Ping, Amiga<>PC LAN, dual Ethernet cards, filesharing probs & fixes

[giZmo350]

Well, for starters, each computer in a simple PC LAN environment, known as a workgroup, must be a member of that workgroup to "see" each other. Crate a workgroup name something like "mylan". Join all computers to that workgroup and you should be good to go. Also, be sure to set your router to supply the lan scheme IP addressing by enabling DHCP. Hope this helps a little. BTW, you do have a router, right?   ;-)

[giZmo350]

When I first read this, it sounded like he had two PC's and an Amiga... I figured that he was already direct connecting the two PC's. Introducing a third computer would require some sort o router. BTW, in XP with a router/lan setup, all computers must be in the same workgraoup to browse and share. Sheeesh. Just trying to help. Why do some peeps here always feel the need to "out-smart" the other guy?   ;-)

[giZmo350]

@gizmo350

Just because it obviously cannot be a workgroup problem (just think about it for a second, wrong workgroup can't block ping!).

That's true...  I guess I was really wondering if he was using a router.   :-D