Can't ping with crossover cable???

[bobleonard]

I think this is strange.

I’ve got two laptops connected with a crossover cable. XP-Pro on one and XP-Media Center on the other. I’ve set one IP address to be 192.168.100.5 on Media Center PC and 192.168.100.10 on the other laptop.

I can ping one direction. Pro to Media Center but not the other way. I reversed The crossover cable and have the same results.

Any suggestions as to why this is happening are appreciated.


Thanks,
BobLenard

 

[jimbopalmer]

As a guess, you have a software firewall on the PC you can't ping.

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