Re: My computers can't see each other on the net

Chuck,
No success pinging by name, but i'm not certain i'm doing it right -
ping ****
where **** is the name of the other computer, and with a space between ping
and the name - ie replacing the ip address with the name, or should there be
\\ in there somewhere?

"Chuck" wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:46:02 -0700, Pegasus Host
> <PegasusHost@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >Thanks for the advice, I had the Windows firewall and NIS personal firewall
> >enabled on both machines, plus the firewall within the Belkin Router. I've
> >disabled Windows Firewall on both machines, and ensured that NIS is
> >configured to allow ip adresses of the 2 machines to work. This has improved
> >things somewhat - on the laptop now it sees itself when I look for other
> >workgroup computers, but still neither machine can see the other.
> >I'm reluctant to disable firewalls completely on either machine, as I assume
> >because both connect directly through the modem/router to the internet, both
> >machines need their own firewall protection enabled.
> >Can you think of anything further?
>
> Pegasus,
>
> Can you ping each computer by name now?
>
> Start by looking for a browser conflict. 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>
> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx>
>
> The browser requires anonymous access, so look at registry key
> [HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa], value restrictanonymous.
> <http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/default.asp?url=/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp>
> <http://www.jsifaq.com/subf/tip2600/rh2625.htm>
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246261
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296403
>
> For browsing to work (for each computer to be listed by a browser), each
> computer must have a restrictanonymous value of "0".
>
> The above articles refer to Windows 2000. Remember Win2K is NT V5.0, and WinXP
> is NT V5.1.
>
> Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's
> pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might
> help:
> <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/default.asp?url=/windowsxp/home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp>
> <http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry>
>
> Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for
> [HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if
> appropriate.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck sonic net.
>
.

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