I need help (psychiatrists need not apply)

[ST4RCUTTER]

Ok, I've never been much of a network savvy person, but after a year of just having two computers sharing a cable connection through my router, I'd like to now be able to transfer files through it as well. Here's the deal...

Hardware

(Main computer) IP: 192.168.0.2
(MP3 server) IP: 192.168.0.1
(Router) IP: 192.168.0.0

All three are on Subnet mask 255.255.255.0

I can ping the second two from the first one, I can see my MP3 server when I go into Network Neighborhood, but if I click on it it says, "(computer name) is not accessible. The network path was not found. If I choose properties it says, "The server (computer name) could not be found on the network."

Here's the tricky part. Both computers have the same name because I need them to act as if they're the same computer (sharing the cable right...) Both computers are running W2K...what do I need to do to set them up so that I can pull files from one to the other? Is this in the permissions? How do I add a computer to the local network?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Poontos]

Try incrementing the last number of each of your IP's, by 1 up. Specfically, the router.

Edit: I just woke up, and it just didn`t make sense that you would have your last octet (last section of the IP) as 0. I`ll look at the rest later.

 

[minendo]

<< I need them to act as if they're the same computer (sharing the cable right...) >>


Ive never heard of having to name the computers the same. ive got six computers behind my router and they all have different names

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

minendo,

Yeah, you're right. I checked the setup of the router and it looks like it controls the name of the computer as well. I have changed my main computer to another name. Now I just need to figure out why I can't see them in Network Neighborhood...

 

[Garion]

Actually, you should set the computer name on the individual PC's - It's not ever handed out by DHCP - Just the domain name, IP, subnet mask, DNS servers, etc.

Some things to check:

• 
  Is the Client for Microsoft Networks installed on both machines?
  Are you logging into both machines with the same username?
  Do you have NetBEUI installed on both machines? It's the easiest way to share in a home LAN.
  Is NetBEUI your default protocol (Check on the ADVANCED tab in network properties)?
  Are both machines in the same workgroup? Check the IDENTITY tab in the network properties.
  Do you have something shared on both machines? They don't show up in network neighborhood unless something is shared.

These things together should do the trick.

- G