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I have a desktop PC and an X60s. The desktop runs Windows 2000 Pro, and the X60s runs Win XP Pro.

The desktop is
IP 10.168.106.53
subnet 255.255.255.0
default gateway 10.168.106.1 DHCP

The X60s is
IP 10.168.106.52
subnet 255.255.255.0
default gateway 10.168.106.1 DHCP

I've disabled the windows security firewall on the X60s, and the firewall on the desktop, and as far as I know all firewalls are disabled (temporarily).

The My Network Places on the desktop can see the X60s, but gives an "X60s not accessible. Network path was not found" when I click on it.
The My Network Places on the X60s does not see the desktop PC.

I can ping the desktop from the X60s, but not visa-versa. Pinging the the X60s from the desktop PC gives me a "Request timed out".

Both machines are peer to peer "WORKGROUP" and each has its own name.

I strongly suspect that the X60s is the culpret because I have a third desktop PC, and the two desktops communicate correctly. (I have turned off the third PC to simplify matters.)

The PC's are cat-5 wired through a DSL router/DHCP server etc.

QUESTION: has anyone else on this newsgroup seen the same problem and found a solution. I've been to the MS newsgroup for Win XP networking and have reached my whits end.
Thanks, Mark

I've seen ZA pro block ping requests, try turning off anything AV related. Can you ping the X60 from the third desktop? Switch ports around on the router just to eliminate a hardware issue there. Do an ipconfig /all from all machines and examine all the outputs - something may not be correct.

Make sure you have turned off "simple file sharing" on the XP machine. That will prevent networking. You said that "workgroup" was the same (another culprit) and that you turned off firewalls (yet another culprit unless set correctly). Try repairing the network connection on the XP machine as well (right click on the NIC icon and select repair). ... JD Hurst

Are you sure you don't have the Symantec Client Firewall enabled?

Kim

Symantec Client Firewall is disabled
I've tried "Simple File Sharing" on or off

"I've seen ZA pro block ping requests, try turning off anything AV related" - I'll look into this.

I've switched ports around etc. and have eliminated a physical problem.

I've changed the name of the network for all PC's and that didn't work.

Also, I have a third desktop PC on the network and the two desktop's can communicate correctly. Both desktop's ping back'n forth but can not ping the X60S. The X60S can seccussfully ping the desktop PC's but not visa-versa.

I'll let you know what the solution is when I discover it.

Thanks for your help, Flynn