Networking between two PC's in windows xp?

The best and safest way for you to network your two PC's is to purchase a router with 4 port switch.

Use one PC to follow the router setup wizard.

Your ADSL modem will connect to the routers WAN port and the to PC's will connect to two of the routers LAN ports.

Once you have one PC successfully connected to the internet through the router use the Windows Network Setup Wizard to create your local area network.

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Network Setup Wizard

Next > select "This computer connects to the Internet through a residential gateway... > Next > give each PC a unique name > Next > Provide the SAME workgroup name for both PC's > Next > select Turn on file and printer sharing > Next > apply these settings > Next.

Each PC should now have a unique name and belong to the same workgroup. Each PC should also have Network Share folders under My Computer. This shared folder should be visible from the other PC.

To share a specific folder on a PC go to Windows Explorer > select the folder to be shared > Right mouse click > select Sharing and Security > and follow the directions for the type of sharing you want.

To find the other networked PC go to: Windows Explorer > My Network Places > Microsoft Windows Network > [your workgroup] > and all your networked PCs associated with your workgroup should be visible. You can now expand the PC to see what folders and devices are shared.

Your problem may be as simple as not having the right cable. A straight cat5 won't do it. You need a crossover cable in order to make a direct connection between two computers using NIC's.

If one PC is connected to Internet through ADSL modem, you have to use secondary NIC on that PC. This secondary NIC can be use to make network with another computer. (Please follow further networking procedures)

If both PC connected to the ADSL, have to check whether both PC getting IP address of same block. If of same block, please follow further networking instruction below: -

[For both criteria, be sure you both PC are physically connected through NIC.]

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Configuring TCP/IP Protocol: -

Now that you have successfully configured your network card, you must make sure that your computers can communicate with each other. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections. Windows has installed a LAN connection for your small network here.

[Note You can also use the Classic view in Control Panel. To switch to Classic view, click Start, click Control Panel, click Switch to Classic View (if available), and then double-click Network Connections.]

If you want to establish other connections (for example, to the Internet), it is helpful to give all connections clear names. This makes it easier to differentiate the connections from each other.

2. Right-click the network interface, click Rename, type a different name, and then press ENTER.

3. To verify your LAN connection, right-click your connection, and then click Properties. The installed network components appear.

All the following key features are available:• Client for Microsoft Networks

This service makes connections to other Windows-based computers.

• File and Printer Sharing (this feature makes network resources available).

• Quality of Service (QoS) Packet Scheduler (this feature optimizes network traffic).

• The TCP/IP protocol.

Adding Network Components

If a component is no longer available, it may have been inadvertently removed. In this case, you can reinstall it.

Client for Microsoft Networks

1. Click Install, click Client, click Add, and then click Client for Microsoft Networks.

2. Click OK, and then click Close.

Internet

The Internet is a large TCP/IP network that is based on IP addresses. The addresses must be unique here, too. Two computers cannot use the same IP address. If you want to access the Internet, you must make sure that your small network does not use an address that is already in use. Therefore, there are certain address ranges that you can use in your network without problems. For example, you can use address ranges such as 192.168.0.X, where X is a number between 1 and 254. Use 255.255.255.0 for your subnet mask.

To define the IP address and the subnet mask, follow these steps:

1. Right-click your LAN connection, and then click Properties.

2. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.

3. Click Use the following IP address, and then type the corresponding number combination. If you use 192.168.0.1 for the first computer, use 192.168.0.2 on the second computer, and 192.168.0.3 for the third computer, and so on. The subnet mask stays the same for all the computers. Use 255.255.255.0 for this, as recommended.

4. Click OK, and then click Close.

Then follow below links 1 by 1 for further instruction: -

(1) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814003/

(2) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814004/

(3) http://support.microsoft.com/kb/814005/

Hope your problem will be solved.

Take care

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one thing you might check, is to see if they are both in the same workgroup. I believe the default workgroup for XP is different than it is for win7. you can change the workgroups to the exact same name and reboot, then see if that fixed your problem.

http://www.homenethelp.com/ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040