Workgroup Problem making me nuts

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First the set up, then the problem..
I have three units on a Linksys Router. All three have
the same workgroup name.
Each has NO firewall.
Each has NetBIOS enabled over TCP/IP
Two desktops see each other and can access each others
shared files.
The laptop (an IBM 600E) is my problem.
Each time I click view network computers on this unit, I
receive
""Workgroup is not accessible, You might not have
permission to use this network resource Contact the admin
of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently
available."".
I can ping all other pc's from the laptop using IP address
Cannot ping by pc name another other units except self
(laptop)

I have used two different laptops, same make and model,
and wired and wireless. Same problem.

Is this a permissions problem or Laptop glitch. How can
I fix.
 
Is it possible there is a glitch with Microsoft and IBM,
others have posted problems alike.
 
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First the set up, then the problem..
I have three units on a Linksys Router. All three have
the same workgroup name.
Each has NO firewall.
Each has NetBIOS enabled over TCP/IP
Two desktops see each other and can access each others
shared files.
The laptop (an IBM 600E) is my problem.
Each time I click view network computers on this unit, I
receive
""Workgroup is not accessible, You might not have
permission to use this network resource Contact the admin
of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently
available."".
I can ping all other pc's from the laptop using IP address
Cannot ping by pc name another other units except self
(laptop)

I have used two different laptops, same make and model,
and wired and wireless. Same problem.

Is this a permissions problem or Laptop glitch. How can
I fix.

the laptop is home or pro?
Click to expand...

if home enable the guest account and share the shared
documents folder in my computer.

if pro then post a reply and i will tell you where to
look in the group policy editor.

also for curiosity sake let me know the ip addresses of
all three machines.
 
My Microsoft Product Report Services post (4 above this
one, "XP Home Resource Sharing" from Andrew McDonald)
seems basically much like what you're experiencing.
Hopefully there is strength in numbers.

My post reads: I have 4 computers on a small home peer-to-
peer network. A wireless internet connection attaches to a
broadband router. The broadband router is in turn directly
connected to 2 computers, one with Windows 2000; the other
(a laptop) with XP Home. A third router port connection
attaches to a hub connected, in turn, to the other two
computers, each with Windows 2000. All computers access
the internet. The 3 Windows 2000 computers,
under "Computers Near Me," show all 4 computers. Windows
2000 files and printers are mutually accessible. However,
attempting to access the XP laptop from "Computers Near
Me" results in the message, "Laptop-comp is not
accessible. The network path was not found." From the XP
laptop, attempting the network task, "view network
computers," gives the message, "Workgroup is not
accessible, etc." So, in a nutshell, while the 3 Windows
2000 computers communicate fully, the XP laptop has
Internet access but no file sharing coming or going.

My router is SMC's Cable/DSL Broadband Router; my laptop
is Dell's 8000 Inspiron. I was initially inclined to
think that the problem was rooted in XP, as opposed to
2000. And basically it may be, but the problem did
coincide with going wireless and the SMC router, pointing
the finger (your choice) also in that direction.
Previously, with a single shared internal dial-up modem
for network access, and minimum security, I had no
problems (laptop or otherwise) with file sharing, etc.
 
"Richard" said:
First the set up, then the problem..
I have three units on a Linksys Router. All three have
the same workgroup name.
Each has NO firewall.
Each has NetBIOS enabled over TCP/IP
Two desktops see each other and can access each others
shared files.
The laptop (an IBM 600E) is my problem.
Each time I click view network computers on this unit, I
receive
""Workgroup is not accessible, You might not have
permission to use this network resource Contact the admin
of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently
available."".
I can ping all other pc's from the laptop using IP address
Cannot ping by pc name another other units except self
(laptop)

I have used two different laptops, same make and model,
and wired and wireless. Same problem.

Is this a permissions problem or Laptop glitch. How can
I fix.
Click to expand...

Double check that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled, not default, on the
problem computer.

Run "ipconfig /all" on the problem computer and look at the "Node
Type" at the beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer", it
means that the computer only uses a WINS server (which, paradoxically,
isn't available in a peer-to-peer network) for NetBIOS name
resolution. That won't work.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see the section on "NodeType" in this Microsoft Knowledge
Base article:

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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