Home network problem (router and 2 laptops)

[Guest]

I wasted 2 weekends ... please help.

I have a router (wireless, but I use the LAN connections) and 2 laptops with
XP Home. I had them connected and did not realize at what point my home
network stopped working as I changed some settings to secure it in April
(could be the Novell network software that I installed and later removed).
Currently, I have the same workgroup, filesharing on, the corresponding user
names and passwords on each with administrator rights. I can ping each by IP
but not by computer name. I can also see both computers in My Network Places.
I spent countless hours checking to have the TCP/IP, file and printer
sharing, and client for microsoft networks. I keep getting a "You may not
have permission to access this resource. File path not found" message when I
try to access the other laptop.

What else can I try?

THANK you so much.

Here is what I get from IPCONFIG/ALL:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TOSHIBA
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : (my internet provider).

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : (my internet provider).
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-B0-3A-41-F4
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 18, 2005 7:47:08 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 25, 2005 7:47:08 PM

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5004G Wireless Network
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-F5-27-C1-99

 

[Guest]

And here is the IPCONFIG/all output from the other laptop (appended after the
previous one).

And I also tried disabling the Windows firewall with no success.

I wasted 2 weekends ... please help.

I have a router (wireless, but I use the LAN connections) and 2 laptops with
XP Home. I had them connected and did not realize at what point my home
network stopped working as I changed some settings to secure it in April
(could be the Novell network software that I installed and later removed).
Currently, I have the same workgroup, filesharing on, the corresponding user
names and passwords on each with administrator rights. I can ping each by IP
but not by computer name. I can also see both computers in My Network Places.
I spent countless hours checking to have the TCP/IP, file and printer
sharing, and client for microsoft networks. I keep getting a "You may not
have permission to access this resource. File path not found" message when I
try to access the other laptop.

What else can I try?

THANK you so much.

Here is what I get from IPCONFIG/ALL:

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : TOSHIBA
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : (my internet provider).

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : (my internet provider).
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-B0-3A-41-F4
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 18, 2005 7:47:08 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 25, 2005 7:47:08 PM

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5004G Wireless Network
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-F5-27-C1-99

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DELL
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : (my internet provider).

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : (my internet provider).
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-56-AB-DF-8D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.103
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 18, 2005 7:50:40 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, July 25, 2005 7:50:40 PM

 

[Helob]

Are you running a 3rd part firewall like ZoneAlarm or Sygate etc? If
so, you need to enable filesharing. It is no good enough to stop or
exit the firewall.
Pls report progress here.

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 18:29:02 -0700, Andy P <Andy

 

[Chuck]

And here is the IPCONFIG/all output from the other laptop (appended after the
previous one).

And I also tried disabling the Windows firewall with no success.

Andy,

Working with Windows Networking is sometimes a frustrating task. What you're
seeing here, according to your report, is an "error = 53". There are several
known causes of this error, and I apologise if I enumerate several that you have
already considered, and dismissed.
# Corrupted LSP / Winsock.
# Firewall problem.
# Registry settings.
# Invalid node type.
# Excessive protocols.

Now, when you refer to "countless hours checking to have the TCP/IP, file and
printer sharing, and client for microsoft networks", I'm going to hope that you
mean you thoroughly checked everything discussed in this article:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#Components>

And I hope that the Guest account (for XP Home, that's all you need) is properly
activated on both computers.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html#Help>

Because I promise you, if there's something that isn't right, that's described
in one of the above articles, you'll have trouble some time. So I'll offer you
both articles from the beginning, for your education:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html>
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/file-sharing-under-windows-xp.html>

Next, please read this article (from which came the above list), and follow any
links that seem relevant. Keep an open mind; some links may contain information
that you haven't considered.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/mysterious-error-53-aka-name-not-found.html>

If that's of no help, let's take the "ipconfig /all" output, and analyse your
problem. Take the following code (everything inside the "#####"). (Please
verify computer names and ip addresses).

1. Open Notepad. Ensure that Format - Word Wrap is not checked. Highlight
then Copy the code (Ctrl-C), precisely as it is presented, and Paste (Ctrl-V)
into Notepad. Verify, and correct, names and addresses if necessary.
2. Save the Notepad file as "cdiag.cmd", as type "All Files", into the root
folder "C:\".
3. Run it by Start - Run - "c:\cdiag".
4. Wait patiently.
5. When Notepad opens up displaying c:\cdiag.txt, first check Format and
ensure that Word Wrap is NOT checked! Then, copy the entire contents (Ctrl-A
Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) into your next post.

Do this from all computers, please, with all computers powered up and online.

##### Start CDiag Assembled Code

@echo off
set FullTarget1=TOSHIBA 192.168.0.102
set FullTarget2=DELL 192.168.0.103
set FullTarget3=
set FullTarget4=
set FullTargets=%FullTarget1% %FullTarget2% %FullTarget3% %FullTarget4%
set FullTargets=%FullTargets% 127.0.0.1
set PingTargets=www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32 192.168.0.1
Set Version=V1.32
@echo CDiagnosis %Version% >c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Start diagnosis for %computername% >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Adhoc Browser View >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
net view >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Full Targets %FullTargets% >>c:\cdiag.txt
for %%a in (%FullTargets%) do (
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Target %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "%computername% ping %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
ping %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "%computername% net view %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
net view %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
)
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Ping Targets %PingTargets% >>c:\cdiag.txt
for %%a in (%PingTargets%) do (
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Target %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "%computername% ping %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
ping %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
)
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo End diagnosis for %computername% >>c:\cdiag.txt
notepad c:\cdiag.txt
:EOF

##### End CDiag Assembled Code

 

[Guest]

Hi Helob & Chuck,

Thank you for the detailed and numerous suggestions. I will start working
through them tonight. I had found other postings from Chuck, so I have tried
3 of the common suggestions, including the registry (and I don't have 3-party
firewalls, though the router has a firewall tab - don't know whether I should
open ports just in case?). One thing I noticed is that I have Netbios over
TCP/IP as the Default among the three options.

I will report back - I hope this posting will not disappear by tonight.

Thanks again,
Andy

 

[Andrew C]

Try this link, http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm it worked for me when i
had the same problem

 

[Chuck]

Hi Helob & Chuck,

Thank you for the detailed and numerous suggestions. I will start working
through them tonight. I had found other postings from Chuck, so I have tried
3 of the common suggestions, including the registry (and I don't have 3-party
firewalls, though the router has a firewall tab - don't know whether I should
open ports just in case?). One thing I noticed is that I have Netbios over
TCP/IP as the Default among the three options.

I will report back - I hope this posting will not disappear by tonight.

Thanks again,
Andy

Andy,

Setting NetBIOS Over TCP/IP to Default can be a problem is some LANs. This
requires the DHCP server to define its setting; an actual server on the LAN will
set this properly, but if your router is providing DHCP, it's best to set NBT to
ON.

The firewall tab in the router only controls protection against traffic from the
WAN (Internet). Please don't make any changes there, that will not help, and it
may decrease your protection.