Connecting Win2k Pro to Win2k Pro

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?

How are you establishing the network?

Can they ping?

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

Any ideas?

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).

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:\>

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).