Re: Networking XP & Home PC with Cross wire
- From: John Wunderlich <jwunderlich@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:51:00 GMT
=?Utf-8?B?U3BlZWR5?= <Speedy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:F61FBD7C-F422-4F95-BDAA-AEC9D6144A29@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
But here is where we stand. THe XP Pro machine can see all the
files shares set up onthe XP Home machine, but it does not see
itself on the network.
The XP Home machine probably became the master browser. When listing
shares, you see what the master browser sees. The master browser
doesn't see the Pro machine. Most likely because of a firewall issue.
The Home PC sees sometimes itself on the network and its shares
but not the XP Pro machine. Searches and then nothing.
Ping 192.168.0.10 (XP home machine) works
Ping 192.168.0.20 (XP Pro machine) works
Ping computer01 (XP PRO) works
Ping compaq (XP Home) works
from both sides/PC
Pings may work because it is ICMP protocol which is different than the
microsoft networking (NetBT / Net Bios over TCP/IP) protocol. You
would be much better served by using the NetBT equivalent of a ping:
nbtstat -a machinename
or
nbtstat -A machineIP
User guest enabled on both machine same password. used net user
guest etc.
But can't get \\computer name\ shared files or \\IP address\shared
files to work?
Where are you typing "\\computerName\share" ? Is it in a Start->Run
window, an Explorer Address window or on a command line prompt?
Assuming you are doing it correctly, it will resolve the address with a
broadcast. Broadcasts will usually fail under two conditions
1) A firewall is blocking
2) Either/Both of the nodes is/are a P-Type (Peer-to-Peer) node.
Check "ipconfig /all" on both machines to make sure you aren't a
P-node.
One issues is that the XP Home PC is a french windows and XP Pro
is english version windows. To overcome this? created a Guest
account rather than Invité (French equivalent) to ensure both
have exactely the same name / password.
Force a specific user connection by using the following syntax:
net use * \\computername\sharename /user:computername\username
Do not fully follow how windows uses this guest in its access
betweent the PC though and what the impact is when normal logon is
to an other user ID?
XP Home or Simple File Sharing force network access to shares through
the Guest account. This should not prevent one machine from seeing the
other machine on the network.
My bets are on a firewall blocking the protocol. If you are using
nothing more than Windows Firewall, then go to the control panel,
Windows Firewall, and on the "Exceptions" tab, make sure "File and
Printer Sharing" is checked.
HTH,
John
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