No workgroup computers

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Alex B

I have two machines, a desktop & a laptop running Win XP
Professional.

The desktop recently stopped booting up & I reinstalled
win xp from the original discs.

Win XP now runs fine but I can not access the desktop
from the laptop and visa versa (connected thru a Hub)

I use a fixed IP address on both computers and access the
internet thru a broadband connection which works fine.

On the laptop when I enter the workgroup I can only see
the laptop.

When I do the same on the desktop there are no computers
even though the workgroup name is correct & I log on
sucsessfully.

I am also able to ping the IP addresses from the other
computers.

Any ideas?


Alex
 
Have you tried disconnecting from the internet and
turning off your firewall/s then trying it.
Cheers
Shaun
 
Yes,

Still nothing - what I find strange is that the desktop
system is not finding any computers in the workgroup (it
is not set to MSHOME as I tried running the wizard)
including itself.

Alex
 
Hi,


Try this

One fo the computer(Master one qith the PPPOE connection)
need to have
Ip adress 192.168.0.1
and the other one 192.168.0.2

Re-boot the machine and disbale any Firewalls at Windows
Startup.
 
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