[thelist] OT: Windows 2000 Networking

David Mitchell dave at dbmdata.com
Wed Nov 12 21:22:47 CST 2003


Ken,

Yes,  I can see the computer in Explorer, yet when I try ping it, it is 
unreachable.

Ken Schaefer wrote:

>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>From: "David Mitchell" <dave at dbmdata.com>
>Subject: [thelist] OT: Windows 2000 Networking
>
>
>: Have a really annoying problem here trying to add a
>: new PC to my network at home. Here's the problem.
>: I have 4 computers all connected to a LinkSys router
>: sharing my cable connection. I just added a new
>: computer tonite running W2k Pro. All the computers
>: can see eachohter except for the laptop I am typing
>: this email on. This laptop can see all the existing
>: computers on the network except for the new one,
>: and all the other computers can see the new PC
>: except for this laptop. I can also see the laptop
>: from the computer that I can't see from the laptop, if
>: you know what I mean. Any ideas? I'm sure you'll
>: need more info, so if you do please let me know.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>Hi,
>
>When you say "see", are you talking about visibility in Network
>Neighbourhood? If so, are you running in a workgroup or domain model?
>
>If it's a workgroup model, I would suggest that you have either a problem
>with:
>a) master-backup browser election
>    -or-
>b) related to above, you're running some kind of software firewall on one of
>the machines that's intefering with browser elections/notifications etc.
>
>You can use browstat.exe to troubleshoot browse master issue (and to
>shutdown "rogue" master/backup browse masters)
>
>However, what I do suggest you try, is doing:
>
>\\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
>in the address bar of an explorer window, where the IP address corresponds
>to a machine that you can't see. So, you say your laptop can't see the new
>Win2k machine, and suppose the Win2k machine has an IP address of
>192.168.0.50, then try doing:
>
>\\192.168.0.50
>
>in an Explorer address bar on your laptop. If you can reach the Win2k
>machine by IP address, then it seems like a NetBIOS browsing issue, rather
>than anything more fundamental.
>
>Cheers
>Ken
>
>Microsoft MVP - Windows Server (IIS)
>
>  
>




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