WinXP Network Problem

[Acid1]

I was previously running Win2k on two PCs. I had the host which physically connected to the internet (BPA Cable) and a client which shares the connection. This was all working fine until I decided to upgrade the client machine to WinXP.

Now, I cannot get the client machine to notice the host or vice versa. I set the host IP to 192.168.0.3 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0 and the client to determine IP and DNS automatically. Both machine are on a workgroup called MSHOME. There are no firewalls enabled.

When I try to ping the client machine (WinXP) from the host machine (Win2k) I get request timed out. But when I try to ping the host machine from the client I get "Destination Host Unreachable". When I look at the network status, the host machine seems to be sending packets, however does not receive any. The client machine does not receive or send any packets. Link speed is set to auto on both machines.

This is weird because it was all working before I installed WinXP on the client machine. If anyone has any idea on how to fix this, PLEASE reply here.

Both network cards are 10/100.

 

[Russ]

Does the Win2K machine have NetBEUI installed? That may be an issue since that protocol was dropped from XP.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Acid1]

No, NetBEUI is not installed.

 

[Russ]

<< and the client to determine IP and DNS automatically. >>



Where is the client getting the IP address? Is there a DHCP server in the mix? If not, it may be assigning the default subnet, which is something like 169.254.x.x.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Acid1]

I don't know where it is geting the IP from..i just have it set to obtain automatically. I had it like that on Win2k and it was working.

When I got into the status of the network on winXP machine is says my IP is 169.254.159.61

 

[Russ]

Yep, that's the default subnet Windows uses when not told otherwise. Try assigning the client an IP address from the same subnet the other system is on. For example, you might give it 192.168.0.4. Make sure the mask, gateway and, if necessary, DNS entries are the same.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Acid1]

I set the IP and subnet on the client to 192.168.0.4 and 255.255.255.0 respectively. I did not set the default gateway or DNS because I do not know what to put. Now instead of getting a "Destination Host Unreachable" error when pinging the server, I get a "Request Timed Out"