See if you have a tcp/ip stack in your xp connection and also check under network connections to see if the drivers for the nic are loaded.
John -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whil Hentzen (Pro*) Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Getting XP workstation to access the network/file server In this week's exciting episode.... I've got a box with XP and Fedora Core residing happily next to each other in a dual boot scenario (it's really quite easy, once you learn The Magic Trick). I'll have a writeup on all of the detailed steps (just for you, Virgil!) ready next week. So nows I wants to access the file server with this XP install. Trouble is, XP doesn't see anything on the network at all. Network Neighborhood only shows the name of the domain (on the NT4 server.) No nodes underneath. However, I've got a Win2K on the same network and it can browse any and everything on the network nice as can be. Logins on both the W2K and XP boxes are the same. Either.... (1) Both W2K and XP use a network access setting but it's set up OK in W2K but not in XP, or (2) The way you connect to the network (active dir?) in XP is different than in W2K. History leading up to this... This network had originally been an NT4 file server based network. Then I migrated the file serving tasks to a Linux box and use Samba to connect from W2K. I was expecting to add this XP box to the network and have it 'magically' see the file server as well, but no go. The only thing that I can see that is different is in the Local Area Network Connection properties. On W2K, I've got all of the protocols enabled, whereas on XP, I've only got TCP/IP enabled. Do I need to have "Client for MSFT Networks" or "File and Print Sharing for MSFT Networks" enabled? Whil [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
