OK, heres the setup. Win 2000 machine port 1 of hub, this machine does the dial (connection sharing is checked). Laptop with XP connected on port 2. I have file and print sharing on both on and have mapped the drives on both. I can get files from xp on my 2000 machine, but I can not pull files or surf on my XP machine. I have set XP up as a broadband connection, dialup, bridged network with 2000 and I still can not surf! When trying to get files from my 2000 machine on my laptop its says access not permitted. One time it came up and asked me to log on to my 2000 machine for file sharing then the next time it says no access again. If anyone else is having this problem or know how to correct it please leave a post or email me. Thanks, Jeremiah

check it all out with: http://www.helmig.com (good tutorials of all M$ OS LAN systems) http://www.practicallynetworked.com (good tutorials, and has a good dun/cable/dsl sharing section too) http://www.dslreports.com (for dsl sharing etc. - most applies equally to cable.)

I got my file and print sharing working but I can't get XP to surf! I can be online with my 2000 machine but xp can not find its way out.

i got the same problem too, i have a p4 with xp and an amd thunderbird with 2000 server, and a laptop (pI,266mhz) but i can see the other computers in my network, and access everything, but not the computer(p4) with xp, why,,the other computer in my network is windows 98 os(laptop), all computer have internet access, but the only problem is the file sharing with xp i have a feeling it is something to do with ipx/spx and have to disable the tcp/ip protocol for print and file sharing ....if anyone can help please email me at konfewshus@yahoo.com thanx real

Yeah I dunno how to setup my desktop with windows 2000 professional to share files wif my laptop with windowss xp. Its so hard! can everyone help me?!