I setup a simple peer to peer network with my win2k laptop and my win xp desktop. The desktop reads/writes shared files on the laptop just fine. However, the laptop will not communicate with the xp machine. I set static ip addresses for both machines in the LAN connections. I’ve created identical users on both PCs and even created a user on the win2k laptop with the name of my desktop from the workgroup. I sign onto both PCs with administrator privileges.
Most of the time after I start the laptop, Network Places will not show the desktop. When it does and I click on the icon I receive an error “\\ network path was not found”. Using command prompt, I can ping the desktop from the laptop and I get an okay response of test data sent and received.
The only event log error I sometimes see is a MrxSmb source error stating that the Master Browser has received a server announcement from the desktop that it thinks it is the Master Browser and the Master Browser is stopping. I feel this error is related, but maybe not the root of the problem.
I’m certain there is a fairly simple solution to this, but I cannot figure it out. I appreciate any help anyone can give me on this problem.