I think it should be easy, but...

[tranman]

The scene: two computers, Win XP, crossover cable, dialup

Action: Ran XP network wizard

Result: Both computers say the network is connected at 100Mbps, but I can't see the other computer from Network neighborhood and I cannot connect to the internet from the host. No peripherals available either.

Question: What am I missing?

When I boot either computer, it does not prompt me for a password, etc. Its sorta connected, but not really. The network sends a marginal amount of bytes and receives none. This applies to both computers.

Thanks,
tranman

[ZeratulsAvenger]

XP SP2? Try disabling software firewalls such as Norton and the XP firewall.

[Byte 2.0]

Also make sure you have a shared resource.

[tranman]

What's a shared resource?

[Kov-Ice]

You need to share a folder to the network on each computer.