Same old - Workgroup PCs not showing :(

[Guest]

I am intermediate Networker and did have a domain setup at home with 4 PCs
and laptop. However, due to recent flood had to rebuild all and thus not
building domain controller machine so save some cash.

Currently have new Linksys WAG300N dsl/wireless router, Laptop (XPHomeSP2),
Son PC (XPHomeSP2) and MCE 2005 (Rollup2 aka SP2).

Laptop on internal Wireless, MCE on Linksys WUSB54AG, Son PC on Linksys
WUSB54G. Wireless all working with WPA-PSK and all machines talk to internet
fine through router.

Have Sharing on and shares on all machines. Tried turning off both Windows
and Zonealarm turned off just to make sure not something wierd. Zonealarm
has same trusted zones always had of 192.168.1.1->192.168.1.7.

Below is IPConfig from Laptop and MCE
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Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : GKAR-XP-LAP
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : WJDSYSTEMS

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WJDSYSTEMS
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5005G Wireless Network
Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-CE-6B-****** (edited)
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.72.9.34
62.6.40.178
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 October 2006 17:44:17
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 October 2006 17:44:17

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-D4-12****** (edited)


Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : drury-mce
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : WJDSYSTEMS

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-B2-***** (edited)

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : WJDSYSTEMS
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Wireless A/G USB Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-17-95***** (edited)
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.72.9.34
62.6.40.178
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 October 2006 16:58:37
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 October 2006 16:58:37


BROWSTAT results fro Laptop and MCE
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Status for domain WJDSYSTEMS on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{93024108-2F9E-4E54-B2D5-3B2DD9825AC1}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: GKAR-XP-LAP
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master GKAR-XP-LAP
\\GKAR-XP-LAP
There are 1 servers in domain WJDSYSTEMS on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{93024108-2F9E-4E54-B2D5-3B2DD9825AC1}
There are 1 domains in domain WJDSYSTEMS on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{93024108-2F9E-4E54-B2D5-3B2DD9825AC1}




Status for domain WJDSYSTEMS on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{4C1F067C-FC4C-416F-A345-CB916D53158C}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: DRURY-MCE
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master DRURY-MCE
\\DRURY-MCE
There are 0 servers in domain WJDSYSTEMS on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{4C1F067C-FC4C-416F-A345-CB916D53158C}
There are 1 domains in domain WJDSYSTEMS on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{4C1F067C-FC4C-416F-A345-CB916D53158C}


Tried alot of of stuff from http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com but to no avail.
Any help would be much appreciated as driving me nuts.

Thanks

 

[Maincat]

Hi Wayne,

I could be going againgst the grain here, but I'll tell you what I would do
to get this working.

First, turn off your DHCP server and assign static IP addresses. For the
number of machines you have, it shouldn't be too bad.

Second, edit the HOSTS file to include your machines and IP addresses.
Again, in a working environment this would be silly, but try it.
Windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts

Third, make sure that you have given each machine the same workgroup name.

Got to be worth a try.

Steve