Win 2000/ME ping only in one direction possible

Hello,

I am trying to set up a peer to peer network with one Win 2000 Pro and one
Win ME computer. IPX works fine, but I want TCP.

The problem: TCP Games do not work. I tried ping and tracert. The strange
thing is: Both computers can ping themselves, the Win 2000 PC can ping the
me one and gets an answer. But the Win ME cannot ping the 2000 PC. It can
resolve the name, I see the correct IP, but then there is a timeout. Same
with tracert.

I think ping should work in both directions. Browsed the internet, read a
lot about firewalls, but I have no one installed (and never had). And I
think 2000 does not have a build-in.

What can I do? Please help me!

Thanks,

Jochen

Ping is an example of an IGMP packet. Is W2K filtering out IGMP packets at
the NIC?

You didn't mention if a router exists between the systems and if a dns
server is present on the network. Consider the case where a DNS server
succesfully resolves the WinME's request for a W2K ipaddress. Just because
WinME now knows the W2K's ipaddress does not guarentee that the later will
be reachable.

example:
WinME 10.10.2.2 subnet 255.255.255.0
W2K 10.10.3.1 subnet 255.0.0.0

W2K can ping WinME, but WinME can't ping W2K

"Jochen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to set up a peer to peer network with one Win 2000 Pro and one
> Win ME computer. IPX works fine, but I want TCP.
>
> The problem: TCP Games do not work. I tried ping and tracert. The strange
> thing is: Both computers can ping themselves, the Win 2000 PC can ping the
> me one and gets an answer. But the Win ME cannot ping the 2000 PC. It can
> resolve the name, I see the correct IP, but then there is a timeout. Same
> with tracert.
>
> I think ping should work in both directions. Browsed the internet, read a
> lot about firewalls, but I have no one installed (and never had). And I
> think 2000 does not have a build-in.
>
> What can I do? Please help me!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jochen
>
>

Hi,

thanks for your help. I tried it with and without a router, I think a direct
connection should be easier.
Settings:

Win ME: 192.168.111.233
Subnet: 255.255.0.0

2000 pro:
192.168.111.221
255.255.0.0

The router has a DNS, direct connection no one, I think (or has 2k one??)

Jochen

"Salt_Peter" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:CzT4b.7005$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ping is an example of an IGMP packet. Is W2K filtering out IGMP packets at
> the NIC?
>
> You didn't mention if a router exists between the systems and if a dns
> server is present on the network. Consider the case where a DNS server
> succesfully resolves the WinME's request for a W2K ipaddress. Just because
> WinME now knows the W2K's ipaddress does not guarentee that the later will
> be reachable.
>
> example:
> WinME 10.10.2.2 subnet 255.255.255.0
> W2K 10.10.3.1 subnet 255.0.0.0
>
> W2K can ping WinME, but WinME can't ping W2K
>
> "Jochen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to set up a peer to peer network with one Win 2000 Pro and
one
> > Win ME computer. IPX works fine, but I want TCP.
> >
> > The problem: TCP Games do not work. I tried ping and tracert. The
strange
> > thing is: Both computers can ping themselves, the Win 2000 PC can ping
the
> > me one and gets an answer. But the Win ME cannot ping the 2000 PC. It
can
> > resolve the name, I see the correct IP, but then there is a timeout.
Same
> > with tracert.
> >
> > I think ping should work in both directions. Browsed the internet, read
a
> > lot about firewalls, but I have no one installed (and never had). And I
> > think 2000 does not have a build-in.
> >
> > What can I do? Please help me!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Jochen
> >
> >
>
>

OK, looks good from here, assuming that no firewall or tcp/ip filtering is
occuring at W2K, i'ld suggest reinstalling the tcp/ip protocol on WinME.

"Jochen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#9$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> thanks for your help. I tried it with and without a router, I think a
direct
> connection should be easier.
> Settings:
>
> Win ME: 192.168.111.233
> Subnet: 255.255.0.0
>
> 2000 pro:
> 192.168.111.221
> 255.255.0.0
>
> The router has a DNS, direct connection no one, I think (or has 2k one??)
>
> Jochen
>
> "Salt_Peter" <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:CzT4b.7005$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Ping is an example of an IGMP packet. Is W2K filtering out IGMP packets
at
> > the NIC?
> >
> > You didn't mention if a router exists between the systems and if a dns
> > server is present on the network. Consider the case where a DNS server
> > succesfully resolves the WinME's request for a W2K ipaddress. Just
because
> > WinME now knows the W2K's ipaddress does not guarentee that the later
will
> > be reachable.
> >
> > example:
> > WinME 10.10.2.2 subnet 255.255.255.0
> > W2K 10.10.3.1 subnet 255.0.0.0
> >
> > W2K can ping WinME, but WinME can't ping W2K
> >
> > "Jochen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am trying to set up a peer to peer network with one Win 2000 Pro and
> one
> > > Win ME computer. IPX works fine, but I want TCP.
> > >
> > > The problem: TCP Games do not work. I tried ping and tracert. The
> strange
> > > thing is: Both computers can ping themselves, the Win 2000 PC can ping
> the
> > > me one and gets an answer. But the Win ME cannot ping the 2000 PC. It
> can
> > > resolve the name, I see the correct IP, but then there is a timeout.
> Same
> > > with tracert.
> > >
> > > I think ping should work in both directions. Browsed the internet,
read
> a
> > > lot about firewalls, but I have no one installed (and never had). And
I
> > > think 2000 does not have a build-in.
> > >
> > > What can I do? Please help me!
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Jochen
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>