Home networking

[Guest]

Ok, I'm going to try to get the details in one message: Home Network:
Linksys gateway router, wired to xp pro, setup as firewall. I also have
wired to this router an XP Home machine, have a wireless notebook (XP PRO)
and a pocket pc wireless connection (Pocket pc 2002). Situation: My 1st
machine mentioned will not see the computers in the network, but will see the
workgroup. My other machines will see workgroup and each other, and will see
first machine, but will not get access to it. Checked firewall settings,
shared settings, netbios settings on all machines, reset TCP/IP stack on
first machine, and was able to ping laptop, but not to xp home machine. I've
ran network setup wizard till I'm blue in the face, and even reinstalled xp
pro on first machine...BTW, first machine, XP Home machine has SP2
installed...laptop does not. ip addresses for each machine is as it should
be, and my gateway recognizes each machine.

 

[Chuck]

Ok, I'm going to try to get the details in one message: Home Network:
Linksys gateway router, wired to xp pro, setup as firewall. I also have
wired to this router an XP Home machine, have a wireless notebook (XP PRO)
and a pocket pc wireless connection (Pocket pc 2002). Situation: My 1st
machine mentioned will not see the computers in the network, but will see the
workgroup. My other machines will see workgroup and each other, and will see
first machine, but will not get access to it. Checked firewall settings,
shared settings, netbios settings on all machines, reset TCP/IP stack on
first machine, and was able to ping laptop, but not to xp home machine. I've
ran network setup wizard till I'm blue in the face, and even reinstalled xp
pro on first machine...BTW, first machine, XP Home machine has SP2
installed...laptop does not. ip addresses for each machine is as it should
be, and my gateway recognizes each machine.

Non-symmetrical connectivity / visibility issues like this can be generally
caused by several problems:
1) Browser problem (no not Internet Explorer).
2) Misconfigured Firewall.
3) Name resolution problem.

If you're sure you've checked the firewalls, then we'll try the other two, but
keep your firewalls in mind as a final thing to recheck later.

Let's look at the ipconfig information for each computer first.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste entire contents into your next post. Identify
operating system (by name, version, and SP level) with each ipconfig listing.

Try normalising the browser setup. Make sure the browser service is running on
the two wired WinXP computers. Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services.
Verify that the Computer Browser, and the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both
show with Status = Started. Disable the browser on the notebook, and on the
pocket pc. Power all 4 computers off, then power the 2 wired computers on, and
finally the 2 wireless ones on.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers 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 give the same result.

For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>

 

[Guest]

I have the same issue. My xp-home machine cannot even ping itself which is
odd.
See following "cmd" output. Also, my xp-home can ping the win2k machines by
ip, but not by name.

-----begin cmd output
C:\Program Files\Support Tools>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>ping 192.168.1.101

Pinging 192.168.1.101 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.101:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>ping 192.168.1.104

Pinging 192.168.1.104 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.104:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 5ms, Average = 2ms

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>ping gateway1700
Ping request could not find host gateway1700. Please check the name and try
agai
n.
-----end cmd output

 

[Chuck]

I have the same issue. My xp-home machine cannot even ping itself which is
odd.
See following "cmd" output. Also, my xp-home can ping the win2k machines by
ip, but not by name.

SNIP>

You wouldn't go to the doctor and insist upon the same medicine as your
neighbor, based upon having the same symptoms. Don't assume your computer
problems are the same, based upon two brief problem reports.

Please start a new topic (with a different, and descriptive title) for help.
This will benefit both you, and the OP. And, it will help the helpers here find
your posts easier.