How2 Test XP Home LAN Connectivity?

[clintonG]

October 26 I posted the news article "XP Home Connectivity 1 Way Only???"
Maybe it was too long to read and understand. Here's a second try...

I have a few machines on my LAN. I can see them from XP Home but cannot see
XP Pro from the other machines. I use the disk on the XP Home machine to
backup data from the other machines so my backups can't be done at the
moment.

Any idea how this might have broken? Can a network card fail half way? I
wouldn't think so.
Any tips how to test and repair this network problem?

 

[Guest]

Open control panel go to network connections right click your network then
click repair. This should either correct the problum or start the trouble
shooter. Hope that helps.

 

[createwindow]

Hi Clinton,

All PC's should be in the same workgroup. You may need to actually
enable simple file sharing on the XP Pro PC. Your network card and
driver are robust components and don't behave in that crazy way. It
will be your network settings that need looking at....

Here is some light reading for you: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308007

Hope that helps,

CreateWindow
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The while-you-were-out message program you have been looking for!

 

[dobey]

October 26 I posted the news article "XP Home Connectivity 1 Way Only???"
Maybe it was too long to read and understand. Here's a second try...

I have a few machines on my LAN. I can see them from XP Home but cannot
see XP Pro from the other machines. I use the disk on the XP Home machine
to backup data from the other machines so my backups can't be done at the
moment.

Any idea how this might have broken? Can a network card fail half way? I
wouldn't think so.
Any tips how to test and repair this network problem?

Can the XP pro comp see the other computers?

Are all machines part of the same workgroup. Are all of the machines listed
in that workgroup visible.

Is at least one directory shared on the XP pro machine.