Networking headache

[Guest]

I have a network of two ME systems that work fine sharing files and printer.
I recently added a XP system to the network and can not get the network to
work. The one ME system sees the other ME, but not the XP. The other ME
sees both the ME and the XP. Finally, the XP doesn't see either system.
There is no third party firewall running and all systems have the same
workgroup but different computer names. I am using TCP/IP for a protocol and
have removed all others on all computers. I have set the machines up for
networking according to www.careyholzman.com/net1.htm. I was advised to ping
the machines, but don't know how or where to find the IP addresses for each
machine. Also, I am not really sure what that will tell me. If someone
could help I would appreciate it very much.

 

[Jack]

Hi
This page will help you in finding IPs: http://www.ezlan.net/ip_mac.html
As far as sharing goes try this page: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Chuck]

I have a network of two ME systems that work fine sharing files and printer.
I recently added a XP system to the network and can not get the network to
work. The one ME system sees the other ME, but not the XP. The other ME
sees both the ME and the XP. Finally, the XP doesn't see either system.
There is no third party firewall running and all systems have the same
workgroup but different computer names. I am using TCP/IP for a protocol and
have removed all others on all computers. I have set the machines up for
networking according to www.careyholzman.com/net1.htm. I was advised to ping
the machines, but don't know how or where to find the IP addresses for each
machine. Also, I am not really sure what that will tell me. If someone
could help I would appreciate it very much.

Bill,

Check for a browser conflict between the WinXP computers and the WinME
computers. I"m not talking about Internet Explorer here. The browser is the
program that allows any computer to see any other computer on the LAN. The
browsers for WinXP (WinNT/2K/XP) and WinME (Win95/98/ME) don't work well
together on the same LAN.

Make sure the Browse Master is running on the WinME computers. Disable the
browser on the WinXP computer:
http://cms.simons-rock.edu/faq_by_subtopic/node138.html

After checking / disabling / enabling as above, power all computers off to reset
the browser settings on each. Then power all computers back on.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, as "browstat status", on the WinXP computer.

For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;246489>

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Cheers,
Chuck
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