Re: view workgroup computers

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"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 22:33:16 +0930, "Li'l Roberto"
> <whoisit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
>>Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 11:26 PM
>>Subject: Re: view workgroup computers
>>
>>
>>> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 22:49:04 +0930, "Li'l Roberto"
>>> <whoisit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>A small Peer to Peer network consisting of XP Home & PRO, when I
>>>>D/Click
>>>>the remote PC icon in My Network Places > view Workgroup Computers ,
>>>>it
>>>>takes 20 or so seconds or so before
>>>>the shares are displayed. Once the shares are displayed there is
>>>>no
>>>>problem with access to the remote PC.
>>>>>From the other PC there is no delay when doing as described
>>>>above.
>>>>PC1 is XP Home SP2, PC2 is XP PRO SP2, the PRO PC exhibits the
>>>>delay.
>>>>
>>>>The windows firewall is on on both PCs, with File and Print sharing
>>>>enabled in the Exceptions Tab, nothing is selected in
>>>>Advanced >Local Area Connections >Settings Tab.
>>>>A Linksys WAG54G ADSL Modem/Router connects directly to the XP Home
>>>>via
>>>>Ethernet and the PRO is also wired into the router, DHCP and
>>>>NetBIOS
>>>>over TCP is enabled on both PCs, any clues as to the reason for
>>>>the
>>>>delay would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>>Robert
>>>
>>> Robert,
>>>
>>> Slow response in Network Neighborhood is generally caused by
>>> configuration
>>> of
>>> the computer with the response problem. I can think of 2 possibilities
>>> easily.
>>> # Excessive protocols.
>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html>
>>> # Invalid node type.
>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/address-resolution-on-lan.html>
>>>
>>> If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" for both
>>> computers, and we'll look further.
>>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
>
>>"Li'l Roberto" <whoisit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:%236Kaw$rjFHA.3144@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>A small Peer to Peer network consisting of XP Home & PRO, when I
>>>D/Click
>>>the remote PC icon in My Network Places > view Workgroup Computers , it
>>>takes 20 or so seconds or so before
>>> the shares are displayed. Once the shares are displayed there is
>>> no problem with access to the remote PC.
>>> From the other PC there is no delay when doing as described
>>> above.
>>> PC1 is XP Home SP2, PC2 is XP PRO SP2, the PRO PC exhibits the
>>> delay.
>>>
>>> The windows firewall is on on both PCs, with File and Print sharing
>>> enabled in the Exceptions Tab, nothing is selected in
>>> Advanced >Local Area Connections >Settings Tab.
>>> A Linksys WAG54G ADSL Modem/Router connects directly to the XP Home
>>> via
>>> Ethernet and the PRO is also wired into the router, DHCP and
>>> NetBIOS
>>> over TCP is enabled on both PCs, any clues as to the reason for
>>> the
>>> delay would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Robert
>
>>Chuck
>>thanks for your time with this one, I have included the ipconfig
>>results
>>from the problem system.
>>Also I did the regedit from your link [EnableProxy] the value wasn't
>>present but adding it and having the value set to either 0 or 1
>>didn't
>>fix the problem.
>>
>>Robert
>
> <SNIP>
>
> OK, Robert,
>
> Three issues here:
> 1) Since you have 2 computers, we need to look at diagnostics for both.
> Both
> "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" for each give a complete picture.
> 2) Did you copy browstat.exe to a Path folder?
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/browstat-utility-from-microsoft.html>
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/using-path-and-making-custom-program.html>
> 3) This being a technical help thread, and not general chat, we will
> proceed
> much easier if you will kindly type all responses to me AFTER my posts (ie
> bottom post please). Hella easier to follow. I will snip as appropriate.
> 4) The Regedit fix is not generally a solution, just a cleanup to make it
> sometimes easier to find the problem. If it didn't produce results, we
> will
> work around it.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]

Chuck
here are the browstat and ipconfig files you requested, hope this gives
you a clearer picture
thanks
Robert
=================================================
XP Home system

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.


C:\Documents and Settings\Robert Armitage>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : roberto
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family
Gigabit
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-76-B9-62-CF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.87.88.1
203.87.88.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 24 July 2005 10:10:39 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 25 July 2005 10:10:39 AM

C:\Documents and Settings\Robert Armitage>
Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1709D4F2-524E-4407-9B9E-83517B0F1D18}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: ROBERTO
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master ROBERTO
\\ROBERTO
There are 1 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1709D4F2-524E-4407-9B9E-83517B0F1D18}
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{1709D4F2-524E-4407-9B9E-83517B0F1D18}
=====================================================================================
XP PRO system

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Roberto>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : pentium3
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet
Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-6C-AA-03-29
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.87.88.1
203.87.88.2
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, 24 July 2005 9:29:21 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, 25 July 2005 9:29:21 PM

C:\Documents and Settings\Roberto>

Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{B24E3489-E068-4654-A63D-C2170857ECE3}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: ROBERTO
Could not connect to registry, error = 53 Unable to determine build
of browser master: 53
\\\\ROBERTO . Version:05.01 Flags: 51203 NT POTENTIAL MASTER
1 backup servers retrieved from master ROBERTO
\\ROBERTO
There are 2 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{B24E3489-E068-4654-A63D-C2170857ECE3}
Unable to retrieve server list from ROBERTO: 64
========================================================================



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