Please Help - Unable to see PC from Laptop? (affecting file share)

[chrisdman]

Hi,

I have a laptop (XP Pro) and a Desktop PC (XP Home). The Laptop is wireless
and the Desktop is on cat-5 into a netgear router.

The PC is able to ping the laptop (and transfer shared files from the laptop).
The Laptop is not able to ping the PC or transfer any files.

I have searched high and low for a resolution to this but have not been able
to find an answer.

Browstat info and ipconfig /all for both:

Info from PC:

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\browstat>browstat status

Status for domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{95F72837-7110-42F8
-9036-F120E85AA693}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: BOB
Could not open key in registry, error = 5 Unable to determine build
of br
owser master: 5
\\\\BOB . Version:05.01 Flags: 51203 NT POTENTIAL MASTER
1 backup servers retrieved from master BOB
\\BOB
There are 2 servers in domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{95
F72837-7110-42F8-9036-F120E85AA693}
There are 1 domains in domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{95
F72837-7110-42F8-9036-F120E85AA693}

C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\browstat>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SARAH1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-6C-F1-1A-AD
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.8
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100

================================================

Info from Laptop:

browstat status

Status for domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F5DE48F6-2EDB-42B0
-A1D5-D42617913B23}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: BOB
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master BOB
\\BOB
There are 2 servers in domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F5
DE48F6-2EDB-42B0-A1D5-D42617913B23}
There are 1 domains in domain WORKGROUP on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{F5
DE48F6-2EDB-42B0-A1D5-D42617913B23}

ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : BOB
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : National Semiconductor
DP83815-Based
PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-D0-4B-50-14

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
Netw
ork)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1F-81-00-02-50

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 5:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin 54g Wireless USB Network
Adap
ter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-3F-13-6A-13
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

Thanks alot for any help,

Chris.

 

[njem]

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 5:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin 54g Wireless USB Network
Adap
ter #2
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-3F-13-6A-13
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

So the laptop doesn't show any IP, gateway, etc for the wireless it
connects through?

This may be a too obvious question but are there any firewalls on the
PC that would block access from others?

Tom

 

[chrisdman]

I have tried disabling windows firewall (just to test) to see if this worked
- and it didn't.

The PC doesn't have any other firewall.

The Laptop is running AVG and windows firewall but i don't think this would
be an issue.

Thanks,

 

[chrisdman]

Sorry, just noticed i didn't paster all the detail from IPconfig /all
before.....

From Laptop....................

================

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 5:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin 54g Wireless USB Network
Adap
ter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-3F-13-6A-13
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100
================

 

[Bernd]

-------- Original-Nachricht --------

Hi,

I have a laptop (XP Pro) and a Desktop PC (XP Home). The Laptop is wireless
and the Desktop is on cat-5 into a netgear router.

The PC is able to ping the laptop (and transfer shared files from the laptop).
The Laptop is not able to ping the PC or transfer any files.

I have searched high and low for a resolution to this but have not been able
to find an answer.

Browstat info and ipconfig /all for both:

At first you should run the Network Setup Wizard to exclude the
"standard misconfiguraton options" on the laptop.

Bernd

 

[Graham Mayor]

If you have not yet resolved this, you could try the following.

I had been experiencing a similar problem with a desktop PC into a Netgear
Router. I could see all the devices in the workgroup from all the devices on
the network and I could transfer files from the desktop to and from the
other devices, but couldn't access the desktop from the other devices.
Having exhausted all the suggestions I found on the web, I installed the
Cisco Network Magic trial http://www.purenetworks.com/download/ on the
desktop.

The simple expedient of installing the application restored access to the
desktop shares. I have now uninstalled the trial and the desktop remains
accessible. Whatever the problem was, installing the application fixed it.
It can't hurt to try it.

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