Networking on XP....or should I call it notworking....

[poltr1]

Tonight's project: Set up a peer-to-peer network between my desktop (orac) and my laptop (tardis) so I can share and copy files between them.

Both systems are running XP; tardis runs XP Pro and orac runs XP Home. Both have been upgraded to SP 3. Instead of a hub or router, I have a crossover cable connecting the two computers. The workgroup is named the same on both computers, and the IP addresses are set accordingly. tardis can see orac, but can't go to any of orac's shared directories. orac can't see itself or tardis when I look at my network places on orac. I've tried running the network setup wizard on orac, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything to fix the problem.

Would any of you out there have a solution? (Besides ditching Windows and switching to Linux. :-) )

"Oh drat these computers. They're so naughty, I could pinch them. --Marvin the Martian

Comments

[autographedcat.livejournal.com]

Heh. that amuses me. My desktop is Tardis and my laptop is Orac. :)

[poltr1]

What can I say? Great minds think alike. :)

[hms42]

When I do networking (for a home) and need to get the machines to talk to each other (and its being a real pain), I try the wizard to say its on a network with NO internet.

How are you browsing to the other machine? Via Network Places?

Try putting in the address bar \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\ of the other computer and see what happens. XP Home is something I rarely work with since I insisted on pro when I setup any machines.

[poltr1]

Thanks for the tip. I didn't upgrade to Pro because I didn't want to shell out the extra $100.

[fuzzyvanman.livejournal.com]

A tool that I have used is to try accessing the machine/share by IP address. This might narrow down wheter it is a permissions problem or a name problem. Try Start->Run \\192.168.1.xxx (or whatever the IP of the other machine is) and see if that finds the machine. If that works, it's probably a WINS thing.