Hi Chuck - here'e the results from the new code on Computer B:
CDiagnosis V1.3
Start diagnosis for MULLALY2
Full Targets MULLALY1 192.168.1.103 192.168.0.1 MULLALY2 192.168.1.101
Target MULLALY1
"ping MULLALY1"
Ping request could not find host MULLALY1. Please check the name and try
again.
"net view MULLALY1"
Target 192.168.1.103
"ping 192.168.1.103"
Pinging 192.168.1.103 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.103:
Packets: Sent = 1, Received = 0, Lost = 1 (100% loss),
I'm going to try you new post now...
Hi Chuck - I ran the second code twice on computer B and each time I got this
message:
"System Error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found."
For what it is worth (probably not much) I am having no trouble sharing
files, drives and printers between B and C, and A can use all of B and C's
resources. But neither B nor C can access A. (I know we're not concerned
with Computer C - just wanted you to know it is able to share just fine with
B and A) When I try to access A from either B or C, a message comes up that
says "Computer A is not available - check to make sure you typed the name
correctly" (or something like that). Or "the host computer cannot be found"
I made sure all three computers were up and running and I tried the codes
twice with the same results each time. In layman's terms, B and C are
broadcasting just fine but cannot receive. A is receiving just fine but
cannot broadcast. Sorry to babble on.....thanks, Paula
OK - here's the IP config for COmputer 3.
Host name Mullaly 3
OK - here's the IP config for COmputer 3.
Host name Mullaly 3
DNS Servers 151.204.0.84
Node Type Broadcast
Instant Wireless USB Network Adapter
Adapter address 00-0C-41-0F-84-F5
IP Address 192.168.1.100
Subnet mask 255.255.255.0
default gateway 192.168.1.1
DHCP server 192.168.1.1
A stupid question: Is the fact that Computer 1 is the "network
administrator" computer meaningful? This is a new computer and I'm wondering
if there is something in the Network Administrator settings that maybe should
have been checked or not checked that is preventing 2 and 3 from accessing 1.
PAULA said:Chuck, I've been sitting here thinking about this stupid networking problem
and something occurred to me which may or may not have value. Again, keep in
mind my unfamiliarity with the technical workings of computers...
M1 is a new machine, about 1 month old. It was ordered from Dell. When it
arrived, we needed to transfer files from M2 to M1. I had a techie kid who
did the file transfers by hooking M1 and M2 up with a Belkin ethernet
adapter. He physically brought M2 close to M1 and did the transferring.
M2 had previously been our primary computer and had been hooked up to the
router and DSL modem. When it was moved to a back office and M1 became our
primary computer, M1 was hooked up to the router and modem. I don't know if
the kid reconfigured the router or needed to - but the internet continued to
work fine.
When I first looked at Network Connections on M2, the LAN connection said "a
device was unplugged". The device, of course, was the Belkin ethernet
adapter the kid used to transfer the files. I have formally "disabled" the
LAN on M2, and it is picking up M3 just fine over the wireless network. But
I'm wondering...how was the LAN enabled BEFORE the kid used the ethernet
adapter? On my home computer (also a Dell running Windows XP Home), which
has dial up internet, when I look at Network Connections, the LAN says it
uses a "WAN Network driver".
The LAN on M1 says it works off a Broadcom adapter. I don't know if it came
this way, or if this is the result of the router or what the kid did to
transfer the files. But if I disable this adapter, the internet won't work on
M1.
I just have a feeling that the LAN configuration is wrong on M1.
Doesn't the wireless network take the place of the LAN? Or do you need both
to share computers? I know the kid hooked up M1 the same way M2 was hooked
up to the router and modem, but we weren't trying to network the computers
when it was just M2 and M3, only sharing the internet.
As far as whether anything is plugged into the ethernet port on M1, I can
only repeat that there is a blue cable running from M1 into the router. The
modem has an "ethernet" light that is on and a "USB" light that is off. The
router is definitely hooked up to the modem via an ethernet cable.I do know
that the blue cable is plugged into a "fatter" port than a USB port, which is
kind of small. If we assume that the blue cable is an ethernet cable, should
I disconnect it? If I do, the computer would not be connected to the router.
I'm sorry to be so long winded. It bothers me when I can't understand
something and I have the feeling that someone like you could get this thing
done in a minute if you had hands on access.
Chuck, I've been sitting here thinking about this stupid networking problem
and something occurred to me which may or may not have value. Again, keep in
mind my unfamiliarity with the technical workings of computers...
M1 is a new machine, about 1 month old. It was ordered from Dell. When it
arrived, we needed to transfer files from M2 to M1. I had a techie kid who
did the file transfers by hooking M1 and M2 up with a Belkin ethernet
adapter. He physically brought M2 close to M1 and did the transferring.
M2 had previously been our primary computer and had been hooked up to the
router and DSL modem. When it was moved to a back office and M1 became our
primary computer, M1 was hooked up to the router and modem. I don't know if
the kid reconfigured the router or needed to - but the internet continued to
work fine.
When I first looked at Network Connections on M2, the LAN connection said "a
device was unplugged". The device, of course, was the Belkin ethernet
adapter the kid used to transfer the files. I have formally "disabled" the
LAN on M2, and it is picking up M3 just fine over the wireless network. But
I'm wondering...how was the LAN enabled BEFORE the kid used the ethernet
adapter? On my home computer (also a Dell running Windows XP Home), which
has dial up internet, when I look at Network Connections, the LAN says it
uses a "WAN Network driver".
The LAN on M1 says it works off a Broadcom adapter. I don't know if it came
this way, or if this is the result of the router or what the kid did to
transfer the files. But if I disable this adapter, the internet won't work on
M1.
I just have a feeling that the LAN configuration is wrong on M1.
Doesn't the wireless network take the place of the LAN? Or do you need both
to share computers? I know the kid hooked up M1 the same way M2 was hooked
up to the router and modem, but we weren't trying to network the computers
when it was just M2 and M3, only sharing the internet.
As far as whether anything is plugged into the ethernet port on M1, I can
only repeat that there is a blue cable running from M1 into the router. The
modem has an "ethernet" light that is on and a "USB" light that is off. The
router is definitely hooked up to the modem via an ethernet cable.I do know
that the blue cable is plugged into a "fatter" port than a USB port, which is
kind of small. If we assume that the blue cable is an ethernet cable, should
I disconnect it? If I do, the computer would not be connected to the router.
I'm sorry to be so long winded. It bothers me when I can't understand
something and I have the feeling that someone like you could get this thing
done in a minute if you had hands on access.
I just did some research on M1. It has "integrated 10/100 ethernet" and the
blue cable is plugged into the serial port.
Chuck, here is the ping run on Mullaly1 using the code you sent me on Friday
March 17:
Some weirdness to report:
First, when I reach the command window (hopefully it's the black window with
the c prompt in it) and I type in ping mullaly 1 etc, it tells me it's a bad
command. I also tried entering it as c:\ping etc. When I did this, an error
screen popped up on Mullaly 3 (!) and that computer was shutting itself down
and acting badly until I shut it down for awhile. When I rebooted it it said
something about reconfiguring itself. (It works fine now)
When I couldn't run the "pings" as you posted them in your last post, I ran
the 3/17 code on M1...couldn't get to M2 today as we were trying to get work
out. Also, I don't know how to ping the router. *sigh*
Now that I've disconnected the ethernet LAN on M1, I'm wondering if I should
run the network setup wizard on M1 again and make a new network setup disk to
run on M2 and M3...does that make sense? Perhaps when M1 had 2 network
connections that affected the previous attempt to set up a network...Paula
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