1 Node Can't Map Network Connections

[Rick]

I have a home network connected to the Internet with a cable modem. One of
the machines, a notebook, can't see the home network but can access the
Internet just fine.

I can ping the machines on the home network. I can map from other machines
to each other.

So, the shares are fine, the network is fine, but the notebook won't see any
of the shares.

The three machines are all running W2K Pro, and each is in a separate
workgroup. The notebook is a domain member but not a domain controller.

I've tried mapping as a different user, using the machine or workgroup name
of the remote machine as a domain name. The account is duplicated at all
machines and has administrative permissions. I can logon to all machines
with this account and map from each, but not from the notebook.

All have tcpip only and get addresses from the cable company's dhcp server.
I've tried using an lmhosts file with no success. LMHOSTS allows me to ping
the machines by name, but not see the shares. The shares are visible from
other machines, but not the notebook.

Can the cable company prevent netbios from one machine even though my
machines are all connected to the same hub? There have been times in the
past when the notebook connects to the shares and times it does not. The
workstation service is running. Name resolution is working because I can
ping by name, just not map to a remote share.

Thoughts?

 

[Brian Oakes [MSFT]]

When you do a point you are making a Winsock call which will most of the
time use host/dns resolution. So lmhosts will only play a factor in if we
failover that direction. Make sure they are in the same workgroup and we
have NetBIOS enabled on the systems. You are basically dealing with a
browsing issue if everything else seems to be working fine. So... do all the
standard stuff, and make sure that everyone is in the same workgroup and
it's spelled the same case wise. Also if you have one system that will not
appear no matter what you do, uninstall virus backup software as a test and
see what happens. It should appear.

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Brian Oakes

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