Re: NETWORKING A LAPTOP AND PC

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From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 09:32:00 -0800

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 02:23:01 -0800, "Leppmix" <Leppmix@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Cheers but it didnt work. When i go thro the process on the wireless LAPTOP.
>it says that the realtek card is disconnected, and do i want to ignore this
>and continue. I say YES as its a wireless laptop where the internet
>connection is working fine on it.
>
>I set up the wizzard on both as u said, and went into my c drive and found a
>file i wanted to share, and shared it. But nothing. When i go to LOOK FOR
>COMPUTERS ON THE NETWORK, it wont find the other laptop's name.
>
>Any more help?
>
>TA!

Lepp,

Do yu have two network connections on the laptop? Dual connections work great
with Windows XP - for outgoing connections, where the laptop can automatically
switch between whichever connection is available, and advantageous, at the time.

For incoming connections, like for file sharing, its not so simple. What
happens if the other computer thinks the laptop is reachable thru (resolves
address to) the connection not active at any time (maybe the Realtek)?

Then you factor in the browser situation. Check for a browser conflict between
the computers. I"m not talking about Internet Explorer here. The browser is the
program that allows any computer to see any other computer on the LAN. For a
two computer LAN, the browser should be running on just one of the computers.

Make sure the browser service is running on the desktop computer. Control Panel
- Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Stop, then
Disable the browser on the laptop computer.

After checking / disabling / enabling as above, power all computers off to reset
the browser settings on each. Then power the Windows XP computers on, and
finally the Windows 98 and ME computers on.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about
Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305

You can download Browstat from either:
<http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip>
<http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip>

Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded
file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command
window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers list the same master
browser.
For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx>

Please provide browstat information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "browstat status >c:\browstat.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\browstat.txt in Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste into your next post. Identify each computer by
name and operating system.

Also, provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is
NOT checked!, copy and paste entire contents into your next post. 

-- 
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
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