Connecting Win2k Pro to Win2k Pro

[SuperNick]

I have two systems with Windows 2k professional edition installed on both.

I install LAN cards into both systems and connect the two systems with a crossover cable. I can see the other system through the Explorer, but when I click on it to browse it, I get a pop-up message:

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<Computer Name> is not accessable
Network path was not found

OK
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Both systems are assigned static IPs. And both systems can not browse each other.

Anybody had this problem before?

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

How are you establishing the network?

[parksie]

Can they ping?

[SuperNick]

No, they can't ping. It's pretty crazy. They are connected and NICs are installed and IPs are set.

Any ideas?

[JoshT]

Could you post the results of "ipconfig \all" from both computers? (Mask any Ip addresses or Names that you want to keep hidden, of course).

[SuperNick]

Output of ipconfig /all one one machine:
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Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-1999 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.MANTECH-W1GNY84>cd /
The syntax of the command is incorrect.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator.MANTECH-W1GNY84>cd \

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : tetsic1149
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Ada
pter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-05-5D-68-58-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 101.101.101.49
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 101.101.101.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 127.0.0.1

C:\>
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and then on another machine ....

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Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : tetsic1069
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 14:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DGE-550T Gigabit Ethernet Ada
pter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-05-5D-64-D2-2E
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 103.103.103.69
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

C:\>

[parksie]

They're not in the same subnet, which could be confusing. Try giving them the IPs 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2 (give .0.1 to the one, if any, which might be running ICS).