LAN Fails

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I’ve a home LAN with two Dell desktop computers and a Linksys BEFSR41 router.
Both computers have Windows XP, and everything is wired. About a month ago
the computers stopped seeing each other for no apparent reason, though the
DSL connection has never failed. After a lot of fiddling around, I still
haven’t been able to solve the problem and get back to the file/printer
sharing of before.

The latest reinstallation of the network, though, may provide some
information to the guru’s who hopefully can solve my problem. A couple of
days ago I reinstalled the LAN and sharing, using the Linksys “Configuring
File and Printer Sharing†instructions, which ends up using the Wizard.
After rebooting I went to Explorer and then Microsoft Windows Network (on
computer #1), and (gasp) saw the drives on computer #2. I was able to open
folders.

I then went to computer #2 to check if it could see my computer, #1. An
error had popped up, “Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a
problem and needed to closeâ€, apparently at the end of the boot. I then
clicked on the link “To see what data this error report contains, click
here.†The “Error Signature†said:

szAppName: svchost.exe szAppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 szModName: advpack.dll
szModVer: 7.0.6000.16414 offset: 00007bd8

I tried but couldn’t access computer #1 and got the error, “Unable to browse
the network. The network is not present or not started.â€

I then went back to computer #1 and tried to access computer #2 and got the
error, “Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission, etc.â€

From this point on both computers can’t see each other. Can anyone help me
with this problem?

Frank
 
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Robert L [MVP - Networking]

Can you ping each other by IP? This link may help,

Access issuesSYMPTOMS: When you attempt to connect to a network share, you may receive the following error message: \\Servername\share is not accessible. Access Denied. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/accesserrors.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I’ve a home LAN with two Dell desktop computers and a Linksys BEFSR41 router.
Both computers have Windows XP, and everything is wired. About a month ago
the computers stopped seeing each other for no apparent reason, though the
DSL connection has never failed. After a lot of fiddling around, I still
haven’t been able to solve the problem and get back to the file/printer
sharing of before.

The latest reinstallation of the network, though, may provide some
information to the guru’s who hopefully can solve my problem. A couple of
days ago I reinstalled the LAN and sharing, using the Linksys “Configuring
File and Printer Sharing†instructions, which ends up using the Wizard.
After rebooting I went to Explorer and then Microsoft Windows Network (on
computer #1), and (gasp) saw the drives on computer #2. I was able to open
folders.

I then went to computer #2 to check if it could see my computer, #1. An
error had popped up, “Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a
problem and needed to closeâ€, apparently at the end of the boot. I then
clicked on the link “To see what data this error report contains, click
here.†The “Error Signature†said:

szAppName: svchost.exe szAppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 szModName: advpack.dll
szModVer: 7.0.6000.16414 offset: 00007bd8

I tried but couldn’t access computer #1 and got the error, “Unable to browse
the network. The network is not present or not started.â€

I then went back to computer #1 and tried to access computer #2 and got the
error, “Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission, etc.â€

From this point on both computers can’t see each other. Can anyone help me
with this problem?

Frank
 
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Guest

Robert L said:
Can you ping each other by IP? This link may help,

Access issuesSYMPTOMS: When you attempt to connect to a network share, you may receive the following error message: \\Servername\share is not accessible. Access Denied. ...
http://www.chicagotech.net/accesserrors.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I’ve a home LAN with two Dell desktop computers and a Linksys BEFSR41 router.
Both computers have Windows XP, and everything is wired. About a month ago
the computers stopped seeing each other for no apparent reason, though the
DSL connection has never failed. After a lot of fiddling around, I still
haven’t been able to solve the problem and get back to the file/printer
sharing of before.

The latest reinstallation of the network, though, may provide some
information to the guru’s who hopefully can solve my problem. A couple of
days ago I reinstalled the LAN and sharing, using the Linksys “Configuring
File and Printer Sharing†instructions, which ends up using the Wizard.
After rebooting I went to Explorer and then Microsoft Windows Network (on
computer #1), and (gasp) saw the drives on computer #2. I was able to open
folders.

I then went to computer #2 to check if it could see my computer, #1. An
error had popped up, “Generic Host Process for Win32 Services encountered a
problem and needed to closeâ€, apparently at the end of the boot. I then
clicked on the link “To see what data this error report contains, click
here.†The “Error Signature†said:

szAppName: svchost.exe szAppVer: 5.1.2600.2180 szModName: advpack.dll
szModVer: 7.0.6000.16414 offset: 00007bd8

I tried but couldn’t access computer #1 and got the error, “Unable to browse
the network. The network is not present or not started.â€

I then went back to computer #1 and tried to access computer #2 and got the
error, “Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission, etc.â€

From this point on both computers can’t see each other. Can anyone help me
with this problem?

Frank


Both pings were successful. I'll go through the list from the link this
afternoon.

Frank
 
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Guest

frankvan said:
Both pings were successful. I'll go through the list from the link this
afternoon.

Frank

Robert L
I've gone through the chicagotech link, and the error messages I've
gotten are different from those in "accesserrors". In the error messages I
show in my original post, showing "Generic Host Process for Win32...close"
and the dll "advpack", can there be a problem with the dll that shuts down
the service/connection or whatever?

Frank
 
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Robert L [MVP - Networking]

Could be.

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com


frankvan said:
Both pings were successful. I'll go through the list from the link this
afternoon.

Frank

Robert L
I've gone through the chicagotech link, and the error messages I've
gotten are different from those in "accesserrors". In the error messages I
show in my original post, showing "Generic Host Process for Win32...close"
and the dll "advpack", can there be a problem with the dll that shuts down
the service/connection or whatever?

Frank
 
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Guest

frankvan said:
Robert L....

Ok, so what do I do at this point?

Frank



Follow-up: In my previous post I said that computers #1 and #2 can ping the
other successfully using the IP numeric address. Since then I’ve found that
computer #2 can ping #1 successfully using #1's computer name. However,
computer #1 gets the following message when it tries to ping #2 with #2's
computer name, “Ping request could not find host JACKIE. Please check the
name and try again.â€

I then tried the command, “\\IPofOther - OK†on each computer and each gave
me the error “No network provider accepted the given network path.†Does
this additional information give anyone a clue of what’s wrong with the LAN?

Frank
 
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Guest

frankvan said:
Follow-up: In my previous post I said that computers #1 and #2 can ping the
other successfully using the IP numeric address. Since then I’ve found that
computer #2 can ping #1 successfully using #1's computer name. However,
computer #1 gets the following message when it tries to ping #2 with #2's
computer name, “Ping request could not find host JACKIE. Please check the
name and try again.â€

I then tried the command, “\\IPofOther - OK†on each computer and each gave
me the error “No network provider accepted the given network path.†Does
this additional information give anyone a clue of what’s wrong with the LAN?

Frank

As a followup I followed Chuck's 10/29/2004 post of steps to resolve the
issue of the error message "MsHome Not Accessible", which I have been
getting. It resolved the problem of the home LAN of the two computers
failing. Wonderful! Thanks to all for their help.

Frank
 

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