Ok, I've got an older desktop with XP Home and a new laptop with XP
professional. I've got the internet hooked up through a wireless router, but
then plugged into my desktop (desktop doesnt have a wireless card). my
laptop is online via the wireless router.

i've tried going through the network setup function under the Control Pannel
but I'm getting no where. I made the "workgroup" but the two computer's
won't let me connect to one from the other. I THINK I understand how to
share and use the network once it's up, but I can't get it up to begin with...

ANY advise or good websites that has a GREAT walkthrough would be appreciated.

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 14:51:10 -0700, "whateverisisright"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Ok, I've got an older desktop with XP Home and a new laptop with XP
>professional. I've got the internet hooked up through a wireless router, but
>then plugged into my desktop (desktop doesnt have a wireless card). my
>laptop is online via the wireless router.
>
>i've tried going through the network setup function under the Control Pannel
>but I'm getting no where. I made the "workgroup" but the two computer's
>won't let me connect to one from the other. I THINK I understand how to
>share and use the network once it's up, but I can't get it up to begin with...
>
>ANY advise or good websites that has a GREAT walkthrough would be appreciated.

When you ran the Network Setup Wizard, did you select Option 2, "This computer
connects to the Internet through another computer on my network or through a
residential gateway.", for both computers?
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-network-setup-wizard-in-windows.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...n-windows.html

Let's take a look at "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer,
as a start. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions
precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

Chuck,
This email includes all of the information your email requests. I'll
restate the problem first (to refresh your memory, if not, just skip down).

Just bought a new laptop and a wireless router (has XP Proffesional). Have
tried to connect my old desktop (XP home edition) to ... and I've tried both
the "Network Setup Wizard AND the Wireless Network Setup Wizard. At one
point, one computer seemed to be acknowledging the other's existance but I
ended up getting an error message. And yes, to answer your question, I did
do the "Hooked through a residential network" with both computers. it didnt
work, so then i tried doing my desktop as the "main" computer...it wouldn't
let me...
That being said, here's the info that your site requests:

For the Dell Laptop ipconfig:


Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CJS3Laptop

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mc.at.cox.net



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated
Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-E3-92-D9



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mc.at.cox.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG
Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-CE-30-C0-72

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.1.18.237

68.1.18.30

68.10.16.30

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, September 09, 2005
6:35:43 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 10, 2005
6:35:43 PM



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Personal Area Network
from TOSHIBA

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-C6-94-9E-06


And listed below is the desktop ipconfig info:

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CJS3Desktop

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mc.at.cox.net



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mc.at.cox.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-28-C0-88

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.1.18.237

68.1.18.30

68.10.16.30

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, September 09, 2005
6:19:23 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 10, 2005
6:19:23 PM


This is the browstat for the laptop:
Status for domain CJS3 on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{94A356ED-12C2-4EB9-A645-E340B3AB0870}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.

And this is thee browstat for the desktop
Status for domain CJS3 on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{A2CFD6C3-379E-4EC4-A821-C44902DC4FC2}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: CJS3DESKTOP
Master browser is running build 2600

(i also just realized that I think both computers may have the same name,
CJS3...is that an issue?)

You say in your letter that browstat can produce a lot of info, but
practically NOTHING came out of mine. Is there something I need to be doing
differently? Thanks for all of your help

Chuck,
Was this all of the information you needed? Not rushing you, just didn't
get a response and wanted to make sure it wasn't because of something lacking
on my end...

Jimmy



"whateverisisright" wrote:

> Chuck,
> This email includes all of the information your email requests. I'll
> restate the problem first (to refresh your memory, if not, just skip down).
>
> Just bought a new laptop and a wireless router (has XP Proffesional). Have
> tried to connect my old desktop (XP home edition) to ... and I've tried both
> the "Network Setup Wizard AND the Wireless Network Setup Wizard. At one
> point, one computer seemed to be acknowledging the other's existance but I
> ended up getting an error message. And yes, to answer your question, I did
> do the "Hooked through a residential network" with both computers. it didnt
> work, so then i tried doing my desktop as the "main" computer...it wouldn't
> let me...
> That being said, here's the info that your site requests:
>
> For the Dell Laptop ipconfig:
>
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
>
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CJS3Laptop
>
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mc.at.cox.net
>
>
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
>
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated
> Controller
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-3F-E3-92-D9
>
>
>
> Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
>
>
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mc.at.cox.net
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG
> Network Connection
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-CE-30-C0-72
>
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
>
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.1.18.237
>
> 68.1.18.30
>
> 68.10.16.30
>
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, September 09, 2005
> 6:35:43 PM
>
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 10, 2005
> 6:35:43 PM
>
>
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
>
>
>
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Personal Area Network
> from TOSHIBA
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-C6-94-9E-06
>
>
> And listed below is the desktop ipconfig info:
>
> Windows IP Configuration
>
>
>
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CJS3Desktop
>
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
>
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mc.at.cox.net
>
>
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
>
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mc.at.cox.net
>
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
> Ethernet NIC
>
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-28-C0-88
>
> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102
>
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>
> DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>
> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.1.18.237
>
> 68.1.18.30
>
> 68.10.16.30
>
> Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, September 09, 2005
> 6:19:23 PM
>
> Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, September 10, 2005
> 6:19:23 PM
>
>
> This is the browstat for the laptop:
> Status for domain CJS3 on transport
> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{94A356ED-12C2-4EB9-A645-E340B3AB0870}
> Browsing is NOT active on domain.
> Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.
>
> And this is thee browstat for the desktop
> Status for domain CJS3 on transport
> \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{A2CFD6C3-379E-4EC4-A821-C44902DC4FC2}
> Browsing is NOT active on domain.
> Master browser name is held by: CJS3DESKTOP
> Master browser is running build 2600
>
> (i also just realized that I think both computers may have the same name,
> CJS3...is that an issue?)
>
> You say in your letter that browstat can produce a lot of info, but
> practically NOTHING came out of mine. Is there something I need to be doing
> differently? Thanks for all of your help

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 16:23:01 -0700, "whateverisisright"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Chuck,
>This email includes all of the information your email requests. I'll
>restate the problem first (to refresh your memory, if not, just skip down).
>
>Just bought a new laptop and a wireless router (has XP Proffesional). Have
>tried to connect my old desktop (XP home edition) to ... and I've tried both
>the "Network Setup Wizard AND the Wireless Network Setup Wizard. At one
>point, one computer seemed to be acknowledging the other's existance but I
>ended up getting an error message. And yes, to answer your question, I did
>do the "Hooked through a residential network" with both computers. it didnt
>work, so then i tried doing my desktop as the "main" computer...it wouldn't
>let me...
>That being said, here's the info that your site requests:

<SNIP>

>(i also just realized that I think both computers may have the same name,
>CJS3...is that an issue?)
>
>You say in your letter that browstat can produce a lot of info, but
>practically NOTHING came out of mine. Is there something I need to be doing
>differently? Thanks for all of your help

Jimmy,

Your browstats aren't as complete as they could be, but what they don't show is
significant.

Both computers appear to have basic ip communication. Neither has any
gratuitous protocols (neither browstat or ipconfig shows anything interesting).
Name resolution "Hybrid" and "Unknown" are no problem.

The two names ("CJS3Desktop" and "CJS3Laptop") are sufficiently unique. No name
conflict there.

Something is stopping browsing between the two computers. They're on the same
logical / physical segment, so check both computers for misconfigured /
overlooked firewalls, and for registry setting restrictanonymous.
Misconfigured / overlooked firewalls:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
Registry setting restrictanonymous:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html>

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.