Home Networking Problem

From: Darren Murray (dkmurray_at_canada.com)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 22:21:16 +0000

My home LAN consists of two computers, a desktop and a notebook, joined
together by a Microsoft MN-700 Wireless Router. The desktop (named
'DESKTOP') is running Windows XP Pro SP2 while the notebook (named
'NOTEBOOK') is running Windows XP Home SP2.
DESKTOP is connected to the router via ethernet; NOTEBOOK by wireless card.

Up until the day before yesterday (or maybe the day before that)
everything was working well. Seemingly all of a sudden, each computer
can no longer see the other one, although internet access remains
unaffected. Both computers belong to the same workgroup and have
file-sharing turned on. I have removed all software firewalls as well as
disabled Windows Firewall on both computers, leaving only the hardware
firewall of the router.

Each computer has Client for Microsoft Networks, File and Printer
Sharing for Microsoft Networks, QoS Packet Scheduler and Internet
Protocol installed.

In Windows Explorer, if I click on Microsoft Windows Network, it shows
the workgroup.

If I click on the workgroup on NOTEBOOK, it shows both computers. If I
click on the icon for NOTEBOOK, I see the shared drives, etc. However,
if I click on DESKTOP, it says '\\DESKTOP 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.

 From DESKTOP, if I click on the workgroup under Microsoft Windows
Network it says '[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 list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.'

I've also tried pinging each computer from the other. From NOTEBOOK, I
can ping itself as well as DESKTOP. From DESKTOP, however, I cannot ping
NOTEBOOK.

This was working only two short days ago, and I have tried everything I
can think of. In the event that it helps, I have pasted in the results
of 'ipconfig /all' from each computer.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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NOTEBOOK Windows IP Configuration
         Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : NOTEBOOK
         Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
         Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
         IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
         WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
         Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wireless Notebook
Adapter MN-720
         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-3A-2A-C7-07
         Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.51
         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
         DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
         DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
         Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 21 January 2005 20:52:01
         Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 04 February 2005 20:52:01

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
         Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Compatable Fast
Ethernet Adapter
         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-9F-18-EA-09

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DESKTOP Windows IP Configuration
         Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP
         Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
         Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
         IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
         WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
         Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DE-528 Ethernet PCI
Adapter
         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-80-C8-DD-35-95
         Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.185
         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
         DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
         DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
         Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 21 January 2005 21:32:11
         Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 04 February 2005 21:32:11

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