File Sharing Help Please

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I have posted before but am still having problems. I have a desktop with XP
home and a laptop with XP home setup on a network with a Linksys wireless
router. Internet is shared fine but when I try to share files or my printer,
the files or the printer are never registered as being shared. They don't
show up at all in shared documents. I have tried disabling firewalls and
anti-virus and when I try to view my workgroup (MSHOME), nothing is there,
which is better than when it was telling me I may not have access to view it.
I have checked TCP/IP and it is installed correctly. I have made sure the
names of the computers are different. I have had these computers sharing
files and a printer before with no problems, but that was a year ago. I ran
the network diagnostics scan in Help & Support and it said that my network
adapter default ip gateway ping test failed, the dhcp server test failed, and
the DNS server seach order test failed. Are these definately where my
problems lie. If so, how do I fix them and if not, what do I do?? Thank you
for any help because these are the problems that keep me up at night.
 
I have posted before but am still having problems. I have a desktop with XP
home and a laptop with XP home setup on a network with a Linksys wireless
router. Internet is shared fine but when I try to share files or my printer,
the files or the printer are never registered as being shared. They don't
show up at all in shared documents. I have tried disabling firewalls and
anti-virus and when I try to view my workgroup (MSHOME), nothing is there,
which is better than when it was telling me I may not have access to view it.
I have checked TCP/IP and it is installed correctly. I have made sure the
names of the computers are different. I have had these computers sharing
files and a printer before with no problems, but that was a year ago. I ran
the network diagnostics scan in Help & Support and it said that my network
adapter default ip gateway ping test failed, the dhcp server test failed, and
the DNS server seach order test failed. Are these definately where my
problems lie. If so, how do I fix them and if not, what do I do?? Thank you
for any help because these are the problems that keep me up at night.
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Dave,

Your name is familiar, but I'm not sure if I remember working with you or not,
so I am afraid we shall have to start from the beginning.

One of the most common causes of this problem would be a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, or other security component. There are several
other possibilities too. Read this article with an open mind.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, so we can 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
 
Chuck, thank you for the quick reply. I tried disabling firewalls and I
decided to post my results of the ipconfig and browstat to see if that could
tell you anything. I thank you again for your help in this matter.

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dave

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-76-9E-7A-3C

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 . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.51.159.145

24.51.159.146

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, February 16, 2006
10:20:19 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 17, 2006
10:20:19 AM


Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\DAVE
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master DAVE
\\DAVE
There are 1 servers in domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb


Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{59C5728B-4FD7-4E60-8DEE-EA75581D6F86}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: DAVE
Master browser is running build 2600


Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.
 
Chuck, thank you for the quick reply. I tried disabling firewalls and I
decided to post my results of the ipconfig and browstat to see if that could
tell you anything. I thank you again for your help in this matter.

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dave

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-76-9E-7A-3C

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 . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.51.159.145

24.51.159.146

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, February 16, 2006
10:20:19 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, February 17, 2006
10:20:19 AM


Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\DAVE
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master DAVE
\\DAVE
There are 1 servers in domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkNb


Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{59C5728B-4FD7-4E60-8DEE-EA75581D6F86}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: DAVE
Master browser is running build 2600


Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.
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Dave,

Well, to start, you're running IPX (only) for file sharing there. But since you
didn't include any diagnostics for the other computer, I can't do a lot for you.

Maybe a little more detail about your network would help.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html

Are you (were you) by any chance paying for 2 Internet connections? With a
router, you should get rid of IPX and use TCP/IP for file sharing.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/one-unique-case-where-ipxspx-may-help.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/one-unique-case-where-ipxspx-may-help.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html

Let's see the same from the other computer.
 
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