Re: Cable Modem Router problem

From: John (someone_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 03/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 23:25:38 +1100

Thanks Kelly. Problem solved. It was the Netbios over TCP/IP not active on
all PC's.
Its running like a dream. Thanks again
See, theres nothing like a fresh head :)
Ive been too close to the problem and didnt see the bloody obvious.

"Kelly" <kelly@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi John,
>
> Do some reading here and good luck!: http://tinyurl.com/2ofo9
>
> --
> All the Best,
> Kelly
>
> Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP
>
> Troubleshooting Windows XP
> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com
>
> "John" <someone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:ujQuTfZCEHA.1236@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > People, I have a problem which is driving me nuts.
> > I'll be thorough to save reposting answers. Hopefully one of you
geniuses
> > will have the answer :)
> > I purchased a Netgear Cable internet router.It allows five pcs on a LAN
to
> > be connected. My network was working previously via Internet Sharing on
my
> > PC (two network cards, one for the cable modem and one for my home LAN)
> > This worked through an old 10mb switch and all pc's could connect to the
> > internet as well as accessing the PC's on the LAN. After connecting the
> new
> > router, all pc's can access the internet but cannot see each other on
the
> > network.
> > The router has a gateway 192.168.1.1 with SM 255.255.255.0
> > All pcs have DHCP IP addresses (from the router) All looks good. The
IP's,
> > subnet masks and workgroup names are correct on each PC (192.168.1.2 -
> > 192.168.1.50)
> > The config page on the router shows all the pc's and details as attached
> > devices.
> > All PC's can ping the router and TCP/IP is installed correctly on each
PC
> > AS I said before, everything was working previously on the old 10MB
> switch.
> > At first I thought the router may be faulty but I also have a spare
100mb
> > Netcomm switch which brings up the same problem. The chances that both
the
> > router and the fast Ethernet switch are both faulty is a bit hard to
> > swallow.
> > When you go into My Network Places, it takes ages to see the workgroup,
> but
> > it does eventually come up. But no PC's are visible and I get the
message
> > like.
> > "Workgroup is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
> > network resource.Contact the administrator of this server to find out if
> you
> > have access permissions. The network path was not found"
> > I think I need a fresh head
> > All NICS are 10/100 and are set to auto detect. I have also tried
manually
> > setting them to 10MB, but to no avail
> >
> > Help aaaarghhhh!!!
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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