CF,
Im having this strange problem with my father-in-laws "network". He has 2 XP pro machines, a printer and a netgear wireless router. EVERYTHING is hardwired though.
What he wanted was computer A, which has a bunch of excel files on it, to be shared to Computer B(which has literally nothing on it but Office like 1986.) Simple.
So I make sure they are in the same workgroup, Run the network setup wizard, reboot 57 times like MS wants, etc. This is what im left with and im stumped:
Computer A can see computer B (the opposite of what we need.) I can see that compB is shared and I can go into Its C: drive, etc.
I can not get Computer B (the one with nothing on it) to see the shared C: drive of A (the one with all the excel files on it.)
Off the top of my head here are all the things I have tried:
loopback ping on both came through fine.
ping from A to B came back fine.
Ping from b to A got nothing
Re Ran the network wizard 97 times.
Made sure that all network settings are automatically assigned and that there are no conflicting addresses.
Made sure everything was shared on both computers
turned of ALL firewalls.
tested all patch cables
Released and renewed IPS
This is pretty basic stuff. I have no idea why it isnt working. Both these computers are pretty clean, well compb B is brand new with NO 3rd party software on it. The ONLY thing I felt like it could be was a firewall on comp A somewhere. Theres no reason B should talk to A but not vice versa. Makes me feel like something is being blocked on A. Any ideas?
EDIT, important info I forgot to add.
computer B can See A. I actually can see the C: drive of A. But when I click on it I get a can not connect message. No other information is given though. That was another thing that boggled my mind.
Im having this strange problem with my father-in-laws "network". He has 2 XP pro machines, a printer and a netgear wireless router. EVERYTHING is hardwired though.
What he wanted was computer A, which has a bunch of excel files on it, to be shared to Computer B(which has literally nothing on it but Office like 1986.) Simple.
So I make sure they are in the same workgroup, Run the network setup wizard, reboot 57 times like MS wants, etc. This is what im left with and im stumped:
Computer A can see computer B (the opposite of what we need.) I can see that compB is shared and I can go into Its C: drive, etc.
I can not get Computer B (the one with nothing on it) to see the shared C: drive of A (the one with all the excel files on it.)
Off the top of my head here are all the things I have tried:
loopback ping on both came through fine.
ping from A to B came back fine.
Ping from b to A got nothing
Re Ran the network wizard 97 times.
Made sure that all network settings are automatically assigned and that there are no conflicting addresses.
Made sure everything was shared on both computers
turned of ALL firewalls.
tested all patch cables
Released and renewed IPS
This is pretty basic stuff. I have no idea why it isnt working. Both these computers are pretty clean, well compb B is brand new with NO 3rd party software on it. The ONLY thing I felt like it could be was a firewall on comp A somewhere. Theres no reason B should talk to A but not vice versa. Makes me feel like something is being blocked on A. Any ideas?
EDIT, important info I forgot to add.
computer B can See A. I actually can see the C: drive of A. But when I click on it I get a can not connect message. No other information is given though. That was another thing that boggled my mind.