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Mike Welsh
Once upon a time, I networked my XP Home machine with a
dial up internet connection to my 98 (First Ed) machine
using peer-to-peer and a crossover cable. All worked and
all was good.
Since then I've had to move twice, and I've never been
able to get the thing to work again. I've ran the Network
Setup Wizard on both machines upteen times, using
different name combinations, no luck. I have, however,
narrowed down the problem: (BTW, I now have a cable modem
and connection, FWIW).
I can ping the XP machine from the 98 machine using both
it's IP address and it's name, no problem. In addition,
the 98 machine can access the internet just fine. I've
also tried out a game that asks for IP addresses, it also
works fine.
I can ping the 98 machine from the XP machine using the IP
address, it also works fine. But when I try the 98
machine's name, no dice.
I've searched both machines for a hosts or lmhosts file,
all I've found were the samples. I'm assuming that since
this is a peer-to-peer and not a client-server deal, I do
not need DNS? What about WINS? Which machine has the
problem? They both show the proper name and address in
their proper screens, could they be lying and do I need to
set the workgroup or computer name thru some registry fix?
-Thanx in advance
Mike
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Got a response from Ron Lowe, specifically:
Sounds like NetBIOS name resolution failure on the XP box.
1) Ensure all firewalls are disabled or preferably un-
installed
as per the mfr's instructions prior to any fault-finding.
2) Go to TCP/IP properties, advanced button, WINS tab
and ensure NetBIOS-over-TCP/IP is enabled;
3) Go to a command prompt, and issue the command:
IPCONFIG /ALL.
Look at the Node Type.
If it's P-to-P, that's a problem.
In this case, go to Start | Run | regedit.
Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\
Parameters
If either of the following values are present, delete
them:
NodeType;
DhcpNodeType.
This should cause the node type to default correctly.
( the node type will report as 'Unknown' in the default
case. )
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That wasn't the problem, apparently.
1) was not a problem, the only firewall I had was XP's
on the connection to the internet.
2) NetBios over TCP/IP was enabled.
3) the node type in ipconfig was "unknown".
For what it's worth, I noticed that on the 98 machine, the
TCPIP entry in the configuration window doesn't have
a "=>" symbol to show it's bindings, even though I've gone
to Properties and the Bindings tab and checked both boxes
for "Client..." and "File Sharing..".
Also, when I run ipconfig /all on the 98 machine, the node
is listed as "broadcast".
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I've even tried uninstalling everything and starting over
from scratch, but XP seems to remember the network cards
and their settings even after rebooting with the card
gone.
Naturally I'd rather just fix the network as is, but if
worst comes to worst, could someone advise me how to get
XP back to a "pre-network" condition so I can start over?
Thanx again, sorry for the long post
-Mike
dial up internet connection to my 98 (First Ed) machine
using peer-to-peer and a crossover cable. All worked and
all was good.
Since then I've had to move twice, and I've never been
able to get the thing to work again. I've ran the Network
Setup Wizard on both machines upteen times, using
different name combinations, no luck. I have, however,
narrowed down the problem: (BTW, I now have a cable modem
and connection, FWIW).
I can ping the XP machine from the 98 machine using both
it's IP address and it's name, no problem. In addition,
the 98 machine can access the internet just fine. I've
also tried out a game that asks for IP addresses, it also
works fine.
I can ping the 98 machine from the XP machine using the IP
address, it also works fine. But when I try the 98
machine's name, no dice.
I've searched both machines for a hosts or lmhosts file,
all I've found were the samples. I'm assuming that since
this is a peer-to-peer and not a client-server deal, I do
not need DNS? What about WINS? Which machine has the
problem? They both show the proper name and address in
their proper screens, could they be lying and do I need to
set the workgroup or computer name thru some registry fix?
-Thanx in advance
Mike
===========================================================
Got a response from Ron Lowe, specifically:
Sounds like NetBIOS name resolution failure on the XP box.
1) Ensure all firewalls are disabled or preferably un-
installed
as per the mfr's instructions prior to any fault-finding.
2) Go to TCP/IP properties, advanced button, WINS tab
and ensure NetBIOS-over-TCP/IP is enabled;
3) Go to a command prompt, and issue the command:
IPCONFIG /ALL.
Look at the Node Type.
If it's P-to-P, that's a problem.
In this case, go to Start | Run | regedit.
Go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\
Parameters
If either of the following values are present, delete
them:
NodeType;
DhcpNodeType.
This should cause the node type to default correctly.
( the node type will report as 'Unknown' in the default
case. )
===========================================================
=
That wasn't the problem, apparently.
1) was not a problem, the only firewall I had was XP's
on the connection to the internet.
2) NetBios over TCP/IP was enabled.
3) the node type in ipconfig was "unknown".
For what it's worth, I noticed that on the 98 machine, the
TCPIP entry in the configuration window doesn't have
a "=>" symbol to show it's bindings, even though I've gone
to Properties and the Bindings tab and checked both boxes
for "Client..." and "File Sharing..".
Also, when I run ipconfig /all on the 98 machine, the node
is listed as "broadcast".
===========================================================
I've even tried uninstalling everything and starting over
from scratch, but XP seems to remember the network cards
and their settings even after rebooting with the card
gone.
Naturally I'd rather just fix the network as is, but if
worst comes to worst, could someone advise me how to get
XP back to a "pre-network" condition so I can start over?
Thanx again, sorry for the long post
-Mike