XP Home Network: Name resolution problem?

P

Peter

Home network: XP Home desktop Server and XP Home laptop Client, set to
share files through Workgroup "Mshome". Sharing of files and printers
fails. NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on Server and Client. Turning off
XP Firewalls doesn't help. Here are Ping and Net View results:

Server can ping itself by IP address and NetBIOS name.
Server can ping Client by IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["Ping
request could not find host SamsungX10. Please check the name and try
again."].

Client can ping itself by IP address and NetBIOS name.
Client can ping Server by IP address but not by name ["Ping request
could not find host Scotts. Please check the name and try again."].

Net View from Client shows shared resources when addressing itself by
IP address and NetBIOS name.
Net View from Client shows shared resources when addressing Server by
IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["System error 53 has occurred. The
network path was not found."].

Net View from Server shows shared resources when addressing itself by
IP address and NetBIOS name.
Net View from Server shows shared resources when addressing Client by
IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["System error 53 has occurred. The
network path was not found."].

Seems to be a problem of resolving the NetBIOS names? NBTSTAT shows
Scotts and SamsungX10 are both unique names. Both appear correctly in
registry.

How should I tackle this?

Help gratefully received.

Peter


[SERVER] C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Scotts
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast
Ethernet A
dapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-82-2E-F2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 August 2006 18:47:17
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2006 07:51:13

[CLIENT] C:\Documents and Settings\Peter>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SamsungX10
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless LAN
2100 3B Mi
ni PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-7B-16-3E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 August 2006 18:48:01
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2006 08:17:20

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth LAN Access Server
Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0A-3A-54-4B-F4

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast
Ethernet
Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-F0-87-86-9B
 
C

Chuck

Home network: XP Home desktop Server and XP Home laptop Client, set to
share files through Workgroup "Mshome". Sharing of files and printers
fails. NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on Server and Client. Turning off
XP Firewalls doesn't help. Here are Ping and Net View results:

Server can ping itself by IP address and NetBIOS name.
Server can ping Client by IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["Ping
request could not find host SamsungX10. Please check the name and try
again."].

Client can ping itself by IP address and NetBIOS name.
Client can ping Server by IP address but not by name ["Ping request
could not find host Scotts. Please check the name and try again."].

Net View from Client shows shared resources when addressing itself by
IP address and NetBIOS name.
Net View from Client shows shared resources when addressing Server by
IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["System error 53 has occurred. The
network path was not found."].

Net View from Server shows shared resources when addressing itself by
IP address and NetBIOS name.
Net View from Server shows shared resources when addressing Client by
IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["System error 53 has occurred. The
network path was not found."].

Seems to be a problem of resolving the NetBIOS names? NBTSTAT shows
Scotts and SamsungX10 are both unique names. Both appear correctly in
registry.

How should I tackle this?

Help gratefully received.

Peter


[SERVER] C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Scotts
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast
Ethernet A
dapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-82-2E-F2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 August 2006 18:47:17
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2006 07:51:13

[CLIENT] C:\Documents and Settings\Peter>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SamsungX10
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless LAN
2100 3B Mi
ni PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-7B-16-3E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 August 2006 18:48:01
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2006 08:17:20

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth LAN Access Server
Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0A-3A-54-4B-F4

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast
Ethernet
Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-F0-87-86-9B
Click to expand...

Peter,

Start here.
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SamsungX10
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html#Peer-Peer>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html#Peer-Peer
 
P

Peter

Hi Chuck!

I did this and it worked. Many thanks for your help.

Peter
-----------------------

Home network: XP Home desktop Server and XP Home laptop Client, set to
share files through Workgroup "Mshome". Sharing of files and printers
fails. NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on Server and Client. Turning off
XP Firewalls doesn't help. Here are Ping and Net View results:

Server can ping itself by IP address and NetBIOS name.
Server can ping Client by IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["Ping
request could not find host SamsungX10. Please check the name and try
again."].

Client can ping itself by IP address and NetBIOS name.
Client can ping Server by IP address but not by name ["Ping request
could not find host Scotts. Please check the name and try again."].

Net View from Client shows shared resources when addressing itself by
IP address and NetBIOS name.
Net View from Client shows shared resources when addressing Server by
IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["System error 53 has occurred. The
network path was not found."].

Net View from Server shows shared resources when addressing itself by
IP address and NetBIOS name.
Net View from Server shows shared resources when addressing Client by
IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["System error 53 has occurred. The
network path was not found."].

Seems to be a problem of resolving the NetBIOS names? NBTSTAT shows
Scotts and SamsungX10 are both unique names. Both appear correctly in
registry.

How should I tackle this?

Help gratefully received.

Peter


[SERVER] C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Scotts
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast
Ethernet A
dapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-82-2E-F2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 August 2006 18:47:17
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2006 07:51:13

[CLIENT] C:\Documents and Settings\Peter>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SamsungX10
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless LAN
2100 3B Mi
ni PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-7B-16-3E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 August 2006 18:48:01
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2006 08:17:20

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth LAN Access Server
Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0A-3A-54-4B-F4

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast
Ethernet
Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-F0-87-86-9B
Click to expand...

Peter,

Start here.
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SamsungX10
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html#Peer-Peer>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html#Peer-Peer
Click to expand...
 
C

Chuck

Chuck said:
Home network: XP Home desktop Server and XP Home laptop Client, set to
share files through Workgroup "Mshome". Sharing of files and printers
fails. NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on Server and Client. Turning off
XP Firewalls doesn't help. Here are Ping and Net View results:

Server can ping itself by IP address and NetBIOS name.
Server can ping Client by IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["Ping
request could not find host SamsungX10. Please check the name and try
again."].

Client can ping itself by IP address and NetBIOS name.
Client can ping Server by IP address but not by name ["Ping request
could not find host Scotts. Please check the name and try again."].

Net View from Client shows shared resources when addressing itself by
IP address and NetBIOS name.
Net View from Client shows shared resources when addressing Server by
IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["System error 53 has occurred. The
network path was not found."].

Net View from Server shows shared resources when addressing itself by
IP address and NetBIOS name.
Net View from Server shows shared resources when addressing Client by
IP address but not by NetBIOS name ["System error 53 has occurred. The
network path was not found."].

Seems to be a problem of resolving the NetBIOS names? NBTSTAT shows
Scotts and SamsungX10 are both unique names. Both appear correctly in
registry.

How should I tackle this?

Help gratefully received.

Peter


[SERVER] C:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Scotts
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast
Ethernet A
dapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-82-2E-F2
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 August 2006 18:47:17
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2006 07:51:13

[CLIENT] C:\Documents and Settings\Peter>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SamsungX10
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless LAN
2100 3B Mi
ni PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-23-7B-16-3E
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 August 2006 18:48:01
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 August 2006 08:17:20

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth LAN Access Server
Driver
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0A-3A-54-4B-F4

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 3Com 3C920 Integrated Fast
Ethernet
Controller (3C905C-TX Compatible)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-F0-87-86-9B
Click to expand...

Peter,

Start here.
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SamsungX10
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html#Peer-Peer>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html#Peer-Peer
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Hi Chuck!

I did this and it worked. Many thanks for your help.

Peter
Click to expand...

Excellent. Thanks for the feedback.
 

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