I am running a 2 node network. No router. Both are running windows xp pro sp2. Main machine has 2 nics. One to roadrunner modem for internet. second nick is for local network-static ip 192.168.1.1 This is connected to second system via cat 5 crossover. that system nic is 192.168.1.2 This network connection is for file transfers only, no internet connection sharing. I am also using zonealarm pro as firewall, windows firewall is disabled. Up until yesterday, all worked as it should work, but suddenly, neither machine could see the other or connect to the shared folders. I can ping both ways successfully. I have made sure that zonealarm is not blocking the connection. Upon the ipconfig /all command, i see that netbios is disabled for both nics, but upon checking tcp/ip advanced properties for each nic, they show netbios enabled. I have added no new software or new updates. Netbios just stopped. Any ideas on what could do this?
