Cannot access one computer on my network

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Kay

Hello,

I just purchased a router (Microsoft Wired Base Station
MN-100) to setup a home network of 4 computers. I
successfully setup the network and installed the software
on all computers A, B, C & D. However, on the Microsoft
Broadband Utility for B, all the other 3 computers appear
under "Other Network Devices" but B does not appear on A,
C or D (ie for these computers all the others except B
appear).
In My Network Places (Network Neighborhood for Win98) in
B I cannot see any of the computers but in A, C, & D, I
can see all 4 computers. When I doubleclick on A, C or D
in My Network Places, I can see all their shared
resources. However doubleclicking on B gives the
following error message:
"\\B is not accessible.
The computer or sharename could not be found. Make sure
you typed it correctly, and try again."
Please note that the spellings were correct. I have tried
several times but still get the same thing.
Also all 4 computers belong to the same workgroup.
File and print sharing is enabled on B.
I have check all the physical cable connections and
everything is properly connected.
Next I decided to ping the IP addresses of the computers
using the run command to test data transmission.
Pinging A, C, & D from B produced replies (with 0% loss).
However, pinging B from A, C, & D respectively produced
no reply (Request timed out - 100% loss) for all 3 cases.
A, C, & D all received responses from each other's ping.

What could be the problem with my B computer?

PLEASE HELP.
 
I'm having a similar problem that developed very
recently. I am no longer able to ping my Win XP machine
from the other computers on the network, but all of the
other machines respond to ping. One person has told me
that being able to ping in one direction but not the other
is probably an indication of a hardware problem. I will
install another NIC card in the XP machine to check this,
but haven't yet had time. I'll let you know if I discover
anything else.

Phillip
 
Being able to ping in one direction only is more indicative of a firewall
being on.
 
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