Hello
I bought a Cat6 crossover cable (both are gigabit) so that I could do simple file sharing between them. At Before I had a problem with PC #2 saying that it had limited or no connectivity with a yellow '!' .

So I read in another forum this:

-Set PC1 IP address to 192.168.0.1 and PC2 to 192.168.0.2 (last number different)

-Set Subnet Mask on BOTH to 255.255.255.0

I did this and the second pc now says connected!! BUT, here;s the big but:
-when i go to my network places-->Entire Network--> Workgroup (I named it STUDIO on both machines), I only see the computer i'm on and not the other.
-I went to pc2, set the main disk to be shared over a network and gave it a name, went to pc1 and in win explorer i did a search using the name of that drive, nothing was found.
-start-->run--> type:\\"PC2's Name"----says network path not found

So even though both network adapters say they're connected, I can't access the other computer in any way

So if someone could help that would be great.

Jeff


PS: This might Help:

IPCONFIG/ALL from pc 1

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : mr-computer
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.co.comcast.net.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 5:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
#2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 04-4B-80-80-80-03
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.co.comcast.net.
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethe
rnet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-30-BD-6D-FA-81
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.8.16.169
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.240.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 24.8.16.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.66.13
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.69.146
68.87.85.98
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, July 12, 2006 12:51:09 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, July 14, 2006 2:44:12 AM


IPCONFIG/ALL from pc 2

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MRS-COMPUTER
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com Gigabit LOM (3C940)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-A6-6A-0A-FE
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :