Home Network Setup

[Chris]

I'm trying to set up a desktop and a laptop on a home
network. Both PCs use XP Home, and are connected through
a Microsoft Wired Base Station, and both can connect to
the internet fine. But I can't get the two to recognize
each other on the network. The laptop (Juliana) can see
herself but not (Jasmine), and Jasmine can see neither.
File and Printer Sharing is enabled on both computers. I
can ping using their respective IP addresses with no
problem; however, Juliana won't ping using Jasmine's
name. I've tried to run the Network Setup Wizard several
times with no success. Firewalls are disabled on both
systems. I can't think of anything else this could be.
Please help!

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I'm trying to set up a desktop and a laptop on a home
network. Both PCs use XP Home, and are connected through
a Microsoft Wired Base Station, and both can connect to
the internet fine. But I can't get the two to recognize
each other on the network. The laptop (Juliana) can see
herself but not (Jasmine), and Jasmine can see neither.
File and Printer Sharing is enabled on both computers. I
can ping using their respective IP addresses with no
problem; however, Juliana won't ping using Jasmine's
name. I've tried to run the Network Setup Wizard several
times with no success. Firewalls are disabled on both
systems. I can't think of anything else this could be.
Please help!

Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on both computers:

1. Open the Network Connections folder.
2. Right click the local area network connection and click Properties.
3. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
4. Click Advanced.
5. Click WINS.
6. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.

Run "ipconfig /all" on both computers and look at the "Node Type" at
the beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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[Guest]

I have been having the same problem. Both my computer have internet, but they can't see eachother to file share or printer share. I made sure all the settings are right, but apperently there is somthing wrong. If anyone knows how to solve this problem please post here or e-mail directly at (e-mail address removed)

 

[XP Fan]

My problem is a little different. I have an XP machine
and a Win98 machine connected through a crossover cable.
I'm using TCP/IP. The Win98 machine can ping XP but
cannot see it in network neigborhood. The XP machine
cannot ping Win98 but can see it in workgroups. When I
try to access the Win98 machine from XP it says something
like 'cannot access computer' and 'you do not have
permission to use the network'.

Can anyone please help me fix it?