My 2 XP machines are dropping the network. The only way I can get them to
see each other is by disabling the network adaptor & then enabling them,
this will sometimes then open the connection but as soon as it is idle for a
short time they once again dont respond. When they are not working I cannot
even ping between them (timeout) but usually they are aware of the others ip
address ( If I ping {name} it will substitute the correct ip addr.). When
they are not talking to each other I can connect through a laptop which will
read & write to both. Any help Greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Steve