Setting up a peer to peer network

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Wes Johnson said:
I really need some assistance.......
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Follow Carey's link for what is surely more
systematic help but below are some assorted
ideas and clarfications (requests and suggestions.)
I'm setting up (actually frustrated as all get out) a peer to peer network
between 2 computers - one is XP Pro and the other is W2K Pro. Both are
plugged in to a 4 port Netgear Hub. Both configured with same workgroup
name and ip addresses are 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.3
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The first thing in such networks (if they run TCP/IP) is
to PING:

Can you ping by address?

By name?

On 192.168.1.1:

ping 192.168.1.3

ping OtherMachineName

If this works you HAVE a network. And it is a matter
of figuring out how to get you access to resources and
such.
Ran network setup and have configured as direct connect and tried again with
them set as connecting to another network.
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Not real clear what you mean here. If both machines
have ordinary network cards (NICs), with IP addresses
there really is little else to "configure" - for the network
itself.
I never see the other in windows
explorer under the workgroup name (in Windows network).
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Machines (even on the same subnet as yours are) do not
appear in Network Neighborhood UNLESS you share at
least one resource from that machine.

(Right click on a directory in Explorer and use the sharing
tab....)
No internet is a
part of the mix right now as I'm in an extended stay suites hotel and their
network connection has to be dhcp.
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That can actually be overcome but it would complicate
things to explain right now, and you may not even need
it by the time you get this.
 
I really need some assistance.......

I'm setting up (actually frustrated as all get out) a peer to peer network
between 2 computers - one is XP Pro and the other is W2K Pro. Both are
plugged in to a 4 port Netgear Hub. Both configured with same workgroup
name and ip addresses are 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.3

Ran network setup and have configured as direct connect and tried again with
them set as connecting to another network. I never see the other in windows
explorer under the workgroup name (in Windows network). No internet is a
part of the mix right now as I'm in an extended stay suites hotel and their
network connection has to be dhcp.

PLEASE suggestions to try.......... Thank you in advance
 
can you ping each other by ip? if yes, can you ping by name?

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I really need some assistance.......

I'm setting up (actually frustrated as all get out) a peer to peer network
between 2 computers - one is XP Pro and the other is W2K Pro. Both are
plugged in to a 4 port Netgear Hub. Both configured with same workgroup
name and ip addresses are 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.3

Ran network setup and have configured as direct connect and tried again with
them set as connecting to another network. I never see the other in windows
explorer under the workgroup name (in Windows network). No internet is a
part of the mix right now as I'm in an extended stay suites hotel and their
network connection has to be dhcp.

PLEASE suggestions to try.......... Thank you in advance
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Obvious things:
- Have you installed Netbios over TCP/IP ? usually installed by default,
but worth checking.
- (My guess in this case) Have you shared any of your hard disk
partitions? if a Windows PC on the other side of the wire has nothing to
share, you won't see that computer itself either (even while there are
always "administrative shares").
- Have you set proper access permissions on the shared partitions?
 
I followed Carey's directions and when I do an ipconfig /all I see the
following on the XP Pro box:

Host name - just what I expected
Primary DNS Suffix is blank
IP Routing enabled - No
WINS Proxy enabled - No

Media State - Media disconnected
Description - describes my ethernet adapter
and it gives me a physical address


Is this what I should be seeing? No IP Address displayed?
 
"Media disconnected" is the point of failure and it looks like you didn't
configured a static IP. There is either crossover or bad cables or wrong hub
port or bad hub or mismatched link speed or a lot of other reasons. Do you
have lights on every port connected?
 
I switched cables and no difference. I have no server on this because I'm
trying to share Peer to Peer with just a hub,
 
I switched cables and no difference. I have no server on this because I'm
trying to share Peer to Peer with just a hub,
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Wes,

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste entire contents into
your next post. Identify operating system (by name, version, and SP level) with
each ipconfig listing.
 
I believe the point Jetro is trying to make is that your problem is the
"Media disconnected" message. This means that the network adapter is
telling Windows it is not connected to a network. This is usually caused by
a bad cable, bad network adapter or bad hub/switch/etc. Until you get rid
of the "Media disconnected" message no other troubleshooting tip or step
will help.

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