I am trying to set up a home network. I have run the Xp home network wizard and everything hads gone ok. Ibrowswe to veiw workgroup computers and can see the 2 computers on the screen , but i cannot access the second PC on my network.

I then tried to ping the ip addess of the second PC and get no reply, so i thought i'd try and ping the 2 NIC i have in my first pc. But i get no reply from either card. I have checked the IP address's by ipconfig/all and cnnot ping either of them.

Both Pc's are XP Pro, and i have Norton Firewall on hte main pc, I have created a rule that permits the ip address of the second pc and even done the home network wizard on my firewall and it still dont ping.

Any suggestions?

:furious: :furious:

Is the XP's own firewall turned off ?

yes on all three NIC cards in the 2 PC's

Try disabling Norton Firewall for now, it will help workout whats wrong.

i think that Norton should tell u if it blocks the IP. it usually says "this ip tried to access and is blocked" or sth like this.

I am not quite sure what is the problem though, you cant ping none of them? the server cant ping the client and vise versa? is there any communication between the two?

if i disable norton firewall, it will let me ping the ip address's.

So, can nayone help me configure the firewall (2003) so i can set up the network?