networking 2 two computers thru lan

[prawinready]

hi all
i have two windows xp home edition systems , connceted them to as lan , gave ip address 192.168.0.1 n subnet 255.255.255.0 for main system and 192.168.0.2 and subnet 255.255.255.0 for the other sytem .

now the problem is that other system with ip 192.168.0.2 can see main system and acees fiels from main sytem , but the main sytems can't see the other system ,
i pinged frm both ends its working fine , wat shal i have to see files frm the main system , i there anything i have missed to add in main sytem ?
plz solve my problem

thanks in advance

- praveen

 

[Woody419]

A short checklist:

Workgroups have the same name
Firewalls configured to allow IP addresses
Folders/hd configured to allow sharing

 

[lansalot]

start, run, \\192.168.0.2

Then what?

 

[Nocturnal]

Make sure if you are running Zone Alarm that it isn't on or uninstall it to be sure.