Home PC reduced to limited Networking

[Guest]

3 PC's are connected via 4-port router from Linksys.
In the past all 3 PC's were able to look into each other, since file sharing
was enabled, and a central printer could be accessed easily.
Now, even after running the networking wizard, I can see (under "My Network
Places" > "Entire Network" > "Microsoft Windows Network") from each PC the
other 2 as icons, but some are blocked.
PC1 and PC2 can look into each other - no problem.
PC1 and PC2 cannot look into PC3.
PC3 cannot look into PC1, but into PC2.
What happened? Who has any idea?
Thanks a lot.

 

[Chuck]

3 PC's are connected via 4-port router from Linksys.
In the past all 3 PC's were able to look into each other, since file sharing
was enabled, and a central printer could be accessed easily.
Now, even after running the networking wizard, I can see (under "My Network
Places" > "Entire Network" > "Microsoft Windows Network") from each PC the
other 2 as icons, but some are blocked.
PC1 and PC2 can look into each other - no problem.
PC1 and PC2 cannot look into PC3.
PC3 cannot look into PC1, but into PC2.
What happened? Who has any idea?
Thanks a lot.

Martin,

What changed, to motivate you to run the wizard?

After you ran the wizard, did you check for the status of the File and Printer
Sharing exception in Windows Firewall? Also check for overlooked firewalls, and
for registry setting restrictanonymous.
Misconfigured / overlooked firewalls:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html
Registry setting restrictanonymous:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html

If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, and we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

Please let us know if any of these suggestions are of any help. What you learn
may help others in the future, and that's the purpose of these forums.

 

[Guest]

Martin,

What changed, to motivate you to run the wizard?

After you ran the wizard, did you check for the status of the File and Printer
Sharing exception in Windows Firewall? Also check for overlooked firewalls, and
for registry setting restrictanonymous.
Misconfigured / overlooked firewalls:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html
Registry setting restrictanonymous:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html

If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, and we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

Please let us know if any of these suggestions are of any help. What you learn
may help others in the future, and that's the purpose of these forums.

Chuck,
thanks for your fast response.
I thought the wizard is necessary to enable file sharing among PC's, after
reading your blogs I believe it is not.
The ipconfig and browstat files, 3 each, are here in txt forms. How can I
submit them to you?
One thing changed "overnight": PC3 can now look into PC1 and PC2, however
none of them can look into PC3, this one is still locked to the outside.
Thanks.

 

[Chuck]

Chuck,
thanks for your fast response.
I thought the wizard is necessary to enable file sharing among PC's, after
reading your blogs I believe it is not.
The ipconfig and browstat files, 3 each, are here in txt forms. How can I
submit them to you?
One thing changed "overnight": PC3 can now look into PC1 and PC2, however
none of them can look into PC3, this one is still locked to the outside.
Thanks.

Martin,

The Wizard is intended to make things simple for some people, but it is not
essential. Everything you can do with the wizard, you can do knowing what's
going on.

If the browstat and ipconfig files are in text form, you should have them open
in Notepad. Then simply copy and paste. Read my instructions.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
# Type "notepad c:\ipconfig.txt" (less the "") into the same command window.
# In Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is NOT checked!.
# Copy and paste entire contents of the file into your next message.