Win2k machine cant be seen by anyone on domain

[HydroSqueegee]

So this user here at work has a laptop thats connected to the domain. He gets email, surfs the web just fine. When we try to connect to his old Win2k machine from his new WinXP machine, the 2k PC cannot be seen. We cannot connect. It isnt even seen as being on the network.

However, we can connect from his 2k machine to the XP machine with no problems.

All permissions are correct, Admin shares are enabled, XP firewall disabled... we are stumped. What else can we check?

 

[MaMMa]

are the ports on the same vlan? if he is using zone alarm he needs to turn his firewall down to low. hope this helps

 

[Mr. Baz]

Is this an actual true server/client setup (you have a main server) or is this just like networking the two machines together?

Double check the firewall settings. Make sure he isn't running a software-firewall.
Make sure you have installed all the latest OS updates.

Make sure he has a correct computer name (a short name with all letters is fine). Long name with numbers and alphanumerics are not kosher.

What protocols is he running? Make sure it's just Microsoft networks client and the TCP/IP protocol. NetBEUI and NetBIOS are useless at this point.


On the XP box, go to command prompt. type> net view
See if the 2k box is listed. If it is, type> net view \\(name of 2k box)

If you can see the shares, then just type> net use X: \\(name of 2k box)\(name of shared folder)\
X -> is the drive letter you want to map the drive to on the XP box.