Re: Home LAN : XP Pro SP2 - passwords ? Master browser ?


"Pete Kennedy" <peterkennedy@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> "Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> > On Tue, 3 May 2005 23:37:30 +0200, "Pete" <no@xxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > <BIG SNIP>
> >
> > >Wow, some reading to do ! And a lot of it in French too although I
don't
> > >doubt you'll get the meaning of it all.
> > >
> > >To do all this, I had to change the ICMP setings in the firewall to
allow
> > >echo request and echo reply : in and out. I hope this doesn't
compromise
> > >security !
> > >
> > >Cheers
> > >
> > >Peter
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > Not hard to read - I've been reading these CDiag logs for a few months,
> and I've
> > memorised the output. Yours was simple. There were no problems at all
> except
> > Peter still has ip problems - it can't ping itself, by name, by ip
> address, or
> > by local loop (127.0.0.1). But it can "net view" itself. This points
to
> a
> > firewall problem, or maybe an LSP / Winsock problem.
> >
> > But how then can Peter "net view" itself. Better yet, how can the other
> two
> > ping and "net view" Peter with no problems?? Frequently this sort of
> problem
> > might be caused by extra protocols - some folks install IPX/SPX or
> NetBEUI,
> > neither of which is routable, and neither is subject to problems caused
by
> > firewalls, though adding protocols just causes more problems. Your
> protocol
> > stacks, shown by browstat, are clean on all 3 computers.
> >
> > Since both AGNES and D7285M1J can ping Peter with no problem, I would
bet
> that
> > Peter has a problem in its outgoing IP stack.
> >
> > We will solve this by patience and persistence. And you will need both.
> >
> > Let's look for an LSP / Winsock problem first. This won't be easy.
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318584
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=811259
> >
> > If XP RTM or Service Pack 1:
> > 1. Backup and delete the following registry keys:
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2
> > 2. Reboot.
> > 3. Open the network connections folder, right click your network
> connection, and
> > click Properties.
> > 4. Click Install | Protocol | Add.
> > 5. Click "Have Disk...", type "\windows\inf" in the box, and click OK.
> > 6. Click "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)", then click OK.
> > 7. Reboot.
> >
> > If XP SP2:
> > 1. Start - Run - "cmd".
> > 2. Type "netsh winsock reset catalog" into the command window.
> >
> > Give LSP-Fix <http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>, WinsockFix
> > <http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257>, or WinsockXPFix
> > <http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html> a shot.
> >
> > If no help yet, reset TCP/IP.
> > http://support.microsoft.com/?id=299357
> >
> > Start - Run - "cmd". Type "netsh int ip reset c:\netsh.txt" into the
> command
> > window.
> >
> > The problem with repairing LSP / Winsock is that it will frequently
reset
> and
> > remove all non-Microsoft components. You may end up re installing the
> firewall
> > software. Maybe you should un install it first. Fortunately, Peter is
> behind
> > Agnes (Agnes is running ICF / ICS IIRC, and effectively Agnes is a
> software
> > based NAT router. So Peter is safe.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Chuck
> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> > Paranoia is not necessarily a bad thing - it comes from experience.
> > My email is AT DOT
> > actual address pchuck sonic net.
>
> Thanks Chuck,
>
> I did this late last night and I was a bit bog-eyed. "Peter", which is the
> XP Home SP2 laptop has no problems seeing the other two computers - it can
> see and browse both. The problem is with the XP Pro SP2 host "Agnes" which
> can see the old "Peter" laptop but cannot see the new "D7285M1J New Dell"
> laptop in my network places. Perhaps when I ran cdiag on the old laptop
last
> night, I incorrecly "released" the ICMP settings - I'll have a look this
> evening.
>
> I can uninstal the firewall no problem on the old laptop - all I have to
is
> save the config. file. But do you think the proble is really with the old
> laptop ?
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter

oh, and another thing - I notice that the various fxes you suggest are about
internet connectivity. But I don't have a problem connecting the the 'net -
my problem is solely with the LAN. Could they also fix this ? Do I run the
fixes on each computer or just on the old laptop ?

Cheers

Pete


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