Laptop 1 is Dell PIII with Win2K SP3 and a Linksys USB adapter. Static address 192.168.0.2 I have, in the past, used this config (using dhcp) to connect to a WiFi spot for internet access.
Laptop 2 is a CompaqAthlon 64 with XP home SP1 and builtin broadcom adapter. Static address 192.168.0.1 I have, in the past, used this config (using dhcp) to connect to an airport WiFi spot.
I am only concerned (now) with peer to peer resource sharing, not internet access, so I have configured static addresses. For grins, IPX is also loaded, but it makes no difference whether it is there or not.
Sygate firewalls are turned off. Signal strength is 100% (they are next to each other on the same table). WEP passphrase is identical.
Under View Workgroup Computers, only one laptop appears (itself) - on each box. Workgroups are identical and login ids are current and identical. I have connected these two by wire previously.
There is an element of wireless awareness. If I use the button switch to turn off wireless (hardware) on one box, the other laptop's status switches to 'cable unplugged'. Power back up, and it shows enabled. The intriguing part is that the General tab of the taskbar connection icon on BOTH boxes for the network connection show packets being sent, but none being received. Connection has been up for over 12 hours. Also, a ping from one box to the other always fails on a time out.
Any ideas will be appreciated.
Laptop 2 is a CompaqAthlon 64 with XP home SP1 and builtin broadcom adapter. Static address 192.168.0.1 I have, in the past, used this config (using dhcp) to connect to an airport WiFi spot.
I am only concerned (now) with peer to peer resource sharing, not internet access, so I have configured static addresses. For grins, IPX is also loaded, but it makes no difference whether it is there or not.
Sygate firewalls are turned off. Signal strength is 100% (they are next to each other on the same table). WEP passphrase is identical.
Under View Workgroup Computers, only one laptop appears (itself) - on each box. Workgroups are identical and login ids are current and identical. I have connected these two by wire previously.
There is an element of wireless awareness. If I use the button switch to turn off wireless (hardware) on one box, the other laptop's status switches to 'cable unplugged'. Power back up, and it shows enabled. The intriguing part is that the General tab of the taskbar connection icon on BOTH boxes for the network connection show packets being sent, but none being received. Connection has been up for over 12 hours. Also, a ping from one box to the other always fails on a time out.
Any ideas will be appreciated.