Re: Networking with Windows 2000 Professional Machines
- From: "Dana Cline - MVP" <dcline@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 07:54:30 -0500
You shouldn't need a host file on any machine, just make sure your TCP/IP
drivers are configured to use a DHCP address. So if you have a hosts file,
rename it to something else and reboot. On each PC, open a DOS window and
run "ipconfig /release" and then "ipconfig /renew". Make sure each PC gets a
good IP address from the router.
At this point, with all PCs set to the same workgroup and having the same
users/passwords, it should work. Make sure a directory is shared on each PC
otherwise the network might not see that PC.
Which router are you using?
Dana Cline - MVP
"Paul" <Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I bought a new computer with XP Media Center Edition.
> I've tried to share some files and printers with 2 other computers running
> Windows 2000 Professional.
> I ran the Network Setup Wizard on the new XP computer. I was unable to
run
> it on the other computers as it did not support Windows 2000.
> I tried to manually configure the 2000 machines but have not been able to
> get the networking to work.
>
> Steps I've taken:
> Disabled the LAN firewall on the XP machine (all three machines are
> connected to a router)
> I've created the same workgroup on each machine.
> Created the same account name and password on each machine.
> Tried to update the hosts file on the machines, but may have done this
> incorrectly as I haven't been able to get the IP address of the XP
machine.
>
> Symptoms:
> When I "View workgroup computers" on the XP machine I get <workgroup> is
not
> available. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
> Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have access
> permissions.
> When I search for one of the 2000 computer names, the computer is not
found.
> From the command prompt, I can ping the 2000 computer using the IP
address.
> However, I can't ping the computer using it's hostname, in fact, "ping
> basement", "ping localhost", and even ipconfig all freeze the XP command
> console.
>
> When I search for the XP computer "office" from the 2000 machine, it finds
> it okay. However, when I try to access the computer, I get "network path
not
> found"
>
> I'm afraid I'm now doing more harm than good, so I'd appreciate any help I
> could get.
.
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