[thelist] OT: Windows 2000 Networking

[Simon Perry]

David Mitchell wrote:

>Here's the lowdown on the machines:
>
>1) Windows 2000 server - sees all and can be seen by all
>2) Windows XP pro - see all and can be seen by all
>3) Windows 2000 pro - sees above 2, but can't see new machine (4)
>4) Windows 2000 pro (new machine) - sees (1) and (2) but can't see (3)
>
>All all using the same protocols and are members of the same workgroup. The
>only anomaly I can think of is (3) is a laptop and is on a wireless
>connection. My router is set up to serve DHCP. Maybe this could be the
>factor?
>  
>
Sounds like some sort of basic firewall/security issue within your 
LinkSys router. My guess is that certain traffic such as netbios is 
blocked unless the ip or mac address of the computer is on an allow 
list. Let me know what router model you are running and I will be able 
to confirm this.

Simon