Peer to Peer Win2K Pro Comps can't see each other.

[thunder2k]

I am running win2k pro with sp 4.0. I am using TCP/IP, print and file
sharing for windows, Client for ms networks and I got desperate and
enabled netbeui protocol. I have tried
using static ip addresses, creating Hosts files, defining default
gateway (192.168.1.1) Sometimes I can see the other computers in the
peer to peer network and sometimes not. They are both new installs of
win2k w/ sp4. I try to map a drive on the other pc sometimes it doesn't
see the other pc, sometimes it asks me for a login and password for the
share (I use the admin login and password) but it asks me again for the
login???? I can ping the other pc I have tried to map drive using:
\\ip address\share drive. I can't even use the default share of C$.
Once I saw the other computer on the other computers around me but when
I try to click on the computer to see the shares, I get "the server is
not set up for this operation" I am peer to peer, I don't have a
server. I have looked at the services and made sure the right ones are
started.

I am at my wits end ... I don't know what else to try. I have logged
into the router and everything is ok. I even disconnected the router
and connected with a switch to eliminate the router as a problem. I
think the problem is in the software but every time I work on it the
symptoms change I can't isolate the issue.

What do you think? I have another peer to peer with 10 PCs and a mix of
wired and wireless connections working fine.

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

assuming you can ping each other, what do you receive if using net view \\ip?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
I am running win2k pro with sp 4.0. I am using TCP/IP, print and file
sharing for windows, Client for ms networks and I got desperate and
enabled netbeui protocol. I have tried
using static ip addresses, creating Hosts files, defining default
gateway (192.168.1.1) Sometimes I can see the other computers in the
peer to peer network and sometimes not. They are both new installs of
win2k w/ sp4. I try to map a drive on the other pc sometimes it doesn't
see the other pc, sometimes it asks me for a login and password for the
share (I use the admin login and password) but it asks me again for the
login???? I can ping the other pc I have tried to map drive using:
\\ip address\share drive. I can't even use the default share of C$.
Once I saw the other computer on the other computers around me but when
I try to click on the computer to see the shares, I get "the server is
not set up for this operation" I am peer to peer, I don't have a
server. I have looked at the services and made sure the right ones are
started.

I am at my wits end ... I don't know what else to try. I have logged
into the router and everything is ok. I even disconnected the router
and connected with a switch to eliminate the router as a problem. I
think the problem is in the software but every time I work on it the
symptoms change I can't isolate the issue.

What do you think? I have another peer to peer with 10 PCs and a mix of
wired and wireless connections working fine.

 

[Jay Somerset]

Peer-to-peer is actually the wrong NodeType to use in "peer-peer" situation
-- very counterintuitive :-(.

Here are the deatils from an earlier thread in this newsgroup.

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Problem finlly solved!

Turned out to be a node-type error. The laptop was configured as a
peer-to-peer type node. This won't work with NetBIOS names!!!

Solution: In the registry, delete the parameter DHCPNodeType (if
peer-to-peer, this would have been set to the value 2). Alternatively,
set/create the parameter NodeType with a value of 1.

See the following MS notice for more info:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q160177/

 

[thunder2k]

Robert,

I tried to ping pc1 from pc2, it pings fine. When I do a net view \\ip,
I get "The server is not configured for transactions"
When I run the same net view command on pc1 I get all the info for pc2.
Why would I get "The server is not configured for transactions" is that
something I need to address?

Thanks,

Jim