SmbMate connection problem with PC

[skarface101]

Newbie question, so please bare with me...

I want to use SmbMate to connect to my local PC with Softick PPP via USB.

What I did on the PC:
I bound another IP (192.168.0.1) to my existing card (which I can ping and I see in IPCONFIG) and I instructed Softick PPP to assign 192.168.0.2 to the Treo. When the Treo connects, I see it's IP inside Softick PPP, and I can browse folders through Resco Explorer's FTP tool (I've set up Serv-U ftp on the box, and all works well). So the firewall is letting everything through (I use ZoneAlarm).

What I did on the Treo:
I set up a new connection in Prefs, and it connects just fine. I can pick up mail, surf the web, etc. Inside SmbMate I set up a new connection, with:
\\my_server_name\C$ (the admin share is there, I checked)
Resource type = disk
IP Address: 192.168.0.1

When I try to connect I get "Connecting to host 192.168.0.1" for a while, and then I get "Failed load \*" and "Operation Timeout"

Now for what I _can_ do:
What I _can_ do is connect to my server 's "real IP". But why can't I connect to the new IP I just added to the same interface?

Thank you VERY much. This has been driving me crazy for several days now. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks again... Skar.

[AndrewP]

I'm not networking guru, but I would think that the problem lies with way that shares are made available. In this case the share is a resource on the proper IP address, not the 192.168.0.1. Just because you and I know that the proper IP and 192.168.0.1 is the same physical computer, there's no reason for the SMB share to know this. At least, I think that's what's happening.

Andrew