Add Network Place Wizard does not work sometimes

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Lev

I have a small network - 4 computers (all - WinXP) and a 4 ports ADSL modem
router (SKYMASTER).
Sometimes computers lose part of their connections and I cannot open a
folder of one computer from another.
To fix this problem I run Add Network Place Wizard and fill in a path to
another computer in Internet or network address window, for example,
\\Lev-comp\D. But after delay (1 - 2 min) I recive next answer: The folder
you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another.
And \\Lev-comp\D folder marks as shared.
I check my records and see, that by this way I fix the connections before.
Why does it happen? How can I get rid of this situations?
Thanks in advance
Lev
 
C

Chuck

I have a small network - 4 computers (all - WinXP) and a 4 ports ADSL modem
router (SKYMASTER).
Sometimes computers lose part of their connections and I cannot open a
folder of one computer from another.
To fix this problem I run Add Network Place Wizard and fill in a path to
another computer in Internet or network address window, for example,
\\Lev-comp\D. But after delay (1 - 2 min) I recive next answer: The folder
you entered does not appear to be valid. Please choose another.
And \\Lev-comp\D folder marks as shared.
I check my records and see, that by this way I fix the connections before.
Why does it happen? How can I get rid of this situations?
Thanks in advance
Lev

Lev,

Your problem is symptomatic of either a browser, connectivity, or name
resolution issue. When you observe this problem, what do you do to recover?
Reboot, retry, wait patiently? The intermittent and partial nature of the
problem "Sometimes computers lose part of their connections" suggests a browser
problem (I'm not mentioning Internet Explorer here - the browser is the
subsystem that allows each computer to see the shares offered by another).

Short of providing more timely details about the problem, let's try and diagnose
it. Provide ipconfig information for each computer, as a start.
1) Start - Run - "cmd".
2) Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command window.
3) Open Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is NOT checked!.
4) Open file c:\ipconfig.txt from Notepad.
5) Copy and paste entire contents of the file into your next post.
6) Identify operating system (by name, version, and Service Pack level) with
each ipconfig listing.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers list the same master
browser.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>

--
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.
 
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Lev

Thanks for your answer, Chuck !

The situation arise then I try to connect to dialup Internet instead of
ADSL, because my ISP stops its service (I do not know their problems). I
used your instructions and made ipconfig.txt files on two from 4 my
computers. There are
ipconfig.txt - it my comuter
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : LEV-COMP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-72-AB-37
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

ipconfigNat.txt - it's my wife's computer
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : nat-comp
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-ED-8B-1E-F0
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.243
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, 2 April 2005 10:47:25
AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 3 April 2005 10:47:25 AM

I see that my computer have wrong IP address - 192.168.0.1, and my wife's
computer have correct IP address - 192.168.1.243. When my home network was
working, my IP address was 192.168.1.244. I think, if I will change my IP
address, my home network will begin to work properly. All these IP addresses
were made automatically when I installed ADSL 4 ports modem router and I do
not know, how change them.
My task is to restore my home network and to work with dialup ISP (which is
in my computer) from all our computers through my home network for a week, I
think. And when our new ISP will connect us, will return to ADSL connection
(when each computer connects to Internet through the ADSL 4 ports modem
router).
Help my, please! Thanks in advace
Lev
 
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Lev

I have found the place for changing IP address! It's Network
Connections/Local Area Conection (right click)/Properties/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) (select)/Properties. My home network is working now! And my dialup
connection is working too, but only from my computer.
I marked the dialup connection on my computer as shared, but how should I
tell it other computers? Which Wizard should I use? I tried Add Network
Place Wizard and Add New Connection Wizard, but cannot do this.
Thanks in advance
Lev
 

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