Hello, I would like to connect a Win XP client to a Win 2003 server, because i would like to test how the file copy works from an XP client to a Win 2003 file server. I have installed an Xp and a win 2003 server with Microsoft Virtual PC. For the win 2003 server I have added Domain / Active Directory / DNS server / File server roles. For the XP and the windows 2003 server I have selecten 1 network card for NAT and a normal 3com network card The Ip settings for the XP: ip: 192.168.131.67 netmask: 255.255.255.0 gw: 192.168.131.254 dns server (static ip): 192.168.131.65 Windows 2003 server: ip: 192.168.131.65 netmask: 255.255.255.0 gw: 192.168.131.254 dns server (static ip): 127.0.0.1 (as the dns server setup suggested) The firewall turned of for both OS. My problem is that I can't ping 192.168.131.69 from the Windows 2003, so I can't join the XP client to the domain. Can you help me ?

Basic Layer 1 layer 2 problem. Establish basic connectivity between both devices and report back. Are using the right cabling? Are both devices on the same physical segment/switch etc

Hi, I use virtual images with Microsoft Virtual PC 2007.

Then is the physical host bridged to the virtual machine.