Unable to network 1 of 2 computers

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Ted

I have one pc (named Liz) running winxp Home Edition SP2. This can see and
connect to my laptop (named Laptop) running same op system. I cannot connect
from my laptop to my pc. Both are in the same workgroup. Each has its own
name on the network. CA Firewall on both is disabled. Windows firewall is
disabled. I am connected to a router, then out to the internet. Both get on
the net fine. I have run the browstat, ip config, net config programs and the
results for both are posted below. I am not sure how to tell which computer
is the master. I am not sure, but is it possible that on the laptop, my
tcp/ip files may be corrupt in some way? What else can I try to get them both
networked? (I double checked my wireless card properties and it is checked
off where it says enable netbios over tcpip)

Here is the info from the laptop. I am sorry for the long post but I did not
know any other way of posting all this information.
(Browstat Status)
Status for domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\LAPTOP
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LAPTOP
\\LAPTOP
Unable to retrieve server list from LAPTOP: 71


Status for domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.


Status for domain CRAZY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{4F7BF3DF-9F16-4416-A392-B12205BC1AF6}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: LAPTOP
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LAPTOP
\\LIZPC
There are 1 servers in domain CRAZY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{4F7BF3DF-9F16-4416-A392-B12205BC1AF6}
Unable to retrieve server list from LAPTOP: 64

(IP Config /all)
Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Laptop

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



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

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-C5-DC-CE



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-11-A5-D9

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::214:a5ff:fe11:a5d9%5

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

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

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

fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 21, 2008
10:17:52 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 28, 2008
10:17:52 AM



Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 80-00-10-24-BA-33-76-C7

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4137:9e50:8000:1024:ba33:76c7

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%6

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

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled



Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-00-02

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.2%2

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

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled


(Net Config Server)
Server Name \\LAPTOP
Server Comment Laptop

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NwlnkIpx (00c09fc5dcce)
NwlnkNb (00c09fc5dcce)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{4F7BF3DF-9F16-4416-A392-B12205BC1AF6} (0014a511a5d9)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384

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

(Net Config Workstation)
Computer name \\LAPTOP
Full Computer name Laptop
User name Ted

Workstation active on
NwlnkNb (00C09FC5DCCE)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{4F7BF3DF-9F16-4416-A392-B12205BC1AF6} (0014A511A5D9)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain CRAZY
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain LAPTOP

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.


From PC
(Browstat Status)
Status for domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\LIZPC
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LIZPC
\\LIZPC
There are 1 servers in domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
There are 1 domains in domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb


Status for domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\LIZPC
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LIZPC
\\LIZPC
There are 1 servers in domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
There are 1 domains in domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx


Status for domain CRAZY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{9C611277-43FB-46A3-8991-0DE3A15CE8F5}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: LIZPC
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LIZPC
\\LIZPC
Unable to retrieve server list from LIZPC: 53

(IP Config All)
Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : LizPC

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking
Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-80-80-03

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::204:4bff:fe80:8003%4

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

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

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

fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 21, 2008
10:20:12 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 28, 2008
10:20:12 AM



Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%5

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

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled



Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-00-03

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.3%2

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

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

(Net Config Server)
Server Name \\LIZPC
Server Comment Liz PC

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NwlnkIpx (00044b808003)
NwlnkNb (00044b808003)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384

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

(Net Config Workstation)
Computer name \\LIZPC
Full Computer name LizPC
User name Liz

Workstation active on
NwlnkNb (00044B808003)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{9C611277-43FB-46A3-8991-0DE3A15CE8F5} (00044B808003)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain CRAZY
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain LIZPC

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.
 
I have one pc (named Liz) running winxp Home Edition SP2. This can see and
connect to my laptop (named Laptop) running same op system. I cannot connect
from my laptop to my pc. Both are in the same workgroup. Each has its own
name on the network. CA Firewall on both is disabled. Windows firewall is
disabled. I am connected to a router, then out to the internet. Both get on
the net fine. I have run the browstat, ip config, net config programs and the
results for both are posted below. I am not sure how to tell which computer
is the master. I am not sure, but is it possible that on the laptop, my
tcp/ip files may be corrupt in some way? What else can I try to get them both
networked? (I double checked my wireless card properties and it is checked
off where it says enable netbios over tcpip)

Here is the info from the laptop. I am sorry for the long post but I did not
know any other way of posting all this information.
(Browstat Status)
Status for domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\LAPTOP
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LAPTOP
\\LAPTOP
Unable to retrieve server list from LAPTOP: 71


Status for domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
Browsing is NOT active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus.


Status for domain CRAZY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{4F7BF3DF-9F16-4416-A392-B12205BC1AF6}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: LAPTOP
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LAPTOP
\\LIZPC
There are 1 servers in domain CRAZY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{4F7BF3DF-9F16-4416-A392-B12205BC1AF6}
Unable to retrieve server list from LAPTOP: 64

(IP Config /all)
Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Laptop

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



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

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-C5-DC-CE



Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-11-A5-D9

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::214:a5ff:fe11:a5d9%5

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

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

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

fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 21, 2008
10:17:52 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 28, 2008
10:17:52 AM



Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 80-00-10-24-BA-33-76-C7

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:4137:9e50:8000:1024:ba33:76c7

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%6

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

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled



Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-00-02

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.2%2

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

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled


(Net Config Server)
Server Name \\LAPTOP
Server Comment Laptop

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NwlnkIpx (00c09fc5dcce)
NwlnkNb (00c09fc5dcce)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{4F7BF3DF-9F16-4416-A392-B12205BC1AF6} (0014a511a5d9)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384

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

(Net Config Workstation)
Computer name \\LAPTOP
Full Computer name Laptop
User name Ted

Workstation active on
NwlnkNb (00C09FC5DCCE)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{4F7BF3DF-9F16-4416-A392-B12205BC1AF6} (0014A511A5D9)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain CRAZY
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain LAPTOP

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.


From PC
(Browstat Status)
Status for domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\LIZPC
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LIZPC
\\LIZPC
There are 1 servers in domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb
There are 1 domains in domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkNb


Status for domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
Browsing is active on domain.
Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\LIZPC
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LIZPC
\\LIZPC
There are 1 servers in domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx
There are 1 domains in domain CRAZY on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx


Status for domain CRAZY on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{9C611277-43FB-46A3-8991-0DE3A15CE8F5}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: LIZPC
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master LIZPC
\\LIZPC
Unable to retrieve server list from LIZPC: 53

(IP Config All)
Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : LizPC

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

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

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

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



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking
Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-4B-80-80-03

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3

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

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::204:4bff:fe80:8003%4

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

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

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

fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 21, 2008
10:20:12 AM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 28, 2008
10:20:12 AM



Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::ffff:ffff:fffd%5

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

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled



Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-00-03

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.0.3%2

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

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1

fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

(Net Config Server)
Server Name \\LIZPC
Server Comment Liz PC

Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NwlnkIpx (00044b808003)
NwlnkNb (00044b808003)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)


Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384

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

(Net Config Workstation)
Computer name \\LIZPC
Full Computer name LizPC
User name Liz

Workstation active on
NwlnkNb (00044B808003)
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{9C611277-43FB-46A3-8991-0DE3A15CE8F5} (00044B808003)

Software version Windows 2002

Workstation domain CRAZY
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain LIZPC

COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.
Click to expand...

Ted,

Both computers are master browsers, each on their own browse domain. Get rid of
the IPX/SPX and the IPV6 on both.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html

Then look for personal firewalls blocking SMBs (browser SMBs use NetBT, for the
IP segments).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html

--
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.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
I have uninstalled both the TCP/IP Ver6 and NWLink Net Bios. I then had to
shut everything down and reboot. I then changed the setting under "enable
netbios over tcp" to default. That did the trick allowing me to newtork both
computers with the firewall up. I did research via your links the SMB's. I am
still confused on how to change one computer to be the master and how to make
the other the slave.
 
I have uninstalled both the TCP/IP Ver6 and NWLink Net Bios. I then had to
shut everything down and reboot. I then changed the setting under "enable
netbios over tcp" to default. That did the trick allowing me to newtork both
computers with the firewall up. I did research via your links the SMB's. I am
still confused on how to change one computer to be the master and how to make
the other the slave.
Click to expand...

Ted,

Are both computer not connected to the router? Do they both not have access?
If both computers connect, then there is no master - slave relationship. Both
are peers.

So what's the problem right now?

--
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.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
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