Networking XP machines...a sad tale

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Megalli

I have recently had some very strange problems networking
my Win XP laptop and desktop machines. They have been
painlessly networked for over a year (on wireless NAT).
And then, recently *POOF*.

I have been through the MS Knowledge Base. Article 308007
was particularly good, and I recommend it to others having
XP networking problems.

Alas, the problem remains.

Everything in the troubleshooter works, with one
exception. Step #4 in trouble shooting File/Printer
sharing. The machines can "see" each other within
Workgroup list, but not when I run \\computername.

Anyone have any ideas on why this might be happening and
what I can do about it?

Thnks.
 
Do you get an error when navigating to \\computername? Kind of sounds like
a firewall went bad...
 
Can you ping the machine by name? by ip address?

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Megalli said:
Ken --

I don't get an error -- I am told that the network path couldn't be found.

No ICF or other Firewall installed (except for Linksys Nat). Any other
possibilites?

Thanks

Ken Wickes said:
Do you get an error when navigating to \\computername? Kind of sounds like
a firewall went bad...

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


Megalli said:
I have recently had some very strange problems networking
my Win XP laptop and desktop machines. They have been
painlessly networked for over a year (on wireless NAT).
And then, recently *POOF*.

I have been through the MS Knowledge Base. Article 308007
was particularly good, and I recommend it to others having
XP networking problems.

Alas, the problem remains.

Everything in the troubleshooter works, with one
exception. Step #4 in trouble shooting File/Printer
sharing. The machines can "see" each other within
Workgroup list, but not when I run \\computername.

Anyone have any ideas on why this might be happening and
what I can do about it?

Thnks.
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Ken --

I don't get an error -- I am told that the network path couldn't be found.

No ICF or other Firewall installed (except for Linksys Nat). Any other
possibilites?

Thanks

Ken Wickes said:
Do you get an error when navigating to \\computername? Kind of sounds like
a firewall went bad...

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


Megalli said:
I have recently had some very strange problems networking
my Win XP laptop and desktop machines. They have been
painlessly networked for over a year (on wireless NAT).
And then, recently *POOF*.

I have been through the MS Knowledge Base. Article 308007
was particularly good, and I recommend it to others having
XP networking problems.

Alas, the problem remains.

Everything in the troubleshooter works, with one
exception. Step #4 in trouble shooting File/Printer
sharing. The machines can "see" each other within
Workgroup list, but not when I run \\computername.

Anyone have any ideas on why this might be happening and
what I can do about it?

Thnks.
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I can ping by IP address, but pinging by name does nothing (ie. no error
returned, just nothing)

Ken Wickes said:
Can you ping the machine by name? by ip address?

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


Megalli said:
Ken --

I don't get an error -- I am told that the network path couldn't be found.

No ICF or other Firewall installed (except for Linksys Nat). Any other
possibilites?

Thanks

Ken Wickes said:
Do you get an error when navigating to \\computername? Kind of sounds like
a firewall went bad...

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


I have recently had some very strange problems networking
my Win XP laptop and desktop machines. They have been
painlessly networked for over a year (on wireless NAT).
And then, recently *POOF*.

I have been through the MS Knowledge Base. Article 308007
was particularly good, and I recommend it to others having
XP networking problems.

Alas, the problem remains.

Everything in the troubleshooter works, with one
exception. Step #4 in trouble shooting File/Printer
sharing. The machines can "see" each other within
Workgroup list, but not when I run \\computername.

Anyone have any ideas on why this might be happening and
what I can do about it?

Thnks.
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NetBIOS are enabled.

I will try the other things on the michna.com site -- there is a lot there.
 
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