workgroup computers visable but cannot access?HELP

[Bill Byrne]

The have four computers-one router-all can access the internet.
However, I cannot access one xp home computer from the other three computers
although all show up in network neighborhood. I use a workgroup, all
computers members of workgroup, and all computers can be pinged-but lan
connection seems to be tweaked the wrong way.
The router provides ip assignments and DHCP is configured the same on all
four computers.
No sp2 installed yet. Any suggestions?
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

The have four computers-one router-all can access the internet.
However, I cannot access one xp home computer from the other three
computers although all show up in network neighborhood. I use a
workgroup, all computers members of workgroup, and all computers can
be pinged-but lan connection seems to be tweaked the wrong way.
The router provides ip assignments and DHCP is configured the same on
all four computers.
No sp2 installed yet. Any suggestions?
(e-mail address removed)

What happens when you try to access the XP Home PC? Did you create each user
account/password identically on all computers?

 

[Chuck]

The have four computers-one router-all can access the internet.
However, I cannot access one xp home computer from the other three computers
although all show up in network neighborhood. I use a workgroup, all
computers members of workgroup, and all computers can be pinged-but lan
connection seems to be tweaked the wrong way.
The router provides ip assignments and DHCP is configured the same on all
four computers.
No sp2 installed yet. Any suggestions?
*email_address_deleted*

Bill,

Did you enable the Guest account on the problem computer, using Start - Run -
"cmd" - type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window?

Do you have any firewall on the problem computer? Firewall configurations are
the most common causes of file sharing problems.

If no help yet, please start by providing ipconfig information for each
computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name, version, and SP level) with each ipconfig
listing.

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mining viruses. Posting your email address openly will get you more unwanted
email, than wanted email. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep
yourself a bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest
of the internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm

 

[Bill Byrne]

Chuck, I ran all ip on all four and created four text documents.
when I try a copy and paste, it seems to lose its' "formatting" when I
paste.
Here they are anyway and it looks to me I have a real misconfigured router!
See if you can determined that is the crux of my problem. and many thanks
os is XP Home/SP1
Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : jtbyrne
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . .
.. : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy
Enabled. . . . . . . . : YesEthernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . .
.. : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC #2 Physical Address.
.. . . . . . . . : 00-40-05-85-1E-01 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . .
: Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . .
.. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . :
255.255.255.0 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
fe80::240:5ff:fe85:1e01%4 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 63.200.183.70
206.13.28.12 fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday,
November 13, 2004 12:56:40 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . :
Sunday, November 14, 2004 12:56:40 PMTunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-F5-4F-BB-80-CE-5E Dhcp
Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
3ffe:831f:4004:1950:0:f54f:bb80:ce5e IP Address. . . . . . . . . . .
.. : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : DisabledTunnel adapter Automatic
Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-65 Dhcp Enabled. . . . .
.. . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
fe80::5efe:192.168.1.101%2 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : DisabledOS is
XP Home SP1Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . .
: JTB Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . .
.. . . . . . . : Mixed IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : NoEthernet adapter Local Area
Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description .
.. . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-08-0D-E4-8C-0B Dhcp Enabled. .
.. . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102 Subnet Mask . . . .
.. . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
fe80::208:dff:fee4:8c0b%4 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 63.200.183.70
206.13.28.12 fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday,
November 13, 2004 11:54:30 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . :
Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:54:30 AMTunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-F7-A0-BB-80-CE-5E Dhcp
Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
3ffe:831f:4004:1952:0:f7a0:bb80:ce5e IP Address. . . . . . . . . . .
.. : fe80::5445:5245:444f%5 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : DisabledTunnel adapter Automatic
Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-66 Dhcp Enabled. . . . .
.. . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
fe80::5efe:192.168.1.102%2 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : DisabledOS is
XP PRO SP1Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . .
: LAPTOP Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . .
.. . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : YesEthernet adapter Local Area
Connection 3: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description
.. . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA511 CardBus Notebook Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-09-5B-8D-45-67 Dhcp Enabled. .
.. . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100 Subnet Mask . . . .
.. . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
fe80::209:5bff:fe8d:4567%4 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 63.200.183.70
206.13.28.12 fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday,
November 13, 2004 10:56:40 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . :
Sunday, November 14, 2004 10:56:40 AMTunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF Dhcp
Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
fe80::5445:5245:444f%5 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : DisabledTunnel adapter Automatic
Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-64 Dhcp Enabled. . . . .
.. . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%2 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : DisabledOS is
XP Home SP1Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . .
: living-room Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type .
.. . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . :
No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : NoEthernet adapter Local Area
Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description .
.. . . . . . . . . . : Winbond W89C940-Based Ethernet Adapter (Generic)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-78-13-F3-0F Dhcp Enabled. .
.. . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100 Subnet Mask . . . .
.. . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
fe80::220:78ff:fe13:f30f%4 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 63.200.183.70
206.13.28.12 fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday,
November 13, 2004 3:18:59 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . :
Sunday, November 14, 2004 3:18:59 PMTunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-01-64 Dhcp Enabled. . . . .
.. . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%2 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

 

[Chuck]

Chuck, I ran all ip on all four and created four text documents.
when I try a copy and paste, it seems to lose its' "formatting" when I
paste.
Here they are anyway and it looks to me I have a real misconfigured router!
See if you can determined that is the crux of my problem. and many thanks

Bill,

So did you enable the Guest account on the problem computer?

Which is the problem computer? Does the problem computer show up in Network
Neighborhood on all 3 other computers? Can you see, and access, all 3 computers
from the problem computer? Can you see, and access, all other 3 computers from
each other?

If the Guest account is properly enabled, the next thing to look for is a
firewall. Firewalls are a common case of "can't access" problems. Windows
Firewall (pre SP2) WILL cause file sharing problems if not configured properly.