networking 2 ME systems

I am attempting to home network two ME systems without
internet - I have everything installed and ran the
software plus created the disk - I can see the system I'm
on but not the other on both systems - both workgroups
names are the same - computer names are differant -any
ideas? - I have sharing enabled -

On Mon, 17 May 2004 04:36:49 -0700, "Tommy"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I am attempting to home network two ME systems without
>internet - I have everything installed and ran the
>software plus created the disk - I can see the system I'm
>on but not the other on both systems - both workgroups
>names are the same - computer names are differant -any
>ideas? - I have sharing enabled -

Tommy,

Do either of the computers have a software firewall? If so, you need to
configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and UDP 137, 138,
445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the Local
(Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of (network)
browser, and file sharing, problems.

From each computer, verify connectivity:
1) Ping the other by name.
2) Ping the other by ip address.
3) Ping itself by name.
4) Ping itself by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
Report success / failure of each of 10 pings.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.