New Windows network setup - XP SP2 and 2000 Pro

[Guest]

I'm attempting to set up a new Windows network with two computers, one a
Win2000Pro and the other an XP Home machine. After following all the
documenation and the running the appropriate wizards, neither machine can see
the other. I've tried to follow all the other posts and do my homework. Still
need help! Appreciate it!

Each box can ping the others IP address through my Linksys router (I'm using
a broadband cable modem direct connected to the router for internet access).
The XP machine can ping the machine name of the 2000 box (3927-zzpf2orpl2)
but the 2000 box couldn't ping the XP box. I added the XP machine to the
hosts file on the 2000 box, and now they can both ping each other, IP
address AND machine name. That might be a clue to my problem, I don't know...

Both use the MSHOME workgroup name.

I'm running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer Sharing
for Microsoft Networks on each computer, with shares setup on each.

I'm running NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (Local Area Connection - Properties - TCP/IP
- Properties - Advanced - WINS) on each computer.

XP HOme is SP2, firewall has exception checked for File/Print sharing. No
firewall on the 2000 box.

When I attempt to "Find" the 2000 box from the XP box, using either IP or
name for the 2000 machine, it fails to connect.

I've run net user guest /active:yes on each machine and rebooted, to no avail.

Running
-net view \\3927-zzpf2orpl2

results in this:

-System error 53 has occurred.
-The network path was not found.

and vice versa from 2000 to XP.

Computer Browsers and TCP/IP NetBIOS Helpers services are running on both.
I've waited many minutes to let browsers catch up.

Here's IPCONFIG output for both boxes:

Windows 2000 IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 3927-zzpf2orpl2
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mchsi.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mchsi.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311/312 PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-E3-12-BE-0A
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.127.202.4
216.148.227.68
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 05, 2004 7:53:58 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 07, 2004 7:53:58 PM


Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : andy-mqhhz9y20t
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mchsi.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mchsi.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VM Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-47-93-F7-12
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.127.202.4
216.148.227.68
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, November 05, 2004
7:56:36 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 07, 2004
7:56:36 PM

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

Start by setting the node type on andy-mqhhz9y20t to 1. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160177/EN-US/

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Guest]

No difference. Thanks. Here's an update. I renamed the machines. The P4 is
the XP Home machine, the Dell is the 2000Pro.


C:\Documents and Settings\Andy Shaffer>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : P4
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mchsi.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mchsi.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VM Network
Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-47-93-F7-12
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.127.202.4
216.148.227.68
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 08, 2004
6:27:43 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 10, 2004
6:27:43
PM

Windows 2000 IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast IP Routing Enabled. . . . . .
.. . : No WINS Proxy Enabled.

.. . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mchsi.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
mchsi.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA311/312 PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-02-E3-12-BE-0A DHCP Enabled. . . . .
.. . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
192.168.1.101 Subnet Mask . . . .

.. . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . :

192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.127.202.4
216.148.227.68
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, November 07, 2004 10:04:57
PM Lease Expires . . . . . . .

.. . . : Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:04:57 PM

Start by setting the node type on andy-mqhhz9y20t to 1. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/160177/EN-US/

Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[Malke]

No difference. Thanks. Here's an update. I renamed the machines. The
P4 is the XP Home machine, the Dell is the 2000Pro.


C:\Documents and Settings\Andy Shaffer>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : P4
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mchsi.com

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mchsi.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VM
Network
Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-47-93-F7-12
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 . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.127.202.4
216.148.227.68

(snippage)

With all of this, did you create identical user accounts and passwords
on each machine? You need to. Make sure you've shared out desired
resources and that permissions are set correctly (read/write as you
want).

Malke

 

[Guest]

I had assumed that a guest account would do on each machine:

net user guest /active:yes

If that's not going to handle it, let me know. Thanks!

Andy

 

[Malke]

I had assumed that a guest account would do on each machine:

net user guest /active:yes

If that's not going to handle it, let me know. Thanks!

Try disabling the Guest account and creating the user accounts. XP uses
"Force Guest", but it is IMO bad network security to have a Guest
account enabled. Other operating systems such as NT, Win2k, Linux and
Unix disable the Guest account by default. If you have a mixed-os
network, you definitely need to disable XP's Guest.

Malke

 

[Guest]

Thanks, of course, you are right. I've been in debug mode. I had planned on
setting up accounts.

However, after doing so, symptoms are the same. They can ping each others IP
addrs and their hostnames (I did have to add the XP hostname in the Win2000
hosts file, thought), but windows networking doesn't recognize either
machine. I never even GET to signon (another reason I didn't bother with
accounts at first).

Both OSs are BRAND NEW installs, why doesn't this work right out? Thanks
for the help!

 

[Malke]

Thanks, of course, you are right. I've been in debug mode. I had
planned on setting up accounts.

However, after doing so, symptoms are the same. They can ping each
others IP addrs and their hostnames (I did have to add the XP hostname
in the Win2000 hosts file, thought), but windows networking doesn't
recognize either machine. I never even GET to signon (another reason I
didn't bother with accounts at first).

Both OSs are BRAND NEW installs, why doesn't this work right out?
Thanks for the help!

I don't know. Networking is usually pretty easy, but hard to
troubleshoot in a newsgroup. You've got something set wrong, but
without seeing your machines it is really hard to say what. Go through
the troubleshooter at MVP Hans-Georg Michna's site here:

http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm - Small Network Troubleshooter by
Hans-Georg Michna

and then post back with results. Or you may just want to call a local
pro to come over and do it. Someone onsite is going to be able to take
a look and go, "oh yeah - here you go" in a lot less time than this is
taking you.

If you want to keep trying in the newsgroup, go through Hans-Georg's
troubleshooter and then come back.

Don't give up, you'll get it working.

Malke

 

[Guest]

I had IPX (NWLink) installed (even though it wasn't checked). Uninstalled
that and now the two machines are talking!

Greatly appreciate the help and the nudge in the right direction!

 

[Malke]

I had IPX (NWLink) installed (even though it wasn't checked).
Uninstalled that and now the two machines are talking!

Greatly appreciate the help and the nudge in the right direction!

Hurray! I'm so glad you found the problem and everything is sorted now.
You're most welcome for whatever small help I gave you, and thanks for
letting me know.

Malke