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re: Question about 'Connect to a Windows XP or 2000 system with a Windows 95, 98, or Me system over a Network'
Monday, October 20, 2003 at 11:50 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Sharon
(2 messages posted)
Mazin -
Did you ever find a solution to this problem? I'm having the exact same problem.
I have a small network set up using 3 PC's. They are all connected via a Linksys
router, so they all have sequential IP's, same subnet and same gateway. They are
also all on the same workgroup. Network file sharing is enabled on all PC's. Two
use XP Pro and can file share perfectly. The third is Win2kPro and sometimes the
XP machines can see it when I browse the Network Neighborhood, sometimes not. The
W2k machine cannot see the XP machines at all when I browse the network but I can
map a drive to both. However, the mapped drive connection drops regularly and will
only reconnect if I reboot the W2k machine first.
I've tried installing NETBUI, changing with the Local Security settings, logging
into all machines the exact same way, etc. But nothing seems to help. It's very
frustrating and not the only Workgroup situation that I've encountered lately that
is unstable. Many of my clients are having similar problems. Is MS trying to force
people to buy Win2003 Server????
Grrrr.
On Sunday, May 12, 2002 at 3:36 pm, HisBoyElroy wrote:
>Hi, Looks like I missed the boat on this conversation, but I am having the exact
>same problem. I have set up two machines with XP and 2000 and can't for the life
>of me get either to communicate through a simple peer2peer network. I have a little
>sony laptop with XPPro and an old 450AMDK62 tower running 2000. Both machines have
>256MB of ram. The 2000 computer has a Linksys lne100tx adapter and the xp laptop
>has an Intel pro/100ve.
>
>This setup is as simple as it gets in networking. I am using 192.168.0.20 and .30
>respectively with default mask. Both machines are setup in the LOGOS workgroup
with
>the following protos and services on each: Network client, file and print sharing
>and TCP/ip. I have tried netbeui to no avail, but similarly to your situation I
>can see the 2000 machine on the xp computer but can't see the xp on the 2000. However,
>it does not matter because the xp computer will not let me access the 2000 computer
>if I click it in my network places. Keeps giving me an error. Strangely enough
>I can ping local loopback and local ip on each machine but can't ping my neighbor.
> I don't understand how that can be since the xp machine sees the 2000 machine.
>The linksys card in the 2000 computer is enabled and shows no conflicts, however
>it appears to be dead in the water. Under "local area connection status" when you
>click on the connection to view properties, there is no activity. 0 packet transfer
>either way. I have tried every thing from swapping cards to reistalling drivers
>and the operating system, nothing seems to work. I installed xp on another partition
>on the 2000 machine and everything worked fine so its not a bad NIC. I have been
>to linksys to obtaing the latest drivers and MS Windows update support. I have
searched
>the web left and right and have wound up here. If anyone has a clue I sure would
>appreciate some insight as to what the problem is. Thanx.
>
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