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I Have two computers.
One XP Pro Laptop.
One XP Pro Desktop.

I have got a connection up and running between the both of them, but can no
see in network neigheourhood or ping?

Please help.

David
 
fatdave said:
I Have two computers.
One XP Pro Laptop.
One XP Pro Desktop.

I have got a connection up and running between the both of them, but can
no
see in network neigheourhood or ping?

Please help.

David
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This is a PPTP VPN XP host and a XP client?

Is the firewall configured to allow pings on the server PC?

http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/164

You are using a different subnet on the server PC LAN than the remote
client, right? Meaning the server LAN is running 192.168.1.X for example
while the client is connecting from a LAN using 192.168.10.X for example.
The subnets should not be the same.

You may not be able to see or browse PCs in Network Neighborhood since your
not running a WINS server on the XP server PC. You could use a lmhosts file
on the client to map addresses to the name then you could use the UNC...

Example...

\\PCName\ShareName

Here is an example lmhosts file...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/Examplelmhosts.txt

More lmhosts help from MS...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314884/en-us

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Sooner Al said:
This is a PPTP VPN XP host and a XP client?

Is the firewall configured to allow pings on the server PC?

http://nic.phys.ethz.ch/readme/164

You are using a different subnet on the server PC LAN than the remote
client, right? Meaning the server LAN is running 192.168.1.X for example
while the client is connecting from a LAN using 192.168.10.X for example.
The subnets should not be the same.

You may not be able to see or browse PCs in Network Neighborhood since your
not running a WINS server on the XP server PC. You could use a lmhosts file
on the client to map addresses to the name then you could use the UNC...

Example...

\\PCName\ShareName

Here is an example lmhosts file...

http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/Vista/PPTP/Examplelmhosts.txt

More lmhosts help from MS...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314884/en-us

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the
mutual benefit of all of us...
The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
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OK.

I have now changed the ip address range.

On home computer 10.0.0.200/24
on laptop 192.168.2.3/24

On Link 10.0.10.1 and 10.0.10.2
 
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