windowsxp sp2 necessary services?

[Mike Williams]

I have a small home network, the kind the wizard calls a residential
gateway, all with xp pro, sp2. One computer is not visible to the others,
and no troubleshooting procedures have yet identified the problem. No
firewalls. I'm wondering if I have services configured properly. Is there
a list somewhere of which ones are necessary in this situation? Thanks.

 

[Malke]

I have a small home network, the kind the wizard calls a residential
gateway, all with xp pro, sp2. One computer is not visible to the
others,
and no troubleshooting procedures have yet identified the problem. No
firewalls. I'm wondering if I have services configured properly. Is
there
a list somewhere of which ones are necessary in this situation?
Thanks.

Here is a network troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna:

http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm

Run through it and see if it helps. If you need more information, here
are some other excellent links about networking:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/
http://www.wown.info/
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/myths.htm

Malke

 

[Mike Williams]

PROBLEM FIXED. Though quite comprehensive, the troubleshooting guide
didn't help. More searching turned up some similar problems, with systems
that have Cisco VPN Client installed -- which I have -- and its
"Deterministic Network Enhancer" -- which my system has. I don't know
anything about network determinism, but none of the threads had clear
solutions, though, and I have now identified one. There's an extra
security feature in the Cisco application called "Stateful Firewall (Always
On)" mainly for the benefit of wireless situations (it was turned on by
default in the version I got from my company's tech support). The way this
feature is set up is somewhat counter-intuitive, as it says "Always On" in
its name, whether or not the feature is turned on. The on/off indicator is
actually a checkmark next to the item. Control of the feature can be
accessed either through the client's "Options" menu or by right-clicking on
the yellow padlock icon in the taskbar when the client's active. Simply
clicking on the item toggles it on/off; a checkmark appears.