Originally posted by ezzy85
havent tried pinging it but ive used netsend with it
If
net send works, ping will work
So you're able to connect to the Internet through the host machine, and you've said that you're able to enable print sharing, so the network itself doesn't have any problems.
Have you tried right-clicking a folder and selecting "sharing and security"? Then enabling file-sharing. Also, you should turn off SFS, or Simple File Sharing. (I assume you are using Windows XP).
Open Windows Explorer, or My Computer (any window to browse files).
Tools (up top),
Folder Options
(You can also access folder options via Control Panel)
View
Use Simple File Sharing
Untick this option, and see if you are able to view the other PC.
Also, you can
Map Network Drives
To do this:
Tools
Map Network Drive...
This will bring up a wizard, and it'll create another drive on your machine, call it X:\ or Y:\ (whatever, it is up to you), and click
Browse...
Expand My Network Places
+ Entire Network
---+ Microsoft Windows Network (or equivalent)
------+ \\Ezzy88 (for example)
See if you can find any files/folders there, which are shared\observable.