Workgroup connectivity

[Guest]

I really need some help on this. Background: P2P network, 10 workstations XP
SP2. The router is handling DHCP.
Problem: When I click "View entire workgroup" on one workstation, I get the
error message "[Workgroup] is not accessible. You may not have permission to
use this network resource." Can't do remote desktop to any workstation.
This problem computer:
- Can ping the router (DHCP server) andn other workstations by IP address.
- Cannot ping itself by IP address or name. It does recognize its name and
maps it to the correct IP address, but the ping fails.
- Can ping itself at 127.0.0.1
- Cannot find other workstations by name.
- If try using network connections\Repair this connection, it fails on
"Renewing your IP address."
- Other workstations can ping it by IP address, not by name.
I made sure that
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHIINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous
was set to 0. I enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP in the WINS tab of the TCP/IP
properties form. I tried another NIC card. No dice.
Anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Jay

 

[Guest]

Try using fixed ip addressing: 192.168.x1.x2/24 where x1 is common to all
your machines and x2 is unique.
Victor

 

[Chuck]

I really need some help on this. Background: P2P network, 10 workstations XP
SP2. The router is handling DHCP.
Problem: When I click "View entire workgroup" on one workstation, I get the
error message "[Workgroup] is not accessible. You may not have permission to
use this network resource." Can't do remote desktop to any workstation.
This problem computer:
- Can ping the router (DHCP server) andn other workstations by IP address.
- Cannot ping itself by IP address or name. It does recognize its name and
maps it to the correct IP address, but the ping fails.
- Can ping itself at 127.0.0.1
- Cannot find other workstations by name.
- If try using network connections\Repair this connection, it fails on
"Renewing your IP address."
- Other workstations can ping it by IP address, not by name.
I made sure that
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHIINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous
was set to 0. I enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP in the WINS tab of the TCP/IP
properties form. I tried another NIC card. No dice.
Anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Jay

Jay,

This is most frequently caused by a misconfigured or overlooked personal
firewall. Read this article with an open mind.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

Or we could look at "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and
"net config workstation", from the problem computer, and from 2 others, and
diagnose the problem. 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

 

[Guest]

Actually, that works! If I find out what the IP address is of the computer I
want to contact, I can use that. The problem is that the user is going to be
at loose ends every time the IP address changes! It turns out that for the
moment, we have a functioning workstation that can communicate with this
direct IP addressing so it's going on the back burner for now.
Jay

Try using fixed ip addressing: 192.168.x1.x2/24 where x1 is common to all
your machines and x2 is unique.
Victor

I really need some help on this. Background: P2P network, 10 workstations XP
SP2. The router is handling DHCP.
Problem: When I click "View entire workgroup" on one workstation, I get the
error message "[Workgroup] is not accessible. You may not have permission to
use this network resource." Can't do remote desktop to any workstation.
This problem computer:
- Can ping the router (DHCP server) andn other workstations by IP address.
- Cannot ping itself by IP address or name. It does recognize its name and
maps it to the correct IP address, but the ping fails.
- Can ping itself at 127.0.0.1
- Cannot find other workstations by name.
- If try using network connections\Repair this connection, it fails on
"Renewing your IP address."
- Other workstations can ping it by IP address, not by name.
I made sure that
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHIINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous
was set to 0. I enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP in the WINS tab of the TCP/IP
properties form. I tried another NIC card. No dice.
Anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Jay

 

[Guest]

Thanks, Chuck. I had already read the first article you referenced which I
found very helpful. As I mentioned to victorparobij in the post immediately
before this, for the moment at least, we have a functioning workstation that
can communicate by specifying the LAN IP address (e.g., 192.168.2.15) so the
issue is going on the back burner for now. Thanks very much for your help.
Jay

I really need some help on this. Background: P2P network, 10 workstations XP
SP2. The router is handling DHCP.
Problem: When I click "View entire workgroup" on one workstation, I get the
error message "[Workgroup] is not accessible. You may not have permission to
use this network resource." Can't do remote desktop to any workstation.
This problem computer:
- Can ping the router (DHCP server) andn other workstations by IP address.
- Cannot ping itself by IP address or name. It does recognize its name and
maps it to the correct IP address, but the ping fails.
- Can ping itself at 127.0.0.1
- Cannot find other workstations by name.
- If try using network connections\Repair this connection, it fails on
"Renewing your IP address."
- Other workstations can ping it by IP address, not by name.
I made sure that
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHIINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\restrictanonymous
was set to 0. I enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP in the WINS tab of the TCP/IP
properties form. I tried another NIC card. No dice.
Anybody have any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Jay

Jay,

This is most frequently caused by a misconfigured or overlooked personal
firewall. Read this article with an open mind.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

Or we could look at "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and
"net config workstation", from the problem computer, and from 2 others, and
diagnose the problem. 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