Networking Problems

[Charles Halla]

I have two systems, one runing XP Pro, the other XP home.
I use a Linksys wireless router but both are connected to
the router with a cable to the back of the router. I can
get both machines on the internet, I can ping the router
with both machines, each machine can ping the other, but I
can't see any of the shared files on either machine. I
can't even see the other machine in my networks. I made
sure that both did not have XP firewall turned on, and I
also uninstalled Norton Fire wall from both. I'm using
the same workgroup name. What else can I check? Please
help.

Thanks,
CH

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have two systems, one runing XP Pro, the other XP home.
I use a Linksys wireless router but both are connected to
the router with a cable to the back of the router. I can
get both machines on the internet, I can ping the router
with both machines, each machine can ping the other, but I
can't see any of the shared files on either machine. I
can't even see the other machine in my networks. I made
sure that both did not have XP firewall turned on, and I
also uninstalled Norton Fire wall from both. I'm using
the same workgroup name. What else can I check? Please

1. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

2. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm

3. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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[Charles Halla]

Thanks Steve,

I'll give it a try this afternoon and let you know.

Charles

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