@home will problably block any Netbeui traffic so you will not be able to see his computer by name, but you may be able to connect to it with the 'net use' command as long as he is sharing his drive.

- Dave

>here is the scenario..
>My neighbor and I are both using @home service and he has no firewall and
>I have his computer name and workgroup and IP address. When i search
>for that computer name on network it doesn't find it.
>I can ping the IP address no problem with quick reply.
>
>Ronnie