Two computer connected w/crossover cable. Cant ping sometimes..why?

[slicksilver]

Can anybody help me solve this problem? I have two workstations connected via a crossover cable. Both of them run WinXP Pro. They are in the same workgroup, have unique names, have tcp/ip enabled and are in the same subnet. One is 192.168.0.1 and the other is 192.168.0.2. I also have Netbios over TCP/IP enabled but somehow I cant ping the other computer sometimes. When I ping there is packet loss ....I mean three packets are good and the other is bad or vice versa. What could be the possible problem here? Again after sometime or so everything is ok? Am I missing something or does Windows take sometime to recognize that there is another system on the network after the boot up process.

Anybody?

Thanks

Raj

 

[Heisenberg]

I would uninstall and reinstall the drivers and TCP/IP first. Then start looking for a physical problem like a bad cable or faulty card.

 

[slicksilver]

strange...I really dont know what to think of........Again now its working..for sometime it wont work and suddenly its starts working..........I have to restart both the pcs' to get it work. No problem with TCP/IP. ping localhost is working perfectly.

 

[slicksilver]

problem solved. cable was faulty.