i face this problem sometims when i network 2 pcs

[jasman]

Sometimes when i connect two PCs together with my cross cable, i find it difficult on one of the systems to access the other one, even with both using xp.
it may give a message like "the path is not accessible, contact your network administrator". And i make sure i do the neccessary things like minding the ip address, right subnet mask, sharing file and folder, and making sure they are in the same workgroup. yet i may still encounter this problem.
i will so much appreciate it if anyone can tell me the cause(s) for this and tell me what i need to do to overcome this. Thank you all.

i stand by this slogan, "whatever you are, be a good one"

[khursheed]

Sometimes when i connect two PCs together with my cross cable, i find it difficult on one of the systems to access the other one, even with both using xp.
it may give a message like "the path is not accessible, contact your network administrator". And i make sure i do the neccessary things like minding the ip address, right subnet mask, sharing file and folder, and making sure they are in the same workgroup. yet i may still encounter this problem.
i will so much appreciate it if anyone can tell me the cause(s) for this and tell me what i need to do to overcome this. Thank you all.

i stand by this slogan, "whatever you are, be a good one"

First check the communication by writing following command in Start -> RUN

ping ipaddressofotherpc

if it communication is OK check your firewall setting on both PCs and try again

[jasman]

First check the communication by writing following command in Start -> RUN

ping ipaddressofotherpc

if it communication is OK check your firewall setting on both PCs and try again

Thanks.
i try that as well, disable firewall, and ping will give me "request time out". they have not solved the problem.

[sicarie]

Thanks.
i try that as well, disable firewall, and ping will give me "request time out". they have not solved the problem.

If you open the command prompt, type in 'ipconfig' and look at the addresses the two computers have. They should be within the same subnet. If they are not, you can force them to be by going to your Network Connections - either through the Control Panel or the Start Menu. Then right-click on the interface that you are using to connect to the other computer (if ethernet then its usually Local Area Connection), and you can manually set it - I would recommend something like giving them IPs of 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3 and subnets of 255.255.255.0.

Then try to ping them again.

[jasman]

If you open the command prompt, type in 'ipconfig' and look at the addresses the two computers have. They should be within the same subnet. If they are not, you can force them to be by going to your Network Connections - either through the Control Panel or the Start Menu. Then right-click on the interface that you are using to connect to the other computer (if ethernet then its usually Local Area Connection), and you can manually set it - I would recommend something like giving them IPs of 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3 and subnets of 255.255.255.0.

Then try to ping them again.

Thanks. i ensure they are within the same network address, having the same subnet mask, yet the same thing will still persist. could password a user created during xp intallation or created for user login account have caused it? a friend once told me that. is this true? if yes what can be done from there?

[Arulmurugan]

Thanks. i ensure they are within the same network address, having the same subnet mask, yet the same thing will still persist. could password a user created during xp intallation or created for user login account have caused it? a friend once told me that. is this true? if yes what can be done from there?

It looks something to do with windows permission & security.when are you getting the error "the path is not accessible, contact your network administrator".

[sicarie]

Thanks. i ensure they are within the same network address, having the same subnet mask, yet the same thing will still persist. could password a user created during xp intallation or created for user login account have caused it? a friend once told me that. is this true? if yes what can be done from there?

Can you ping the device?

[RhysH]

Hi,

When I use a Crossover, my NIC's need to be in Half Duplex. Perhaps this is your problem too?

Right Click My Computer --> Properties --> Hardware --> Device Manager

Find your Network Card and check if the cards are communicating in "Half Duplex" mode.

Hope this helps

[Studlyami]

Thanks.
i try that as well, disable firewall, and ping will give me "request time out". they have not solved the problem.

Is there a firewall program on either system? If so close the entire program (sometimes they do things while active that you don't want them to). Try running (if you haven't) the windows networking wizard on each of the pc's. Also, goto start menu->run type in cmd. in the console window type in ping 127.0.0.1 and let us know the response. Are you sure the cable you are using is a cross over cable and not a straight through cable?