Networking XP machines...a sad tale

[Megalli]

I have recently had some very strange problems networking
my Win XP laptop and desktop machines. They have been
painlessly networked for over a year (on wireless NAT).
And then, recently *POOF*.

I have been through the MS Knowledge Base. Article 308007
was particularly good, and I recommend it to others having
XP networking problems.

Alas, the problem remains.

Everything in the troubleshooter works, with one
exception. Step #4 in trouble shooting File/Printer
sharing. The machines can "see" each other within
Workgroup list, but not when I run \\computername.

Anyone have any ideas on why this might be happening and
what I can do about it?

Thnks.

 

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

Do you get an error when navigating to \\computername? Kind of sounds like
a firewall went bad...

 

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

Can you ping the machine by name? by ip address?

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Ken Wickes [MSFT]
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Ken --

I don't get an error -- I am told that the network path couldn't be found.

No ICF or other Firewall installed (except for Linksys Nat). Any other
possibilites?

Thanks

Do you get an error when navigating to \\computername? Kind of sounds like
a firewall went bad...

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I have recently had some very strange problems networking
my Win XP laptop and desktop machines. They have been
painlessly networked for over a year (on wireless NAT).
And then, recently *POOF*.

I have been through the MS Knowledge Base. Article 308007
was particularly good, and I recommend it to others having
XP networking problems.

Alas, the problem remains.

Everything in the troubleshooter works, with one
exception. Step #4 in trouble shooting File/Printer
sharing. The machines can "see" each other within
Workgroup list, but not when I run \\computername.

Anyone have any ideas on why this might be happening and
what I can do about it?

Thnks.

 

[Megalli]

Ken --

I don't get an error -- I am told that the network path couldn't be found.

No ICF or other Firewall installed (except for Linksys Nat). Any other
possibilites?

Thanks

Do you get an error when navigating to \\computername? Kind of sounds like
a firewall went bad...

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I have recently had some very strange problems networking
my Win XP laptop and desktop machines. They have been
painlessly networked for over a year (on wireless NAT).
And then, recently *POOF*.

I have been through the MS Knowledge Base. Article 308007
was particularly good, and I recommend it to others having
XP networking problems.

Alas, the problem remains.

Everything in the troubleshooter works, with one
exception. Step #4 in trouble shooting File/Printer
sharing. The machines can "see" each other within
Workgroup list, but not when I run \\computername.

Anyone have any ideas on why this might be happening and
what I can do about it?

Thnks.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

I can ping by IP address, but pinging by name does nothing (ie. no error
returned, just nothing)

Megalli,

before Ken comes back, just a few guesses. Perhaps NetBIOS over
TCP/IP has been disabled.

If that's not it, perhaps you can find the cause in
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg

 

[Megalli]

I can ping by IP address, but pinging by name does nothing (ie. no error
returned, just nothing)

Can you ping the machine by name? by ip address?

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Ken --

I don't get an error -- I am told that the network path couldn't be found.

No ICF or other Firewall installed (except for Linksys Nat). Any other
possibilites?

Thanks

Do you get an error when navigating to \\computername? Kind of sounds like
a firewall went bad...

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


I have recently had some very strange problems networking
my Win XP laptop and desktop machines. They have been
painlessly networked for over a year (on wireless NAT).
And then, recently *POOF*.

I have been through the MS Knowledge Base. Article 308007
was particularly good, and I recommend it to others having
XP networking problems.

Alas, the problem remains.

Everything in the troubleshooter works, with one
exception. Step #4 in trouble shooting File/Printer
sharing. The machines can "see" each other within
Workgroup list, but not when I run \\computername.

Anyone have any ideas on why this might be happening and
what I can do about it?

Thnks.

 

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

Megalli,

before Ken comes back, just a few guesses. Perhaps NetBIOS over
TCP/IP has been disabled.

If that's not it, perhaps you can find the cause in
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg

The NetBIOS over TCP/IP is probably a good bet. I don't know if the Linksys
routers do DNS or not.

 

[Megalli]

NetBIOS are enabled.

I will try the other things on the michna.com site -- there is a lot there.