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I have this kinda hokey network (Host is a XP Home SP1 - Client runs Win98)
that has worked fairly well for 4 years, aside from having to run the Wizard
once in a while 'cos it forgets its Workgroup name. Recently it stopped
working, and the Wizard can't fix it. Shared files only show up on the
machine they're stored on, packets are sent but none are rec'd and it
"Cannot connect network drive"s. I tried Repair this connection and got the
following message "The following steps of the repair operation failed:
Renewing the IP address., Purging and reloading the remote cache name table
of NetBT., Sending Name Release packets to WINS and then starting Refresh."
I have no idea what to do about any of these.
I ran ipconfig on the host. Here is the log:
Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . :
operator-83sp12 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type
.. . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . :
No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : NoEthernet adapter Local Area
Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description .
.. . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-69-ED-C3 Dhcp Enabled. .
.. . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.127.158 Subnet Mask . . .
.. . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Here is the ipconfig.txt from the client:
Windows 98 IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . : PLAYROOM DNS
Servers . . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast NetBIOS
Scope ID. . . . . . : IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. .
.. . . : No NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No0 Ethernet adapter : Description .
.. . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast Ethernet Adapter NDIS5
Driver Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-04-5A-64-DE-61 DHCP Enabled. . . . .
.. . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 169.254.58.188 Subnet Mask . . . .
.. . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . : DHCP Server . . . . . .
.. . : 255.255.255.255 Primary WINS Server . . . . : Secondary WINS Server .
.. . : Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 06 22 07 12:13:50 PM Lease Expires . . .
.. . . . :
Assuming that having NetBIOS over TCP/IP disabled is at least part of the
problem, I did this:
Control Panel>Network Connections>Local Area Connection\Properties\General
tab\This connection uses the following items\Internet
Protocol(TCP/IP)\Properties\General tab\Advanced button\WINS tab. WINS
addresses box is empty, Enable LMHOSTS lookup box is checked, NetBIOS setting
- Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP is selected.
Is there somewhere else I must go to enable NetBIOS?
that has worked fairly well for 4 years, aside from having to run the Wizard
once in a while 'cos it forgets its Workgroup name. Recently it stopped
working, and the Wizard can't fix it. Shared files only show up on the
machine they're stored on, packets are sent but none are rec'd and it
"Cannot connect network drive"s. I tried Repair this connection and got the
following message "The following steps of the repair operation failed:
Renewing the IP address., Purging and reloading the remote cache name table
of NetBT., Sending Name Release packets to WINS and then starting Refresh."
I have no idea what to do about any of these.
I ran ipconfig on the host. Here is the log:
Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . :
operator-83sp12 Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type
.. . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . :
No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : NoEthernet adapter Local Area
Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description .
.. . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-69-ED-C3 Dhcp Enabled. .
.. . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.127.158 Subnet Mask . . .
.. . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Here is the ipconfig.txt from the client:
Windows 98 IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . : PLAYROOM DNS
Servers . . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast NetBIOS
Scope ID. . . . . . : IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. .
.. . . : No NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No0 Ethernet adapter : Description .
.. . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Fast Ethernet Adapter NDIS5
Driver Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-04-5A-64-DE-61 DHCP Enabled. . . . .
.. . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 169.254.58.188 Subnet Mask . . . .
.. . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . : DHCP Server . . . . . .
.. . : 255.255.255.255 Primary WINS Server . . . . : Secondary WINS Server .
.. . : Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 06 22 07 12:13:50 PM Lease Expires . . .
.. . . . :
Assuming that having NetBIOS over TCP/IP disabled is at least part of the
problem, I did this:
Control Panel>Network Connections>Local Area Connection\Properties\General
tab\This connection uses the following items\Internet
Protocol(TCP/IP)\Properties\General tab\Advanced button\WINS tab. WINS
addresses box is empty, Enable LMHOSTS lookup box is checked, NetBIOS setting
- Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP is selected.
Is there somewhere else I must go to enable NetBIOS?