I’s gotten worse. The W 2k/PRO now is not talking to the W xp. Here are
troubleshooting that I have done but still the issue remains:
1) Checked and swapped cabling. 2) Swapped ports on switch. 3) Bypassed the
switch - used a x-over cable to direct connect to each pc from another…the W
2K and W 98 boxes are talking and only W 98 box can talk to the W xp box. The
W xp cannot see or talk to other’s. 4) Swapped IP’s. They are in the same
workgroup, different names. 5) I disabled the Computer Browser from the W98
box. Did the same for the W 2K box (but put it back – works better with it).
6) I set up the W xp network setup wizard for each box (except the W 2K box
does not accept it). The switch is a NetGear, Model# FS608 100/10 Mbps. Below
I copped and pasted the ping command from each pc as you requested. I’m
stumped.
Quick Summary:
W xp = POPPA1, W 2K = POPPA2, W 98 = POPPA3
168.192.1.100 168.192.1.198 168.192.1.199
all subnet mask: 255.255.255.0 workgroup: OFFICE
W xp - cant see or access to other pc's in the network.
W 2K - can see both pc's can only access W 98
W 98 - can access both pc's
<SNIP>
After checking / disabling / enabling the browser (should be enabled on both
Poppa1 and Poppa2, disabled on Poppa3), power all computers off to reset the
browser settings on each. Then power the Windows XP/2K computers on, and
finally the Windows 98 computer 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:
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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, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers give the same result.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
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http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>
If that doesn't solve anything, let's do some diagnosis.
Please provide browstat information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "browstat status >c:\browstat.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\browstat.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify each computer by name.
Take the following code (everything inside the "#####"). (Did I get the names
and ip addresses right in FullTargets)?
Copy the code, precisely as it is keyed, into Notepad. Ensure that Format -
Word Wrap is not checked.
Save the file as "cdiag.cmd", as type "All Files", into the root folder "C:\".
Run it by Start - Run - "c:\cdiag".
Wait patiently.
When Notepad opens up displaying c:\cdiag.txt, first check Format and ensure
that Word Wrap is NOT checked! Then, copy the entire contents (Ctrl-A Ctrl-C)
and paste (Ctrl-V) into your next post.
Do this from all 3 computers, please.
#####
@echo off
set FullTargets=POPPA1 168.192.1.100 POPPA2 168.192.1.198 POPPA3 168.192.1.199
set PingTargets=127.0.0.1
Set Version=V1.05a
@echo CDiagnosis %Version% >c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Start diagnosis for %computername% (Targets %FullTargets%) >>c:\cdiag.txt
for %%a in (%FullTargets% %PingTargets%) do (
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo Target %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "ping %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
ping %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo "net view %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt
@echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt
net view %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt
)
@echo End diagnosis for %computername% >>c:\cdiag.txt
notepad c:\cdiag.txt
:EOF
#####
