Strange Networking Problem

[Frank Wilson]

I have a small home network set up using a router. There is no domain; I
have a workgroup set up in Windows. It was working fine until last week.
Then it stopped for no apparent reason. I have two computers, nd running
WinXP Pro, and nl, running Win XP Home. Both can access the Internet
without problems. Both have Norton Personal Firewall correctly configured
to allow them to access each other. They can ping each other.

When, from computer nd, at the command prompt, I enter "net view \\nd", the
shared resources on nd are listed. When I enter the same command with nd's
numeric IP address, this message is displayed: "System error 53 has
occurred. The network path was not found." When, on computer nd, I enter
either "net view \\nl" or net view with nl's numeric IP address, I get a
correct listing of the shared resources on nl.

When, on computer nl, I enter "net view \\nl" or net view with nl's numeric
IP address, I get a correct listing of the shared resources on nl. When, on
nl, I enter "net view \\nd", I get the same error as above (53), but when I
use nd's numeric IP address, I get a correct listing of the shared resources
on nd.

When I view network places in Windows on nd, I see the shared resources on
nd only. When I do the same on nl, I see neither the resources on it or on
nd. Both computers can access the setup screen of the router.

I am at my wits end. If anyone can help I will certainly appreciate it.


Frank Wilson

 

[Chuck]

I have a small home network set up using a router. There is no domain; I
have a workgroup set up in Windows. It was working fine until last week.
Then it stopped for no apparent reason. I have two computers, nd running
WinXP Pro, and nl, running Win XP Home. Both can access the Internet
without problems. Both have Norton Personal Firewall correctly configured
to allow them to access each other. They can ping each other.

When, from computer nd, at the command prompt, I enter "net view \\nd", the
shared resources on nd are listed. When I enter the same command with nd's
numeric IP address, this message is displayed: "System error 53 has
occurred. The network path was not found." When, on computer nd, I enter
either "net view \\nl" or net view with nl's numeric IP address, I get a
correct listing of the shared resources on nl.

When, on computer nl, I enter "net view \\nl" or net view with nl's numeric
IP address, I get a correct listing of the shared resources on nl. When, on
nl, I enter "net view \\nd", I get the same error as above (53), but when I
use nd's numeric IP address, I get a correct listing of the shared resources
on nd.

When I view network places in Windows on nd, I see the shared resources on
nd only. When I do the same on nl, I see neither the resources on it or on
nd. Both computers can access the setup screen of the router.

Frank,

If you're absolutely certain that you don't have a personal firewall (and with
NPF, I wouldn't be certain myself), then check for LSP / Winsock corruption.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

 

[Frank Wilson]

Thanks. It's working now.

Frank Wilson

Frank,

If you're absolutely certain that you don't have a personal firewall (and
with
NPF, I wouldn't be certain myself), then check for LSP / Winsock
corruption.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

 

[Chuck]

Thanks. It's working now.

Frank Wilson

Thanks for the update.