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Thread ID: 48141 2004-08-15 05:07:00 Networking Win XP - Win 2000 Mike (15) Press F1
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261949 2004-08-15 05:07:00 I have an XP Pro (SP2) machine networked with Win 2000 (SP4). It used to work fine (ie I could browse each machine from the other), but one day it just stopped, and now I cannot.

I can ping each IP address, but cannot ping machine names.

It stopped working before I installed SP2 on XP, so I can rule that out as a possible cause.

Any ideas how to get my XP machine and 2k machine talking to each other again? I can play network games on them both no problem, I just can't "see" the other from Network Places etc.

Mike.
Mike (15)
261950 2004-08-15 05:08:00 One thing I maybe should add - the XP machine also cannot see itself in Network Places, but the 2k machine can see itself in Network Neighborhood.

Mike.
Mike (15)
261951 2004-08-15 23:32:00 Which one is the main 1? 2k or XP? Either way, just make sure one as 192.168.0.1 or whatever thru the LAN icon, and point the other to it. ie: 192.168.0.2 whatever subnet 255.255.255.0. And preferred DNS server 192.168.0.1 whatever. And on the XP PC tick simple file sharing.

And if SP2 is now installed disable it if u have another firewall. It'll stop the 2 from seeing each other, if u dont add ports to it.
Spacemannz (808)
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