There are 2 computers involved.
Computer x is a win xp pro machine with a wireless connection to a router with internet access and is working. It is also connected by ethernet cable to a switch.
Computer y is also a win xp pro machine but does not have a wireless card and thus is not connected to the wireless router. Like computer x it is connected through an ethernet cable to the same switch.
What I would like to do is to connect both machines through the switch so that files can be shared between machines and if possible an internet connection can be established for computer y.
So far this has not worked. I have followed all of the instructions I have found online to do this to no avail. The furthest I have gotten to succeeding is by creating an ip address on both machines through internet protocol (TCP/IP) properties. This has cleared up the little or no connectivity issue with the connection but I still cannot connect the machines. On computer x I can "see" both the machines in the workgroup folder but cannot access computer y. It hangs for a moment and then the message "computer is not accessable, you might not have permission to use" blah, blah, blah appears. On computer y in the same workgroup folder only computer y appears. I have turned on all file sharing, ran network wizard on both machines and rebooted several times, checked that a "0" is in the KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous of both registries, and checked the network wizard log for errors, none found. Need help to fix. Thanks.
Computer x is a win xp pro machine with a wireless connection to a router with internet access and is working. It is also connected by ethernet cable to a switch.
Computer y is also a win xp pro machine but does not have a wireless card and thus is not connected to the wireless router. Like computer x it is connected through an ethernet cable to the same switch.
What I would like to do is to connect both machines through the switch so that files can be shared between machines and if possible an internet connection can be established for computer y.
So far this has not worked. I have followed all of the instructions I have found online to do this to no avail. The furthest I have gotten to succeeding is by creating an ip address on both machines through internet protocol (TCP/IP) properties. This has cleared up the little or no connectivity issue with the connection but I still cannot connect the machines. On computer x I can "see" both the machines in the workgroup folder but cannot access computer y. It hangs for a moment and then the message "computer is not accessable, you might not have permission to use" blah, blah, blah appears. On computer y in the same workgroup folder only computer y appears. I have turned on all file sharing, ran network wizard on both machines and rebooted several times, checked that a "0" is in the KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous of both registries, and checked the network wizard log for errors, none found. Need help to fix. Thanks.