700-1A68-4C8E-AAC3-1A015D3610F7@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dean
<Dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

In article <195A58EF-11F8-4519-91D8-B30428B63E96@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dean
<Dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm not sure I'm doing this right Steve, but on the command prompt at my host
computer I type in:
ping 192.168.0.102 and hit enter...I only see three packets, no fourth and
the dos screen(I guess it is a dos screen with black background) doesn't stay
up but a few moments...not hardly long enough to read. I does this from the
command prompt on my host machine and my client machine when I ping the host.
For net view on my host computer, I type in at the prompt: net
view\\192.168.0.102, hit enter, and the black screen just flashes for an
instant, not long enough to read anything.. Am I doing it correctly?
Dean

Open a command prompt window (Start > Run > cmd) first, Dean:

1. Click the Start button.
2. Click Run.
3. In the Run window, type "cmd" in the box.
4. Click OK.

Then type the commands in the command prompt window. To close the
window, type the command "exit".

If there's no Run command in the Start menu, press the Windows key and
"R" key at the same time to open the Run window.

Or, click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.

SUCCESS!! Steve....worked perfectly..I appreciate your time and patience
Steve..I learned some new things from you... I got all four packets back on
both computers.
Dean

That's good. What's the result of typing the two "net view" commands
on each computer?

Steve,
I get the same results on both computers...it doesn't appear to be my shared
folders. It was:
The syntax of this command is:

Net [ accounts computer config continue file group help
helping localgroup name pause print sent dsession
share start statistics stop time use user view ]

Dean

The form of the command is:

net view \\computer

Substitute the actual computer name.
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