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can't get PC's to see eachother
Name: Dusty Date: October 12, 2003 at 11:05:36 Pacific OS: Win ME CPU/Ram: Ath 1.2 / 256 MB
Comment:
i am trying to run a small home network - i have a PC running Win ME connected via ethernet to a hub and my wife's PC Running Win XP connected to the same hub via ethernet - both PC's can access interent via broadband cable also connected to the hub - so i know the hardware is okay - after running networking wizard 3 times on each PC i still can't access one computer from the other - they just are not recognizing eachother on the network. tips?
Name: ceri sheeran Date: October 12, 2003 at 11:21:52 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
Protocols - What do you have installed.
Work group names are these set as the same on each computer.
Drives set as shared, otherwise the other computer will not be able to see them.
hth
Ceri
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Response Number 2
Name: Dusty Date: October 12, 2003 at 11:40:07 Pacific
Reply:
hi Ceri - thanks for your reply...
both ethernet cards are set for TCP/IP. they are both named and in the same workgroup. the drives are set to shared. the PC's see themselves but not eachother...
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Response Number 3
Name: wim Date: October 12, 2003 at 12:43:59 Pacific
Reply:
try: - search for a computer nearby - ping to the other pc
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Response Number 4
Name: poprobot Date: October 12, 2003 at 16:28:52 Pacific
Reply:
i have tried the search - did not find other PC - how do i ping?
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Response Number 5
Name: pirx Date: October 13, 2003 at 00:21:41 Pacific
Reply:
Hi poprobot!
Start -> Run -> type "command". Now you should type something like: "ping computer_name" or "ping ip_address".
If you get some results back then everythings OK.
And remember that sometimes it takes up to 10 minutes to computer start seeing each other.
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