Hi! I am having problems with a windows 2000 pc on a network. All other pcs are running windows xp and are all connected to a hub. I cant connect to the pc running win 2000 nor can i ping it from any of the other pcs. I can ping the other pcs from the win 2000 pc and if i go start\run\and type ip address here i can connect to other pcs.(i cant connect if i type the computers name.
If anyone can help me regarding this it will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

The Viking

Is the Windows 2000 firewall turned on?

John Carr
Network Analyst

John.... I cant connect to the pc running win 2000 nor can i ping it from any of the other pcs. The fact that he can't ping other machines from the Win2k machine suggests that the Win2k machine is on a different IP subnet.

Norman,

Check your IP settings on that Win2k box. Take this example:

Let's say your XP machines are 192.168.100.2, 192.168.100.3, 192.168.100.4. Then, let's suppose all have a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (or /24). This makes their network address 192.168.100.0. If the Win2k machine is not within 192.168.100.1-192.168.100.255, you won't be able to communicate with it.

In the example above, 192.168.100.2 can speak with 192.168.100.3. However, 192.168.100.2 will not be able to talk to 192.168.10.5