Richard wonders if anyone has suggestions
From: Peter (notmoogk_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 05/04/04
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Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 10:39:22 -0400
Below is the string between Richard Harper and myself over the last few
days.
If anyone can offer suggestions other than a clean reinstall of the OS, I
would be be ever so grateful.
PJ
I hate to say it but you've run me clean out of ideas. Hopefully someone
else has a thought, otherwise ...
-- Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Peter" <moogk@notsympatico.ca> wrote in message news:%23HfUZ2WMEHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... > Thanks again Richard. > > I completely removed the firewalls - it did not help. > I tried a different router and replaced the NIC's - it did not help. > It does seem bizzare. For example, the "desktop" can access the "laptop" > but if I run Net View on the "desktop" only the "desktop" is listed. The > "laptop" cannot access the "desktop" but if I run Net View on the "laptop" > both computers are listed. > Although the "desktop" can access the "laptop", it can't ping it by name > (--- could not find host). > > Perhaps the operating system has an unresolvable problem. It might be > time > to bite the bullet and make a clean install of the "desktop". > > PJ > > > "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message > news:er8AcHLMEHA.2456@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> Thank you - though the details make the problem more puzzling instead of >> less. >> >> You say you have no firewalls "active" on either PC - do you have >> anything >> other than the Windows XP firewall on either PC? If so you may need to >> fully uninstall the firewall for a true test. >> >> The only other thing I can think of would be to check router firewall >> settings and make sure you haven't accidentally blocked access from "B" >> to >> "A" in its settings. >> >> The fact that "A" can see and access "B" is an almost 100% certain sign > that >> you have your network fully functional and correctly configured. The > usual >> cause for not being able to access the other direction is a firewall >> problem. >> >> -- >> Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com >> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups >> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. >> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> >> >> "Peter" <moogk@notsympatico.ca> wrote in message >> news:e7IO7$DMEHA.3712@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... >> > Thanks Richard. >> > >> > The computers get their IP addresses automatically through a router. >> > The addresses are assigned by the router and are in the same range. >> > The network worked well for a long time. I'm not aware of having made > any >> > changes prior to the problem starting. >> > Computer A has full access to computers B but B cannot even ping A. >> > There are no firewalls active. >> > I ran nbtstat and netstat with most switches but am not savy enough to > get >> > a >> > clear message from the results. >> > I don't want to attach the whole set of results. Which, if any, would >> > help >> > with the diagnosis? >> > PJ >> > >> > "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@email.com> wrote in message >> > news:e9z2snDMEHA.268@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl... >> >> Need waaayy more details to try to diagnose this. For example: >> >> >> >> - How are these computers getting their IP addresses? >> >> - Are the two addresses in the same range? >> >> - Is this a new problem or did it just start? Did the network work at >> > some >> >> point? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com >> >> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups >> >> * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. >> >> * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm >> >> >> >> >> >> "Peter" <notmoogk@sympatico.ca> wrote in message >> >> news:uAzljJDMEHA.2500@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... >> >> > When I run ipconfig /all, the entry for "connection-specific DNS >> >> > suffix" >> >> is >> >> > blank on one of two networked XP machines. It happens that this >> >> particular >> >> > machine can no longer be accessed (or even pinged) by the other. >> >> > Is the blank suffix problem just a reporting error or does it > indicate >> > an >> >> > operational problem? (I know there is a hopfix available, for which >> >> > Microsoft may or may not decide to charge but I don't want to spend > the >> >> day >> >> > on the phone if it is not really a useful exercise). >> >> > PJ
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