Mysterious Network Gremlin

[Skypig]

I have 4 computers (XP Home) hooked up to a WRT54. All can access the
internet see each other and share files. So could my wireless Laptop(XP
Home). I came home from a trip, lent the oldest my laptop, and the next
time I used it on the network, I connected to the internet, but could not
access the workgroup. I can ping all the wired computers from the laptop
and the wired computers can ping the laptop. I hard wired the laptop and
the results were the same. I am attaching below the results of my ipconfig
/all and nbtstat -r query. I notices that the Node type is peer-peer on
both the wireless card and the Ethernet card of the laptop. The other
computers say "unknown". I have no firewall's going, NetBIOS is selected on
all computers and the workgroup names are the same. I think that the
problem is in the NetBIOS but it's really driving me nuts! as I said, the
other 4 comps are fine and can see, ping, but not access the laptop, and the
laptop can only ping the other computers. The ipconfig below was taken
using the laptop Ethernet card, but the results are the same using the
wireless card. Any help would be appreciated.

Ed


Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
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C:\DOCUME~1\ED>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Toshiba
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Eth
ernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-3F-80-08-91
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.105
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 63.67.120.18
63.67.120.23
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, April 12, 2004 11:23:09
AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, April 13, 2004 11:23:09
AM

C:\DOCUME~1\ED>nbtstat -r

NetBIOS Names Resolution and Registration Statistics
----------------------------------------------------

Resolved By Broadcast = 0
Resolved By Name Server = 0

Registered By Broadcast = 0
Registered By Name Server = 0

C:\DOCUME~1\ED>Microsoft(R) Windows DO

 

[Jim]

That scalawag didn't change the workgroup name on you, did he?!

HTH

Jim

 

[Skypig]

Nope, all workgroup names are the same.

 

[Skypig]

Ok, no reply yet With the laptop, I can ping the other 4 PC's by
address, but not by name! Is there any one out there that has a clue as to
my next course of action?

 

[Skypig]

SOLVED! Credit goes to Hans-Georg Michna for suggesting I go to
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm
It seems that once I deleted dhcpnode value not only in
HKLM/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/NetBt/Parameters, but also in
ControlSet001 and 003, and rebooted the laptop it is now a productive member
of the network. I've learned a lot over the past week, but the big clue
seemed to me that typing ipconfig /all gave me a node type of Peer-Peer.
Why this entry wouldn't go away I don't know! A special thanks to
Hans-Georg for the fine web site

Ed

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

SOLVED! Credit goes to Hans-Georg Michna for suggesting I go to
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm
It seems that once I deleted dhcpnode value not only in
HKLM/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/NetBt/Parameters, but also in
ControlSet001 and 003, and rebooted the laptop it is now a productive member
of the network. I've learned a lot over the past week, but the big clue
seemed to me that typing ipconfig /all gave me a node type of Peer-Peer.
Why this entry wouldn't go away I don't know! A special thanks to
Hans-Georg for the fine web site

Ed,

thanks and glad to hear that it helped. It's always good to
learn what actually worked.

Hans-Georg