Networking is the same as anything else, pee easy when you know how. Post as much info as possible about what your trying to do and i'll help you out.

How many PC's, What Operating Systems, what you want to do with network etc.

DOnt make the easy mistake, if you are linking a pc direct to a laptop then you need a crossover cable if going through a hub or switch then just nomal RJ45 leads.

Very old topic.

...Very old topic.

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True, but Paul has dug it up from the past as he has a very new problem. at least he took the time to search forums instead of simply creating a new post

True, but Paul has dug it up from the past as he has a very new problem. at least he took the time to search forums instead of simply creating a new post 

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I know this thread is old but some people might look at this for help. Try the link below lots of straight talking and useful information.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com

Good luck!

All info and help is welcomed.

Make sure that both PC's have the same IP range, ie. 192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2

Make sure that both PC's are in the same subnet mask, ie. 255.255.255.0

Go to START > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > COMPUTER NAME: Give each PC a description.

Go to START > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > COMPUTER NAME: Click the 'CHANGE' button at the bottom where it mentions about workgroups. Make sure each PC has a name and click the 'WORKGROUP' radio button. Make sure that the workgroup name is exactly the same for both PC's.

Open your command prompt and see if you can ping each PC from the other one, ie. PING 192.168.0.1 or PING 192.168.0.2

If that's ok, then you may just need to go into your workgroup and refresh. Otherwise if still not working, check whether you have any firewals installed and if so, check these are opened up for local networking.

Regards,

Make sure that both PC's have the same IP range, ie. 192.168.0.1 & 192.168.0.2

Make sure that both PC's are in the same subnet mask, ie. 255.255.255.0

Go to START > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > COMPUTER NAME: Give each PC a description.

Go to START > CONTROL PANEL > SYSTEM > COMPUTER NAME: Click the 'CHANGE' button at the bottom where it mentions about workgroups. Make sure each PC has a name and click the 'WORKGROUP' radio button. Make sure that the workgroup name is exactly the same for both PC's.

Open your command prompt and see if you can ping each PC from the other one, ie. PING 192.168.0.1 or PING 192.168.0.2

If that's ok, then you may just need to go into your workgroup and refresh. Otherwise if still not working, check whether you have any firewals installed and if so, check these are opened up for local networking.

Regards,

Agree - also if you can't ping between the two machines make sure that your software firewall(s) are not set to block ICMP traffic, also make sure that the machines IP's are added to the 'trusted' zone on the firewalls if using a router. However if one PC is acting as a gateway for the other you may want to have that machine in the 'internet' zone on the other PC.

i found with my network that i could not share drives, printers etc untilll i run the network setup wizard on both computers, shared the drives manually through drive properties and then turning off windows xp firewall, buyt only disable xp firewall if you have another firewall installed.

Then my network worked a treat,

i found with my network that i could not share drives, printers etc untilll i run the network setup wizard on both computers, shared the drives manually through drive properties and then turning off windows xp firewall, buyt only disable xp firewall if you have another firewall installed.

Your network wasn't configured properly to start with, running the network wizard just did something you didn't.

You don't need to turn firewalls off, just let local network traffic through. Depending what other firewall you have it may make no difference as some don't allow local network traffic by default.