Networking with ME not working

[omnipitus]

I have 2 computers 1 running ME and 1 running XP professional. I am trting to network both of them through a hub. The problem is that the ME machine can see the XP machine and I can map drives and move files back and forth, but when I connect to the ME machine in XP after a few minutes I get this error message "\\servername\share drive is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource." But I was just able to connect. I also noticed that when I get this error I can no longer ping the ME computer. I have changed the Hub and NIC. I have also turned on Netbios through TCP/IP. I am using the same username and password on both machines. I have also tried assigning static ip's with the XP box at 192.168.0.1 and ME at 192.168.0.2. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[mickyjune26]

have you changes the hub and NIC on both computers? Do you have a third computer you could use to verify it's not a hardware problem?
Once that's established, i'll try to look on other forums to help.
good luck!

 

[omnipitus]

Actually I switched the NIC's between the 2 computers and I have completely changed them. The problem with them not communication only happens when I use the XP machine to browsse the ME machine. If I use the ME machine to browse XP no problems. The hub is also a hub I borrowed from a working network.

 

[mithrilhall]

Can you ping the ME comp from the XP? ====================================
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[linney]

See if this site helps you. I have also included a direct link to their trouble shooting page.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/networking/

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/troubleshoot_index.htm