LAN with laptop

OK, partial points to hangeles and juan.

The laptop is on XP and the firewall was on.  Turning it off, I was able to ping it from the desktop, but still not access it using the IP/C$  (how do I enable an IP in Windows Firewall?)

On the desktop side, I'm running W2K with ZoneAlarm firewall.  I enabled the IP where the laptop is located but still can't ping the desktop from the laptop.

(I don't care if they can both see each other, as long as I can transfer the file.)

File sharing is enabled on all parts on both sides.
Also, the desktop is not using DHCP but the laptop is Fixed IP.
On the laptop, I see 3 enabled connections: Local Area/Ethernet controller, 1394 Net Adaptor, and Wireless.
I know the wireless lets me connect out and one of the others (if I'm plugged in), but I'm not sure what the 1394 is versus the Ethernet controller.  Which do I set the static IP and what do I put for DNS (same as desktop?)

If the objective is to simply transfer files from and to the laptop machine, and provided you have administrator privileges on your logon account to the laptop, you should be able to access the root files of the laptop drive thru the following procedures...

From the desktop PC; click START, RUN, and type on the field the ff: \\"laptop IP Address"\c$ (without quotes); click OK and it should open a windows with the list of the files and folders of the notebook C: drive. You may be prompted for the username and password; supply the username and password of the laptop local user account with administrator privileges.

Hope it helped.

\\192.168.1.51\C$

"The network path was not found"

However, pinging still works.

First off.....your connecting via Dial Up Modem....if so....being the IT director I would tell you get DSL or Cable Modem....and then we will talk...

Actually, it's a DSL phone modem.  I just called it phone modem.

So let's talk.
Why can't I talk to that machine?

What are some quick alternatives?  FTP? Telnet?
I really wish I understood this stuff so I can have a fully functional LAN.

While Sharing the drive or folder assign full control to everyone and than try and access the system from explorer using the // IP address / Share. Best of Luck

Something I've seen somewhere else which may not solve the conection issues but may solve some other issues you may have is changing your workgroup name to that of the domain, so if your domain was called DOMAIN you would change the workgroup name on all of your home PCs to DOMAIN.   I can't say I've tried this in practice myself, but I've heard it does resolve some issues that can otherwise occur.

rspahitz,
on your notebook, from a dos prompt; run IPCONFIG /ALL and post back the info here.

I just ran across this last night with two XP laptops doing an ad-hoc wireless connection... I could ping both ways, but the work laptop would not connect to my home laptop's C$ share.  I simply created a new share of the root/folder where I wanted to drop/pick-up files and was able to connect to my home laptop, from my work laptop, using
\\{home laptop IP}\{new share name}  and providing home laptop user credentials...

Hope this helps,
Scooter

1) I set up a separate share (full permissions to all) on the laptoip and turned off the Windows firewall (no others installed per ICMP).  Win2K desktop still can't see the laptop but can ping it ad I see it in My Network Places but can't see any shared items.

OK Juan:


Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : xxxlt32
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : xxxx.com
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : xxxx.com

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell TrueMobile 1150 Series Wireless
 LAN Mini PCI Card
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-2D-87-F9-82
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.55
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
                                            xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
                                            xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 02, 2006 9:07:42 AM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, June 03, 2006 9:07:42 AM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast Ethernet
Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-DB-16-50-05

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Cisco Systems VPN Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-05-9A-3C-78-00
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.125
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1

BTW
I tried tracert and it goes directly from desktop to laptop

Ohhhh....
I just shutdown ZoneAlarm and I was able to see the laptop....

What setting in Zonealarm lets me see the laptop so I can still be protected from outside intrusions?

OK...got it...Firewall Zones, Advanced, Allow Outgoing DNS in trusted zones.

Thanks all...now I'll have to figure out how to distribute the points.

Ultimately, the first post was the right one, but it was many of the other posts that allowed me to figure out how to get it working.

Thanks all.

Thanks for the points...

Good luck.