Home Networking Difficulties

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Hi,
I am running Win XP Home Ver 2002 SP2 on a desktop and a wireless laptop. I
am using a D-Link wireless router which is wired to the desktop. I can
access the internet from both computers. I want to be able to file/print
share both computers.

From the desktop, under the workgroup I can see both computers, but when I
click on the laptop, I get the following error:
"\\Kitchen is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. The network path was not found."
I cannot ping the laptop from the desktop.

From the laptop, I can only the see laptop under the workgroup. However,
somehow I am able to access a shared folder on my desktop using the IP
address (can't remember how I did this). I can ping the desktop from the
laptop.

I have disabled the Windows Firewall on both computers but am running a
firewall provided by my cable internet supplier. I have been reading some of
the newsgroups and the PChuck website. Following are the ipconfig, browstat,
and Cdiag for both computers.

I hope that I haven't provided too much information. Thanks in advance for
any help/direction that I should try.

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Office

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : cg.shawcable.net



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : cg.shawcable.net

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 CT Network
Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-61-21-81-D4

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : June 3, 2005 8:04:37 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : June 10, 2005 8:04:37 PM



Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition Version 2002 Service Pack 2



Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{FF470E4B-3949-44C7-AA7E-E1778D5FFC20}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: OFFICE
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master OFFICE
\\OFFICE
There are 2 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{FF470E4B-3949-44C7-AA7E-E1778D5FFC20}
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{FF470E4B-3949-44C7-AA7E-E1778D5FFC20}

CDiagnosis V1.31
Start diagnosis for OFFICE
Full Targets Office 192.168.0.100 KITCHEN 192.168.0.101 127.0.0.1

Target Office

"OFFICE ping Office"



Pinging Office [192.168.0.100] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.100:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"OFFICE net view Office"

Shared resources at Office

ANTEC

Share name Type Used as Comment


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATI Disk

CanonPrinter Print Canon i550

Favorites Disk

My Music Disk

My Pictures Disk

Palm Disk

Printer Print Microsoft Office Document Image
Writer
RegClean Disk

Share Disk

SharedDocs Disk

Spybot - Search & Destroy Disk

TweakNow RegCleaner Disk

The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.0.100

"OFFICE ping 192.168.0.100"



Pinging 192.168.0.100 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.100:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"OFFICE net view 192.168.0.100"

Shared resources at 192.168.0.100

ANTEC

Share name Type Used as Comment


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATI Disk

CanonPrinter Print Canon i550

Favorites Disk

My Music Disk

My Pictures Disk

Palm Disk

Printer Print Microsoft Office Document Image
Writer
RegClean Disk

Share Disk

SharedDocs Disk

Spybot - Search & Destroy Disk

TweakNow RegCleaner Disk

The command completed successfully.


Target KITCHEN

"OFFICE ping KITCHEN"

Ping request could not find host KITCHEN. Please check the name and try again.


"OFFICE net view KITCHEN"


Target 192.168.0.101

"OFFICE ping 192.168.0.101"



Pinging 192.168.0.101 with 32 bytes of data:



Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.

Request timed out.



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.101:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),


"OFFICE net view 192.168.0.101"


Target 127.0.0.1

"OFFICE ping 127.0.0.1"



Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"OFFICE net view 127.0.0.1"

Shared resources at 127.0.0.1

ANTEC

Share name Type Used as Comment


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATI Disk

CanonPrinter Print Canon i550

Favorites Disk

My Music Disk

My Pictures Disk

Palm Disk

Printer Print Microsoft Office Document Image
Writer
RegClean Disk

Share Disk

SharedDocs Disk

Spybot - Search & Destroy Disk

TweakNow RegCleaner Disk

The command completed successfully.


Ping Targets www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32 192.168.0.1

Target www.yahoo.com

"OFFICE ping www.yahoo.com"



Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [66.94.230.48] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 66.94.230.48: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.48: bytes=32 time=482ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.48: bytes=32 time=108ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.48: bytes=32 time=483ms TTL=54



Ping statistics for 66.94.230.48:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 64ms, Maximum = 483ms, Average = 284ms


Target 66.94.230.32

"OFFICE ping 66.94.230.32"



Pinging 66.94.230.32 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=111ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=156ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=69ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=114ms TTL=54



Ping statistics for 66.94.230.32:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 69ms, Maximum = 156ms, Average = 112ms


Target 192.168.0.1

"OFFICE ping 192.168.0.1"



Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=127



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


End diagnosis for OFFICE

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : KITCHEN

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated
Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-7D-07-5A



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : acer IPN2220 Wireless LAN Card

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-9B-9A-22-AA

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 03, 2005 10:08:08 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, June 10, 2005 10:08:08 PM


Microsft Windows XP
Home Edition Version 2002
Service Pack 2



Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{96B0E293-FD47-4074-83AA-C1E0AD5D0FE3}
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master browser name is held by: OFFICE
Could not connect to registry, error = 53 Unable to determine build
of browser master: 53
\\OFFICE . Version:05.01 Flags: 51203 NT POTENTIAL MASTER

CDiagnosis V1.31
Start diagnosis for KITCHEN
Full Targets Office 192.168.0.100 KITCHEN 192.168.0.101 127.0.0.1

Target Office

"KITCHEN ping Office"



Pinging Office [192.168.0.100] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.100:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 2ms


"KITCHEN net view Office"

Shared resources at Office

ANTEC

Share name Type Used as Comment


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATI Disk

CanonPrinter Print Canon i550

Favorites Disk

My Music Disk

My Pictures Disk

Palm Disk

Printer Print Microsoft Office Document Image
Writer
RegClean Disk

Share Disk

SharedDocs Disk

Spybot - Search & Destroy Disk

TweakNow RegCleaner Disk

The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.0.100

"KITCHEN ping 192.168.0.100"



Pinging 192.168.0.100 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.100:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 3ms, Average = 1ms


"KITCHEN net view 192.168.0.100"

Shared resources at 192.168.0.100

ANTEC

Share name Type Used as Comment


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ATI Disk

CanonPrinter Print Canon i550

Favorites Disk

My Music Disk

My Pictures Disk

Palm Disk

Printer Print Microsoft Office Document Image
Writer
RegClean Disk

Share Disk

SharedDocs Disk

Spybot - Search & Destroy Disk

TweakNow RegCleaner Disk

The command completed successfully.


Target KITCHEN

"KITCHEN ping KITCHEN"



Pinging KITCHEN [192.168.0.101] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.101:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"KITCHEN net view KITCHEN"

Shared resources at KITCHEN

ACER

Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Printer Print Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
SharedDocs Disk
The command completed successfully.


Target 192.168.0.101

"KITCHEN ping 192.168.0.101"



Pinging 192.168.0.101 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 192.168.0.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.101:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"KITCHEN net view 192.168.0.101"

Shared resources at 192.168.0.101

ACER

Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Printer Print Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
SharedDocs Disk
The command completed successfully.


Target 127.0.0.1

"KITCHEN ping 127.0.0.1"



Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128



Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms


"KITCHEN net view 127.0.0.1"

Shared resources at 127.0.0.1

ACER

Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Printer Print Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
SharedDocs Disk
The command completed successfully.


Ping Targets www.yahoo.com 66.94.230.32 192.168.0.1

Target www.yahoo.com

"KITCHEN ping www.yahoo.com"



Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [66.94.230.34] with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 66.94.230.34: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.34: bytes=32 time=401ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.34: bytes=32 time=148ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.34: bytes=32 time=355ms TTL=54



Ping statistics for 66.94.230.34:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 74ms, Maximum = 401ms, Average = 244ms


Target 66.94.230.32

"KITCHEN ping 66.94.230.32"



Pinging 66.94.230.32 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=131ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=648ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=144ms TTL=54

Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=160ms TTL=54



Ping statistics for 66.94.230.32:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 131ms, Maximum = 648ms, Average = 270ms


Target 192.168.0.1

"KITCHEN ping 192.168.0.1"



Pinging 192.168.0.1 with 32 bytes of data:



Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=127

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=127

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=127

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=127



Ping statistics for 192.168.0.1:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 19ms, Average = 5ms


End diagnosis for KITCHEN
 
Hi,
I am running Win XP Home Ver 2002 SP2 on a desktop and a wireless laptop. I
am using a D-Link wireless router which is wired to the desktop. I can
access the internet from both computers. I want to be able to file/print
share both computers.

From the desktop, under the workgroup I can see both computers, but when I
click on the laptop, I get the following error:
"\\Kitchen is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
you have access permissions. The network path was not found."
I cannot ping the laptop from the desktop.

From the laptop, I can only the see laptop under the workgroup. However,
somehow I am able to access a shared folder on my desktop using the IP
address (can't remember how I did this). I can ping the desktop from the
laptop.

I have disabled the Windows Firewall on both computers but am running a
firewall provided by my cable internet supplier. I have been reading some of
the newsgroups and the PChuck website. Following are the ipconfig, browstat,
and Cdiag for both computers.

I hope that I haven't provided too much information. Thanks in advance for
any help/direction that I should try.
Click to expand...

<SNIP SNIP>

Philip,

A nicely done assembly of the three diagnostic tools, and not at all too much.

I see just two symptoms:
- Office can't access Kitchen (neither ping nor net view, by name or ip address
- further defining your above statement).
- Kitchen can't access the registry on Office from browstat, getting "error =
53" ("name not found").

What is the firewall provided by your ISP, and what computer are you running it
on? I think the problem starts with a firewall.

I'm interested that you have specified your DNS server, from both computers, as
your NAT router. Does the router provide adequate performance as a DNS server?

Both Kitchen and Office are Node Type Unknown, which should use Broadcast for
resolution, so the router DNS server only acts as an Internet address cache.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html>

A firewall is the best possible candidate for this problem.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
 
Hi Chuck,

Thanks for the quick post. My ISP provides Shaw Secure which is a
firewall/antivirus suite. It is possibly by F-Secure as far as I can tell.
I am running it on both computers. With regards to the NAT router as my DNS
server, I'm not sure about performance. Is there a better way to specify
this? I don't know what all this stuff does.

I'll look at the pages you suggest and see if it helps at all.

Philip
 
hi i found disabling antivius as well as renewing ip of one of the pc to be
helfull,but i can only get filesharing oneway,i can ping both pc,s and get a
reply.on one pc under local area connection,right click,repair and hopefully
that will work[[email protected]]
 
Hi,

I'm trying to resolve the "Node type as unknown". When I go into RegEdit to
the key they specify, I can't find a key called EnableProxy. This is on the
desktop computer OFFICE.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\
Change the value of the EnableProxy value in the preceding registry key to 0
or 1, quit Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.
 
Hi,

I'm trying to resolve the "Node type as unknown". When I go into RegEdit to
the key they specify, I can't find a key called EnableProxy. This is on the
desktop computer OFFICE.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters\
Change the value of the EnableProxy value in the preceding registry key to 0
or 1, quit Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.
Click to expand...

Philip,

Well, the way to resolve that would be to create a new REG_DWORD named
EnableProxy with value = 1. But that's not the solution to your problem,
because Unknown is not a problem.

My hopes is that this would be a simple firewall problem.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>

If it's not a firewall problem, check for a browser conflict.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/browstat-utility-from-microsoft.html>
 
Hi Chuck,

I think that it is a firewall problem. I disconnected from the internet and
turned the firewalls off and was able to access files from both computers
from either computer. Where can I find information about what ports,
applications, etc. that need to be enabled to have a functional home network
that is still protected?

Thanks.

Philip
 
Hi Chuck,

I think that it is a firewall problem. I disconnected from the internet and
turned the firewalls off and was able to access files from both computers
from either computer. Where can I find information about what ports,
applications, etc. that need to be enabled to have a functional home network
that is still protected?

Thanks.

Philip
Click to expand...

Philip,

As far as I know, there isn't one comprehensive website listing all firewalls
and configuration information. The thought of making an article like that has
crossed my mind, but only briefly. There are so many products, and new versions
are published frequently.

If your firewall is by F-Secure, there may be a few possibilities for you.
<http://www.f-secure.com/products/anti-virus/>

This is where Help - About is a good place to start. Then, as always, Google
(or Yahoo) is your friend. That's where the above link came from.
 
Hi Chuck,

Just wanted to thank you for your excellent help and direction. I have my
network working!! Finally!! I know where to look if I need help again!

Philip
 
Hi Chuck,

Just wanted to thank you for your excellent help and direction. I have my
network working!! Finally!! I know where to look if I need help again!

Philip
Click to expand...

Philip,

That's great news! Thanks for letting us know!
 
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