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Can you ping from one computer to the other by using the IP address? &nbsp;Can you ping by using the NetBIOS name? &nbsp;Did you enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP? &nbsp;Did you turn off XP's built-in firewall?
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Can you ping from one computer to the other by using the IP address?  Can you ping by using the NetBIOS name?  Did you enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP?  Did you turn off XP's built-in firewall?

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&gt; tryed to use NetBIOS protocol <br />
do you mean NetBEUI?<br />
NetBIOS is not a protocol
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> tryed to use NetBIOS protocol
do you mean NetBEUI?
NetBIOS is not a protocol

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I would use tcp/ip......and if you are using router I would not use 192.168.0.1, you would probaly want to start from 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.254<br />
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And on XP if you go to the control panel and then to Add/Remove Programs and then to Add/Remove Windows Components and add Network Services it should auto-detect everything.
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I would use tcp/ip......and if you are using router I would not use 192.168.0.1, you would probaly want to start from 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.254

And on XP if you go to the control panel and then to Add/Remove Programs and then to Add/Remove Windows Components and add Network Services it should auto-detect everything.

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I connected two computers &nbsp;together through crossover cable, I'm using Windows Xp Pro and TCP/IP protocol on my network adapter, I assigned different IP addresses and the same subnet masks to the TCP/IP properties of each computer: Computer 1 IP 192.168.0.1 &amp;&nbsp;subnet 255.255.255.0, and Computer 2 IP 192.168.0.2 &amp;&nbsp;subnet 255.255.255.0. I typed in the same Workgroup Name in the Identification tab. but the connection didn't work.<br />
P.S:<br />
I tryed to use NetBIOS protocol and the connection work ok.<br />
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Thanks.
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I connected two computers  together through crossover cable, I'm using Windows Xp Pro and TCP/IP protocol on my network adapter, I assigned different IP addresses and the same subnet masks to the TCP/IP properties of each computer: Computer 1 IP 192.168.0.1 & subnet 255.255.255.0, and Computer 2 IP 192.168.0.2 & subnet 255.255.255.0. I typed in the same Workgroup Name in the Identification tab. but the connection didn't work.
P.S:
I tryed to use NetBIOS protocol and the connection work ok.

Thanks.

connect two computers together

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Networking Protocols

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Networking

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