Trouble with shared folders

[dimie71]

Hello,
Got a network with 3 computers all running XP Home edition, SP3. Lets name
them A, B, C. A is directly connected to the internet through a wireless ADSL
router, B and C connect wirelessly as clients to the wireless router. Gateway
is 192.168.1.1. A has fixed IP 192.168.1.2, B fixed 192.168.1.3 and C
192.168.1.11, all same subnet mask and all part of the same workgroup.
I have shared forlders in all PCs and what happens is the following.
From A I can see the shares of A, B, C. From B I can see the shares of A and
C. But from C, I can only see the shares of C, nothing else. They are not
appearing in network places, they dont even appear when I explore entire
network, under workgroup name. Only C is found there.
I can ping from all computers, all IPs and I get no errors whatsoever. C in
particular, can ping A and B. I am using a remote desktop control software in
all 3 computers and it works perfectly, with the local network IPs.
Any idea of what can be causing the problem at C or even maybe at A and B
not "broadcasting" the shared folders?
Please let me know if you need any additional info regarding what is
installed on each computer.

Thanks

 

[Chuck [MVP]]

Hello,
Got a network with 3 computers all running XP Home edition, SP3. Lets name
them A, B, C. A is directly connected to the internet through a wireless ADSL
router, B and C connect wirelessly as clients to the wireless router. Gateway
is 192.168.1.1. A has fixed IP 192.168.1.2, B fixed 192.168.1.3 and C
192.168.1.11, all same subnet mask and all part of the same workgroup.
I have shared forlders in all PCs and what happens is the following.
From A I can see the shares of A, B, C. From B I can see the shares of A and
C. But from C, I can only see the shares of C, nothing else. They are not
appearing in network places, they dont even appear when I explore entire
network, under workgroup name. Only C is found there.
I can ping from all computers, all IPs and I get no errors whatsoever. C in
particular, can ping A and B. I am using a remote desktop control software in
all 3 computers and it works perfectly, with the local network IPs.
Any idea of what can be causing the problem at C or even maybe at A and B
not "broadcasting" the shared folders?
Please let me know if you need any additional info regarding what is
installed on each computer.

Thanks

Start by looking for a misconfigured personal firewall, blocking network
traffic. What antivirus protection do you use?
<http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html

And look at restrictanonymous.
<http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html>
http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html

Then, diagnose the problem, using logs from "browstat status", "ipconfig /all",
"net config server", and "net config workstation", from each computer. Read
this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely (download
browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

 

[dimie71]

The firewall in all 3 computers is the default Windows XP firewall.
Antivirus in all 3 computers is Nod32 2008 antivirus and antispyware (not
the firewall edition).
Restrictanonymous value is 0 in all 3 computers and restrictanonymoussam is
1 in all 3 computers (had problem with that before and it helped back then).
Let me state here that computer A is a fresh install of Windows XP SP3.
As for the commands you stated, would you like me to report back with the
results I am getting? They seem to be ok but I am not what you would call an
expert in networking
As for the articles, I will do that after I am done with this reply, let me
also know if you need the results.
Thanks

 

[dimie71]

Update!
After reading all the tutorials and altering some settings, I can now fully
use A and B within the network, both computers are able to browse each other
as well as C. But from C, I cant browse the other 2, although I can find
through SEARCH the other 2 computers when I search for their names on the
network. Browsing their files from C is extremely slow.
Also found out in computer A that I get an event in SYSTEM that reports the
following...

AGNIK is the name of computer C.

The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer
AGNIK that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport
NetBT_Tcpip_{863E77E7-3E8. The master browser is stopping or an election is
being forced.

Thanks for the help so far.

 

[dimie71]

Chuck, any news from the "master browser error"?
I get the 2 following errors in my system event list. I basically understand
that there is a network conflict but I dont know what the solution is or
where to find it.

Event Type: Error
Event Source: NetBT
Event Category: None
Event ID: 4321
Date: 15/6/2008
Time: 7:46:29 μμ
User: N/A
Computer: A
Description:
The name "BILDIM :1d" could not be registered on the Interface with
IP address 192.168.1.2. The machine with the IP address 192.168.1.11 did not
allow the name to be claimed by this machine.

192.168.1.11 is computer C

Second error as stated before is...

Event Type: Error
Event Source: MRxSmb
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8003
Date: 15/6/2008
Time: 7:54:08 μμ
User: N/A
Computer: DIM
Description:
The master browser has received a server announcement from the computer
AGNIK that believes that it is the master browser for the domain on transport
NetBT_Tcpip_{863E77E7-3E8. The master browser is stopping or an election is
being forced.

Thanks for your time