Thanks, Bob. I am using TCP/IP and both machines get addresses from the DHCP
service built-in my DSL router. Each machine can ping the other by both IP
address and Netbios name. Both successfully use the router to reach the
internet. On my Win2k machine I can map to drives on the NT box, but not
vice versa. In fact, when I right-click drives on the Win2k machine, there
is no Sharing option. When I select Properties, there is no Sharing tab.
Neither machine shows up in Network Neighborhood. The Workgroup name shows
up, but when I click on it, this error message says,

"Workgroup is not accessible. The list of servers for this workgroup is not
currently available."

So basically, I have two issues: 1. How to share drives on my Win2kPro
machine and 2. How do I get both machines to show up in the Netwrok
Neighborhood browse list? Thanks.

John

>From: Bob Chapel <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
><[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Basic Networking Question
>Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 22:06:07 -0500
>
>John,
>
>There is a lot you haven't mentioned so it's hard to answer your question.
>Two Big issues are 1.What configuration are you required to have for the
>Cable Co....DNS enabled or Disabled?....What protocol are you using for the
>machines that that you want to "see" each other.  If you are using a Cable
>Router your best choice is to enable DHCP and allow the router to assign IP
>addresses to the machines....IP is a routable protocol and if you have set
>all your other parameters up correctly they should see each other....can
>you
>ping the other machine??.....is IP functional on either of the machines for
>sure??....ie...are you making a connection to your cable provider
>reliably??....can both machines ping the router??....can both do a
>tracert??....if these are things you are not familiar with I'm sorry but
>they help to establish if your network configuration and hardware is
>functional....If you have a crossover cable you could try attaching each
>machine to each other and excluding the router.....if they see each other
>you'll know that your problem is likely with the router
>configuration........  sorry if this makes too little sense....If I knew it
>much better myself I could probably explain it better as well.
>
>Best,
>Bob Chapel
>[log in to unmask]
>that they can share resources. I've added each machine to a Workgroup but
> > neither one sees the other. Is there a further step I need to take to
>set
>up
> > this P2P network correctly? Thanks.
>
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