Network keeps reseting

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I set up my home network between 3 computers, but for some reason on my main
machine after restarting the computer I can longer access it from the other
computers, I rerun the Network Setup wizard, and that fixes the problem, but
as soon as I restart the computer, I have problem all over again? How do I
make this stop!
 
What exactly is happening?? Are you getting access denied messages or what??

Steve
 
Some startup/logon process/service/application seems to be getting in the
way. See if it happens when you boot into Safe Mode with networking. After
regular mode startup run the command net config server to make sure the
server service is running and the command nbtstat -n to make sure netbios
over tcp/ip is working correctly. It sounds like some sort of personal/host
firewall or security software could be an issue. See bellow for examples of
the output from those commands on a working computer. Also in regular mode
see if your problem computer can ping other computers by their IP address as
shown via the ipconfig /all command and if they can ping the problem
computer.

Steve

D:\WINDOWS\system32>net config server
Server Name \\STEVE-XP
Server Comment

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{19C66C86-CB8F-40CF-95C3-E6E755957325} (000795ec77ca)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.

D:\WINDOWS\system32>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.201] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
STEVE-XP <00> UNIQUE Registered
XP-2A <00> GROUP Registered
STEVE-XP <20> UNIQUE Registered
XP-2A <1E> GROUP Registered
XP-2A <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered
 
I ran net config, nbtstat and everything check out. I tried pinging the
problem computer but it failed, the problem computer did not have problem
pinging the other computers though. I use Windows Live OneCare and have
checked all the firewall settings and they are all okay. Ever since this
problem started, I've the noticed the computers "hangs" while booting, it
will just sit for a minute or two and do nothing. I haven't been able to
figure out why, and I'm not aware anthing has been changed.
 
Did you try booting into Safe Mode with networking and if so what happened??

Steve


GDRD said:
I ran net config, nbtstat and everything check out. I tried pinging the
problem computer but it failed, the problem computer did not have problem
pinging the other computers though. I use Windows Live OneCare and have
checked all the firewall settings and they are all okay. Ever since this
problem started, I've the noticed the computers "hangs" while booting, it
will just sit for a minute or two and do nothing. I haven't been able to
figure out why, and I'm not aware anthing has been changed.

Steven L Umbach said:
Some startup/logon process/service/application seems to be getting in the
way. See if it happens when you boot into Safe Mode with networking.
After
regular mode startup run the command net config server to make sure the
server service is running and the command nbtstat -n to make sure netbios
over tcp/ip is working correctly. It sounds like some sort of
personal/host
firewall or security software could be an issue. See bellow for examples
of
the output from those commands on a working computer. Also in regular
mode
see if your problem computer can ping other computers by their IP address
as
shown via the ipconfig /all command and if they can ping the problem
computer.

Steve

D:\WINDOWS\system32>net config server
Server Name \\STEVE-XP
Server Comment

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{19C66C86-CB8F-40CF-95C3-E6E755957325} (000795ec77ca)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 10
Maximum open files per session 16384

Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.

D:\WINDOWS\system32>nbtstat -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.201] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
STEVE-XP <00> UNIQUE Registered
XP-2A <00> GROUP Registered
STEVE-XP <20> UNIQUE Registered
XP-2A <1E> GROUP Registered
XP-2A <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered
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Tried safemode, I was able to ping the problem computer, but wasn't able to
access any of the shared folders on it. Once back in Normal startup I reran
the Network setup wizard, it worked, but once I restarted the computer I
could no longer access it through the network.
 
I have seen something similar in cases where a user had a software firewall
installed on the computer or internet security suite that included a
firewall and it was uninstalled but it did not uninstall correctly and
shortly after reboot network access would stop which is very hard to track
down and usually means spending some quality time examining the registry as
in HKLM\software and HKCU\software for evidence of something left behind
that should not be there. You might want to try a System Restore
[programs/accessories/system tools/system restore] to a point in time before
the problem began if possible to see if that resolves the problem. If you
have not tried Winsockfix that may be worth a try also.



Steve

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Network-Tweak/WinSockFix.shtml ---
Winsockfix
 
I tried the winsock fix, didn't work. I didn't try system restore for a
couple reasons, 1. I've only ever had one firewall on the computer, never
unistalled or reinstalled it, and I can't go back far enough in the system
restore. I believe the problem started sometime after I got Highspeed
internet and added a router and a third computer to the network.
 
I was checking my error log and there where a couple warning and errors:
DHCP: Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from
the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 005056C00008. The
following error occurred:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to
try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.
DHCP: Your computer has lost the lease to its IP address 192.168.192.1 on
the Network Card with network address 005056C00008.
MrxSmb: The master browser has received a server announcement from the
computer DIM2100 that believes that it is the master browser for the domain
on transport NetBT_Tcpip_{B31673BA-1CA9-4EEE-B. The master browser is
stopping or an election is being forced.
 
Based on what you are seeing you might want to try and give your computer
static IP configuration in it's network adapter propteries - tcp/ip
properties - general. For a router that has the typical IP of 192.168.1.1
you could use 192.168.1.200 as your IP with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
with a default gateway of 192.168.1.1 and primary dns server of 192.168.1.1.

Steve
 
I set the IP's and DNS server, but I still can't access this computer from
the other computers
 
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