I posted this question a while back but didn’t have all of the information.
I have two Windows XP (SP2) boxes tied together with a crossover cable. I have the XP Firewall turned off on both and I have disabled Zone Alarm on the PC connected to the internet. Both NIC’s are showing solid green link lights and the TX lights on both are blinking. I ran the Network wizard on both PC’s and everthing ‘seems’ okay.
The PC’s cannot communicate. An internal ping for each individual PC works fine. Localhost resolves, internal IP resolves. But they do not see each other. I get a time out message with ping and Net View returns system error code 53 (I’ll post the actual return on this message). Computer 1 (Minotaur) displays Computer 2 (Dolphin) on its Network Neighborhood page, but cannot access the shares. I get the message that I do not have access to the network resource. I don’t understand how the icon could be visible, but not accessible. Minotaur does not show up on Dolphins Neighborhood at all.
Computer info:
#1 named Minotaur
Workgroup Hanley
IP 192.168.0.1
Subnet 255.255.255.0
Linksys LNE 100TX(v5)fast ethernet adapter
This PC is attached to the internet.
#2 named Dolphin
Workgroup Hanley
IP 192.168.0.2
Subnet 255.255.255.0
Linksys NC100 fast ethernet adapter
Return from Net View:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>net view dolphin
System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found.
I have researched a few sites and I understand what the error code is, but nothing I’ve tried has worked so far.
Any idea of what I am doing wrong?
