If you're able to ping, and locate thecomputermanually, I'd not bet on
re-installingnetworkdrivers as a solution.
One of the most common causes of this problem would be a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, or other security component.
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http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-eith...>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-eith...
Look at the logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from the problem
computer, and 2 of the others, and diagnose the problem. Read this article, and
linked articles, and follow instructions precisely (download browstat!):
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http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighbo...
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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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Chuck,
When I gethomeI will try these things out. One thing I forgot to
mention in the initial post is that after thecomputerfirst boots, it
is seen on thenetworkin the workgroup. But after 5 minutes or so itdisappears. I don't believe it is the firewall causing problem as I
reinstalled the firewall (zap) from scratch (first uninstalling, clean
up the registry, then reinstall). Windows firewall is disabled.
I will post my results.
CR
I have noticed that the computer that disappears can initially see all
the computers on the network but after a few minutes can only see
itself in the HOME workgroup. I have also noticed that on the
computers that are working the the computer that disappears initially
show up but disappears within a few minutes. After it disappears, I
can go to run and enter the ip address and the shares display. But if
I enter the computer name instead it says "network path not found". I
have run the diagnostics as instructed on your webpage. The
diagnostics from the computer that disappears from the network is as
follows
IPCONFIG
========
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : sebboh
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Hamachi:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-05-25-48-55
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.37.72.85
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 31, 2007
7:20:14 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 31, 2007
7:20:44 PM
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-86-CD-DC
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.4
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.4
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Net Config
========
Server Name \\SEBBOH
Server Comment
Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{9D4D4829-D33F-41E1-A7CF-6A94F2C34C07} (7a7905254855)
Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384
Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.
Browstat
=======
Status for domain HOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{9D4D4829-
D33F-41E1-A7CF-6A94F2C34C07}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: SEBBOH
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master SEBBOH
\\SEBBOH
There are 1 servers in domain HOME on transport \Device
\NetBT_Tcpip_{9D4D4829-D33F-41E1-A7CF-6A94F2C34C07}
There are 1 domains in domain HOME on transport \Device
\NetBT_Tcpip_{9D4D4829-D33F-41E1-A7CF-6A94F2C34C07}
On the working computer, the logs are as follows
Ipconfig
======
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : messedupdell
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/100 VE
Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-F1-8D-E3-99
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.15
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.4
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.4
Netconfig
=======
Server Name \\MESSEDUPDELL
Server Comment
Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{49A1384F-8DE4-46AA-9092-99F074426775} (000cf18de399)
Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384
Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.
Browstat
=======
Status for domain HOME on transport \Device
\NetBT_Tcpip_{49A1384F-8DE4-46AA-9092-99F074426775}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: NASLITE
Could not open key in registry, error = -1073741790 Unable to
determine build of browser master: -1073741790
\\\\NASLITE . Version:04.09 Flags: 9a03 NT SERVER
1 backup servers retrieved from master NASLITE
\\NASLITE
There are 3 servers in domain HOME on transport \Device
\NetBT_Tcpip_{49A1384F-8DE4-46AA-9092-99F074426775}
There are 1 domains in domain HOME on transport \Device
\NetBT_Tcpip_{49A1384F-8DE4-46AA-9092-99F074426775}
Thanks,
CR
