XP Pro Can't browse network (not the same old-same old)

[Jeff Gardner]

Greetings all:

I have two PC's: a midtower and a laptop both with XP Pro SP 2. Laptop
accesses network via wireless with dhcp. Midtower is plugged into the same
device (wire/less router) and too uses dhcp. Midtower can access resources
on laptop. Laptop doesn't even see itself in the workgroup (yes, they are in
the same workgroup), let alone have access to resources on the midtower.
Laptop had a fresh OS install about a month ago but was not connected to the
network prior.

Here's what know or have done, thus far:

laptop can access internet
ping midtower from laptop by name - no ping
ping midtower from laptop by IP - no ping but resolves the name (i.e.
pinging 192.168.1.3 (midtower) with...)
turned off all firewalls
repaired winsock2 on laptop
Client for Microsoft Networks and File and Printer Shring for Microsoft
Networks installed on laptop. Removed both, rebooted, reinstalled - no luck
NetBIOS over tcp/ip enabled explicitly
wire/less router has no setting segragating wireless from wired
ran MS network configuration "Wizard" 2 times on laptop
Laptop running Avast! AV - no viruses detected

Setting up a 2 host network, (okay, 4 if we count the router and the modem),
should take 2 minutes, not 2 hours. Any ideas as to what I can do to get
this working would be appreciated.

 

[Chuck]

Greetings all:

I have two PC's: a midtower and a laptop both with XP Pro SP 2. Laptop
accesses network via wireless with dhcp. Midtower is plugged into the same
device (wire/less router) and too uses dhcp. Midtower can access resources
on laptop. Laptop doesn't even see itself in the workgroup (yes, they are in
the same workgroup), let alone have access to resources on the midtower.
Laptop had a fresh OS install about a month ago but was not connected to the
network prior.

Here's what know or have done, thus far:

laptop can access internet
ping midtower from laptop by name - no ping
ping midtower from laptop by IP - no ping but resolves the name (i.e.
pinging 192.168.1.3 (midtower) with...)
turned off all firewalls
repaired winsock2 on laptop
Client for Microsoft Networks and File and Printer Shring for Microsoft
Networks installed on laptop. Removed both, rebooted, reinstalled - no luck
NetBIOS over tcp/ip enabled explicitly
wire/less router has no setting segragating wireless from wired
ran MS network configuration "Wizard" 2 times on laptop
Laptop running Avast! AV - no viruses detected

Setting up a 2 host network, (okay, 4 if we count the router and the modem),
should take 2 minutes, not 2 hours. Any ideas as to what I can do to get
this working would be appreciated.

Jeff,

Start by looking at logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from each
computer, and diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and
follow instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp