Chuck, here is the result: using net view kids showes the shared
folders/printers on kids! So in some way, main can see kids. How to proceed?
Paul,
We may be looking at a false positive here. There is a difference between name
resolution, which is used by the ping command (resolves Kids to 192.168.0.110),
and resource resolution, which is used by the "net view" command, and by the
Network Neighborhood display in Windows Explorer.
There may also be a problem with the ip address of Kids. It appears that the
ping command gets Kids ip address resolved as 192.168.0.110, from both
computers. But please look at the ipconfig for Kids from your previous post,
and at Kids ip address at that time.
I think that you have at least 2 problems on your LAN. Since you have 2
computers, if you wish to rebuild both from scratch (as you hinted in a previous
post), I will understand. If not, let's see if we can figure out your problems,
one problem at a time. Be aware that, as we make changes during the process of
looking for your problems, we will sometimes appear to be taking a step
backwards. That should be expected.
What I hope for first is consistency. Let's look at the browser situation on
your LAN. The browser subsystem provides resource resolution, such as the
contents of Network Neighborhood.
Make sure the browser service is running on Main. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Then disable
the Computer Browser on Kids.
After you check Main, and disable the browser (if necessary) on Kids, power both
computers off. Power Main on, then Kids, then check the browser status on both,
as described next.
The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers 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>
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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.
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>
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, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste into your next post.
Along with the browstat output, please provide an updated ipconfig information
for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste into your next post.