need win2k network help fast (sharing)

2 systems ... both are win2k...
connected by netgear home router w/port forwarding disabled...

i'm trying to share a folder "C:\share" so i can access it from another computer .. both computers have file sharing enabled as well as client driver

they have different names "a" & "b" and both are members of workgroup "WORKGROUP" the problem is that when i do "net view" from the system that's sharing it it says

"error 6118 ... list of servers for this workgroup is not aviable"

when i do "nbtstat -a /-A" from the client.. in both cases it says "host not found"... althought i can ping the server

what am i doing wrong .. i need to do a large transfer fast ... please help

ps: no software firewalls are in place

if the name of the share is called share, then all you need to do is right click on my computer select map network drive. then type this in

\\192.168.0.1\share
You'll also select what letter you want the drive to be. When it finishes it, you will have a new drive in My COmputer.
Just repace the 192.168.0.1 that I put in there with the IP of the computer that the share is on.

can you browse to it from network neighborhood?

how are addresses assigned? If they are static, enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP in your network properties.

are you using the machine name or ip address when you use the nbtstat program?

router: 192.168.0.1

computer a: 192.168.0.2
computer b: 192.168.0.3
xbox: 192.168.0.4

everyone is using DHCP

now i noticed that i cannot ftp into my xbox...

the error is "cannot open data stream to 192.168.0.2" this is the system i'm trying to ftp from

if i use GUI the *.0.3 still cannot see the host *.0.2

i used both -A & -a switch w/ nbtstat and no cigar

I didn't know you could FTP into xbox.

Did you try mapping a network drive?

Also, you can't FTP into anything unless you have a FTP server set up.

if 192.168.0.2 is the comp your trying to get to then the syntax for mapping a network drive should be \\192.168.0.2\Share

yes dude ... w/ proper mod and software you can ftp into xbox... that's not the point I assume that since the ftp is TCP based somehow i cannot open backwards data channel

*.0.2 is the system that i wanted to share but now this very system seems blind as a bat.. it cannot see anything w/ net view not even itself...

and i do know the syntax

You say both computers can ping each other yet you can't connect to it.

This is a stupid question here, but you did right click the file you wanted to share and select that you wanted to share it.

I'm assuming you did so maybe the config of the card screwed up somewhere. You might try reinstalling the protocols and adapters.

Do you have other shares on other computers? If so can the problem computer see those shares?

/edit:

I wonder why you've been negged? I just go back into this thread and have noticed someone negged you.

yes i shared the folder but i think i got even bigger problems now... ufffff

do you think that it's that f..er Zone Alarm... i heard it somehow stays running even if you take it out of Startup folder

AHHHH!!!

You have zone alarm. Even if you take it out of the startup folder, it should be running untill you restart your PC. If it is running it should be in you system tray. Find the Icon for it down there and right click then disable. If you don't see it down ther then press ctrl + alt + Del and see if you see it there.

I had a problem once with my network not being able to ping one computer. It ended up being that I forgot to set my network as a trusted zone.

What kind of bigger problems are you talking about.

no no no... i have restarted the sytem like 10 times now and i still cannot see anything w/ net view or nbtstat. the "bigger problem" is that now i cannot ftp into the xbox from this sytem... i can ftp from *.*.0.3 but not from here ... since ftp is 2-way connection and the error i get from xbox is that data channel to *.*.0.2 (here) cannot be opend...

now i accually uninstalled anything w/ net bios .. i only left tcp/ip then i ipconfig/release & renew 'ed it... as you can see i can browse but i cannot ftp into any site...

I wonder if AO is a free IT consultancy?............check out "etruscans" previous posts folks.............this looks like a right piss take to me................"my girlfriend is putting spyware on my machine".........OK I was taken in as well


Your judgement?

Delete everything. TCP/IP File and printer sharing, NetBeui, Client for Microsoft netwoks. Also go to the device manager, and remove your network adapter there. Then restart and reinstall only TCP/IP Client for Microsoft networks, and file and printer sharing.

You might also go to control panel and uninstall ZA.

what is your point nihil

/edit:

I dont' really see anything wrong with his last post Nihil.

ths first thing i killed was ZO and yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssss the damn thing was still running even though i disabled it and rebooted 14 times or so...... i heard about it being nasty... but this is just plain bad business

LONG LIVE IPCHAINS

Thank you so much for your help Cheyenee...

You know exactly what my point is...............or you come a lot more open with us?.......I know that Latvia is only just free............I also know that I did not work in counter-intellligence for as long as I did by being stupid.

Are you running a computer services organisation with OUR knowledge...... you posted regarding a "girlfriend" putting spyware on your computer...now you are asking about networking?...that does not make sense?


Please explain yourself honestly?

I'm a bit confused here.


Your from Latvia huh? I've been to Latvia. Went to Riga, then up to estonia. Went there with my grandpa for buisness.

Glad I could help you.

Oh my god... you gotta be shitting me... are you a psycho or somthing

1. I'm in New York City ... just because i picked Latvia on the form doesn't mean i'm accually from there... (Originally I'm from China ....BOO...)

2. The computer in my previous thread is accually originally my girlfriends (untill i took over it) it's the 192.168.0.3 system that i refer to in this post (Or maybe it's the new version of Enigma Nazi engine)

3. She installed so much **** on it (including Bonzi Buddy) that it was imposible to use... I reinstalled OS on it and created account w/ out any priviledges to protect her from her own ignorance. (Or maybe it's Queen's iMAC)

4.Get a life and stop thinking you are still working for Government!!!


but most importantly stop accusing of somthing you have no basis of

For disabling ZoneAlarm, check the registry key
HKLM/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Currentversion/Run

This key can contain many programs which start without requiring any presence in the startup folder. Some more malicious programs place themselves here to prevent users from preventing them from startup at logon time.

go in control panel/administrative tools/services and check if you see a zonealarm alarm in there. If so just put the startup type to disabled