XpPro pings XpHome but XpHome can't ping XpPro

GusDan

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Dec 13, 2003
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In a home network with two machines behind a Linksys wireless router, desktop XpPro can ping laptop XpHome on either wireless IP or direct connect IP (when attached) but laptop XpHome can't ping desktop XpPro.

In the past, I used terminal server/remote access and shared printers/disks between these machines. But that died sometime ago. I'd like to get this working again and discovered that I can ping in one direction but not in the other. If it were the other way around, I presume that I'd be able to connect with remote access.

I have the XP firewall turned off on both machines. Remote desktop is inabled on desktop XpPro.
Both machines can independently connect to the internet.

What would block ping in one direction but not in the other? Also what puts the machine's name/workgroup onto the local network?
Help! Thanks.
 

tooltime

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Oct 26, 2003
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do you have a sw firewall like norten internet security? cause they need to be configured. simple file sharing enabled on home? subnet and gateway the same?
 

GusDan

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And the problem was a "disabled" version of Zonealarm. Once it was uninstalled, all of my problems disappeared.
1) pc to pc connections, 2) realaudio finally works.