Re: Home NetWork

From: Ross Durie (rdurie_at_caverock.net.nz)
Date: 12/26/04 

Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 14:25:10 +1300

STEP 1: The first thing to suspect is either the SP2 firewall or another
firewall blocking the NetBIOS ports. Given you have issues with ping then
ICMP is also being affected.

If you have a third party firewall I would uninstall it. I would then
disable the SP2 firewall to test. Given you are using a router then a
software firewall is of no great use (my opimion only) unless you plan on
being infected by trojans.

Please reply with results. 

-- 
Ross
"Tom McL." <tbmcl@cwnet.com> wrote in message 
news:Osy%23NQt6EHA.540@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I have three computers connected to a router, two computers work great
> both can see their selves and each other when viewing workgroup computers
> but the third can't be seen at all.
> I used the Command Prompt on all to retrieve their IP address and I was
> able to ping to their own IP address except the third computer, times out.
> The third computer I am able to use the shared internet connection and the
> network printer also I'm able to add a network place to the other 
> computers
> but when I view workgroup computers I see nothing.
>
> The following is the error I receive:
>
> Mshome is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this 
> network
> resource......
> The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.
>
>
> I have checked System Properties, Computer Name.
> All three have unique Names and all have the same Workgroup name (Mshome).
> I have at least one folder set to shared on each computer.
>
> All computers are using Windows XP Home SP2.
>
> I have used the Network Setup Wizard and created a network setup disk
> many times.
>
> Any thoughts would greatly appreciated.
>
> Tom
>

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