Hi James

The connection you're getting between the two computers at the moment (file
sharing etc) could be done via netbeui. I'd suggest removing all protocols
except for TCP/IP. Are you connecting via a hub/switch or standard cross over
cable? If you're connecting via a cross over cable, I'd suggest using a small
hub or switch (both very cheap from reputable pc dealers).

One last thing, please make sure that the windows firewall is turned off on
both machines!

"James Kilner" wrote:

> Subnet mask on both was 255.255.255.0
> From what I could make out from tutorials/help files, I only needed to set
> the gateway on the client because I have a USB DSL modem connected to one of
> the computers.
> At present my setup is as follows.
> Win2K box has USB DSL modem (IP address for the modem is dynamically assigned)
> IP address for the NIC is 192.168.0.1
> Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0
>
> XP Home box:
> IP address for NIC is 192.168.0.2
> Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
> Default gateway 192.168.0.1
> Preferred DNS server 192.168.0.1
>
> There are a whole bunch of other protocols running. On the XP Home box,
> there is NetBIOS and on the 2K box there is NetBIOS and NetBEUI.
>
> Thanks for the quick response.
> James
>
>
> "Gareth Saunders" wrote:
>
> > James
> >
> > Have you checked that your subnet mask and gateway are the same on both
> > machines? Also what other protocols are you running?
> >
> > "James Kilner" wrote:
> >
> > > I have XP Home (Laptop) and Win2k (desktop). I have a network cable giving a
> > > direct link between the two of them. I can view shared docs on each of them,
> > > but I cannot ping between the two or share my internet connection.
> > > I have tried to share the internet connection from the Win2k box and from
> > > the XP Home box, but it just doesn't work. I have looked at several on-line
> > > tutorials for how to get this up and running, but have still come up blank.
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> > > Thanks
> > > James