winXPproSP2 can't be found on network.

G

Guest

Functionality:
PC1 can access files in the shared folders of both PC2 and PC3
PC2 and PC3 can access files in the shared folders of each other
PC2 and PC3 can not find PC1 on the network.

I've been having this problem betwen PC1 and PC3 for sometime (even
before installing IE7beta3 onto PC1) and had given up on making the
network operate. I figured it was due to something in the win98se system.

But PC2 is a newly built system and since it also can't connect to PC1 I
now believe the problem is related to PC1.

I have verified that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled for PC1 and PC2. The
option to enable it on PC3 (the win98se laptop) is checked but grayed out
and therefore not modifiable.

From the browstat results shown below on PC1 it seems that browsing
is not active. Will activating browsing solve my problem? If so, how
do I do this?

Thanks.

ColoradoAg

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NETWORK DETAILS

Cable Broadband modem/wireless router Linksys WCG200

PC1 = desktop Winxp Pro version 2002 SP2
wire connected to router
Norton personal firewall 2005 previously installed but now uninstalled
Windows Fireall disabled
Currently running IE7 Beta 3 version 7.0.5450.4 (don't know if it matters)

PC2 = desktop Winxp Home version 2002 SP2
wire connected to router
Norton personal firewall 2006 installed and enabled.

PC3 = laptop Win98SE build 4.10.2222A
wirelessly connected to router
No firewall software installed.


PC1 ipconfig information
------------------------
Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet
Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-5A-55-70-20
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.13
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.69.146
68.87.85.98

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:00:53
AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:00:53
PM


PC1 Netconfig information
-------------------------
Server Name \\INDIANPEAKS
Server Comment Family Desktop

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetBT_Tcpip_{0E342AE0-F312-48AA-9D60-EE9BFC32034B} (00045a557020)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.

Computer name \\INDIANPEAKS
Full Computer name INDIANPEAKS
User name Stewart Robinson

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{0E342AE0-F312-48AA-9D60-EE9BFC32034B} (00045A557020)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain HIGHCOUNTRY
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain INDIANPEAKS

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.


PC1 browstat information
------------------------
Status for domain HIGHCOUNTRY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0E342AE0-F312-48AA-9D60-EE9BFC32034B}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.

Calling NetServerEnum to enumerate WFW servers.
1 WFW servers returned. 1 total.
The following are running the browser:




PC2 ipconfig information
------------------------
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : leslie-desk
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-31-22-6A-E7
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.12
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.69.146
68.87.85.98

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 27, 2006 11:05:38
AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:05:38
PM


PC2 Netconfig information
-------------------------
Server Name \\LESLIE-DESK
Server Comment

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{DEC03954-0F1D-4FCE-8929-D7AF276FE317} (001731226ae7)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.

Computer name \\LESLIE-DESK
Full Computer name leslie-desk
User name Leslie

Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{DEC03954-0F1D-4FCE-8929-D7AF276FE317} (001731226AE7)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain HIGHCOUNTRY
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain LESLIE-DESK

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.

PC2 Browstat information
------------------------
Status for domain HIGHCOUNTRY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DEC03954-0F1D-4FCE-8929-D7AF276FE317}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: LESLIE-DESK
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LESLIE-DESK
\\LESLIE-DESK
There are 2 servers in domain HIGHCOUNTRY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DEC03954-0F1D-4FCE-8929-D7AF276FE317}
There are 1 domains in domain HIGHCOUNTRY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{DEC03954-0F1D-4FCE-8929-D7AF276FE317}


PC3 ipconfig information
------------------------


Windows 98 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . : TENMILE
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 68.87.69.146
68.87.85.98
Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No

0 Ethernet adapter :

Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter.
Physical Address. . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . :
Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

1 Ethernet adapter :


Description . . . . . . . . : Wireless-G Notebook Adapter WPC54G V3
Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-14-BF-94-F6-B5
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.10
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 07 27 06 12:29:24 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . : 07 27 06 1:29:24 PM

PC3 netconfig information
-------------------------
Computer name \\TENMILE
User name COLORADOAG
Workgroup HIGHCOUNTRY
Workstation root directory C:\WINDOWS

Software version 4.10.1998
Redirector version 4.00
The command was completed successfully.
 
C

Chuck

Functionality:
PC1 can access files in the shared folders of both PC2 and PC3
PC2 and PC3 can access files in the shared folders of each other
PC2 and PC3 can not find PC1 on the network.

I've been having this problem betwen PC1 and PC3 for sometime (even
before installing IE7beta3 onto PC1) and had given up on making the
network operate. I figured it was due to something in the win98se system.

But PC2 is a newly built system and since it also can't connect to PC1 I
now believe the problem is related to PC1.

I have verified that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled for PC1 and PC2. The
option to enable it on PC3 (the win98se laptop) is checked but grayed out
and therefore not modifiable.

From the browstat results shown below on PC1 it seems that browsing
is not active. Will activating browsing solve my problem? If so, how
do I do this?

Thanks.

ColoradoAg

<SNIP>

If you're certain that NetBT is consistently Enabled on each of the Windows XP
computers (it's not optional on the Windows 98 computer), then you have a
misconfigured or overlooked personal firewall, or other security component.
There are several other possibilities too, and any might be the cause of your
problem. Read this article with an open mind.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html
 

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