Re: Network Help
From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 08/31/04
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Date: 31 Aug 2004 13:34:05 -0500
On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:44:07 -0600, "Mackey Freise" <*email_address_deleted*>
wrote:
>
>"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
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>> On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 08:35:26 -0600, "Mackey Freise"
><*email_address_deleted*>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >I am trying to connect my laptop with my work peer to peer network. I
>kept
>> >on receiving a totally different IP address until I manually changed it
>to
>> >the correct IP address. I can ping the main computer that we use as a
>> >server and the server can ping me, but I can't see any of the computers
>on
>> >the network and I cannot get to the internet from my laptop. Both my
>laptop
>> >and the server use XP pro and we have a 16 port switch that is connected
>to
>> >a DSL modem. We have 10 computers hooked up to the switch to include my
>> >laptop and the server. We also have a laser printer hooked up to the
>switch
>> >as well as the modem. I have updated my laptop to SP2, but not the
>server
>> >yet. The other computers on the network are running Win 2000 and I just
>> >hooked up one of those desktops yesterday to the network with no problem.
>> >My laptop has no problem at home hooked up to our home network since I
>> >connect to that one with a wireless. All the computers, including my
>> >laptop, has the same workgroup. Thanks in advance.
>> >
>> >Mackey
>>
>> Mackey,
>>
>> Did you try connecting the laptop before or after you updated to SP2? Was
>it
>> ever connected to any other network?
>
>Yes I have tried to connect the laptop before and after I updated it to SP2.
>And it was
>connected to my home network by a LAN, then we changed it to a wireless.
>
>>
>> Let's start with ipconfig information for the laptop, and for the server.
>> Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the
>command
>> window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next
>post.
>
>Here is the information from the ipconfig:
>
>Windows IP Configuration
>Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MFreise1
>Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . :
>
>Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.actdsltmp
>Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated
>Controller
>Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-DB-99-5E-88
>Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3
>Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
>
>I sometimes pick up the wireless network across the street from my office,
>but when I disabled the wireless it still didn't work.
>
>>
>> Is the laptop in the same workgroup as the other computers? When you
>"can't
>> see" any of the computers on the network, does that include the server?
>Did you
>> look under My Network Places - Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network?
>>
>
>The laptop is in the same workgroup as the other computers. I can't see any
>of the computers
>to include the server, but I can ping the server and it can ping back. When
>I click on the
>network icon in the task bar, it says that I am connected at 100 bps. I
>checked under My
>Network Places - Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network. Sometimes when
>I do that
>it states that I don't have permission to access, and other times all I see
>is my computer.
>
>Sorry about the subject. I wasn't really thinking about that this morning.
>
>Mackey
Mackey,
There's the IPConfig for the laptop. The same for the server would be useful
too.
Make sure the browser service is running on each computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser service is
started.
The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
<http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188305>
You can download Browstat from:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>
Browstat is very small (40K), needs no install, and runs from the command
prompt. Just drop it onto a couple workstations, and run it.
Please provide browstat information for the laptop, for the server, and for one
other computer in your work network.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "browstat status >c:\browstat.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\browstat.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
The laptop IPConfig shows a static ip address. Do you not have DHCP at home, or
at work? Moving a computer between two networks, using a static ip
configuration on both, is tricky.
Please describe your home network with some detail. How many computers, what
operating systems (name and version)? How do the computers connect physically?
You'll need to consider both your home and work networks, carefully, for dealing
with authentication issues. Is your home network using XP Pro also?
On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Pro,
you need to have SFS properly set on each computer. Particularly if you have
two separate LANs, and a laptop moving between the two.
With XP Pro, if SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (Control Panel
- Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to "Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".
With XP Pro, if you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure
that the Guest account is enabled, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc"), and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers. If
"Classic", setup and use a common non-Guest account, with identical, non-blank,
password on all computers.
For XP Home, OR for XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled (for XP Pro, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc")), on each computer.
More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
<http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=87c0a6db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>
BTW, Mackey, please don't contribute to the spread and success of email address
mining viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
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