I set up a home network,cpu1 can see cpu 2 but won’t share files?
Hi all, i have a new comp. (comp1)
amd4200+ dual core 2.2 ghz,
4gb ddr2 ram
vista home pre,64bit ver.
cat5 crossover cabs. to
dell dimention 1100 2.3 ghz celeron (comp 2)
2gb ddr sdram
xp home
I have zone alarm on xp if i make it lowest settings for access will it be at risk?
vista has windows firewall.
ip is same 1 & 2, workgroup is same, submask is same.
or would i need a program to download for this to work?
sorry 1st time i am hooking up 2 comps.
I did ping comp2 to comp1 and it sent packets, but comp1 to comp2 got timeouts, so i am thinking must lower firewall on comp 1 is that right?
any help would be appreciated
ok now both are working just dont know how to get or look at files on comp 2?
and thanks for the info
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if comp2 can ping comp1 but comp1 can’t ping comp2, then the firewall making everything look bad is on comp2 not on comp1.
Nope no program is necessary, you just have to configure it well…
see this page for the configuration, even if it is between vista and XP it will probably help you!
http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2977016&SiteID=17
It sounds like what you call "comp2" has some form of firewall that is blocking incoming ping requests… http://kb.iu.edu/data/aopy.html shows you how to disable the ICMP block on XP, and I imagine its fairly similar on Vista.
For file sharing, you will need to enable "Windows File and Printer Sharing" on both computers to allow file sharing, as well as sharing each folder you wish to share individually. You can look this up on the internet - its very easy.