[thelist] OT: Windows 2000 Networking

[Michael Pemberton]

Can you give a bit more info about the various setups?  eg.  OS on laptop vs
OS on other PCs.

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On many win9x machines, TCP/IP is not installed by default and they use
NetBEUI.  The reverse is the case in Win2k/XP setups.

Since ping is based on TCP/IP, this may explain the problem with not being
able to ping the machine.

Try using NBTSTAT.EXE to test rather than ping.  This can sometimes work
better between various network setups.

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Michael Pemberton
evolt at mpember.net.au

David Mitchell <dave at dbmdata.com> wrote:

> Hey All,
> 
> 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.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Dave