Re: Can't get machines to talk

Any type of firewall rules or firewall software on the WinXP desktop?
Makign sure to sue the correct ip address?

No, I do nto believe winxp can be a wins server, but unless you have a bunch
of computers, you don't realyl need it.  Broadcast resolution won't be that
significant.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Crosby" <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion For iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:50 AM
Subject: [PCTECH] Can't get machines to talk


> I'm having a devil of a time getting my W2K laptop and WinXP desktop to
> communicate at home.  They are connected to a LinkSys BEFSX41.  I can't
even
> ping it by IP address.  But both machines can get out on Comcast
broadband.
>
> I brought the laptop in to work to insure it still connects on our work
> network.  It does.  But there is at least one XP machine I cannot connect
to
> here, while there are other XP machines I _can_ connect to.  I personally
> set up all those XP machines and can't find a reason why I should be able
to
> connect with some but not others.
>
> Anybody got any suggestions?
>
> Another question - can WinXP serve as a WINS server?  I don't think so . .
.
>
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> Jeff Crosby
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