RE: Home networking

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From: yungkim (yungkim_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 20:41:01 -0800

I have the same issue. My xp-home machine cannot even ping itself which is
odd.
See following "cmd" output. Also, my xp-home can ping the win2k machines by
ip, but not by name.

-----begin cmd output
C:\Program Files\Support Tools>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>ping 192.168.1.101

Pinging 192.168.1.101 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.101:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>ping 192.168.1.104

Pinging 192.168.1.104 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.104: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.104:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 5ms, Average = 2ms

C:\Program Files\Support Tools>ping gateway1700
Ping request could not find host gateway1700. Please check the name and try
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-----end cmd output

"gwzap" wrote:

> Ok, I'm going to try to get the details in one message: Home Network:
> Linksys gateway router, wired to xp pro, setup as firewall. I also have
> wired to this router an XP Home machine, have a wireless notebook (XP PRO)
> and a pocket pc wireless connection (Pocket pc 2002). Situation: My 1st
> machine mentioned will not see the computers in the network, but will see the
> workgroup. My other machines will see workgroup and each other, and will see
> first machine, but will not get access to it. Checked firewall settings,
> shared settings, netbios settings on all machines, reset TCP/IP stack on
> first machine, and was able to ping laptop, but not to xp home machine. I've
> ran network setup wizard till I'm blue in the face, and even reinstalled xp
> pro on first machine...BTW, first machine, XP Home machine has SP2
> installed...laptop does not. ip addresses for each machine is as it should
> be, and my gateway recognizes each machine.

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