I turned off windows firewall and turned on the one which came with my
antivirus. I am still getting the same results. I'm not sure how to set the
computers to trusted zone. I did turn off the firewall for the home network
while leaving it on for the internet

"Jim Macklin" wrote:

> Check the network protocols you need are installed for the
> NIC/LAN. If you've got SP{2, the Windows firewall is ON by
> default, either use a third party firewall, or in any case
> set your LAN computers to trusted zone.
>
>
> --
> The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
> But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
> some support
> http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
>
>
>
> "adradon" <adradon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> news:99AD1E28-FB33-43C8-9032-EAD409CCC7BC@microsoft.com...
> | yes I have. Also, I just did load win xp pro on ours (I
> upgraged our computer
> | with new hard drive and such). It was doing the same thing
> before I upgraded.
> |
> | "Jim Macklin" wrote:
> |
> | > Have you run the XP networking wizard on both computers?
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > --
> | > The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
> | > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
> | > some support
> | > http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > "adradon" <adradon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> | > message
> | >
> news:FD38A430-3BBF-4A5A-86AE-17CDCA778EB3@microsoft.com...
> | > |I am trying to network two PCs through a switch. I have
> | > limited or no
> | > | connectivity on the host. I get no error messages on
> the
> | > client. Apparently
> | > | DHCP is not working, when I try to repair the
> connecton,
> | > it says it can't
> | > | repair because of the IP address. I tried to assign a
> | > static IP but still no
> | > | go. I'm running xp pro on the host and xp home on the
> | > client. The switch
> | > | shows connectivity. I can ping the host from the
> client,
> | > but can't ping the
> | > | client from the host. We have DSL Internet connection.
> I
> | > had this setup up
> | > | and running a couple of years ago with xp pro on the
> host
> | > and win 98 on the
> | > | client and it all worked great. I would greatly
> appreciate
> | > any help. Thanks
> | >
> | >
> | >
>
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