Re: Can't see computer in workgroup, but shared resources are avai
- From: Yachnin <Yachnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:05:02 -0700
"Chuck" wrote:
On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 07:43:01 -0700, Yachnin <Yachnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"Chuck" wrote:
On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:32:02 -0700, Yachnin <Yachnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
"Chuck" wrote:
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 21:12:02 -0700, Yachnin <Yachnin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi. I have a network of three Win XP Home SP2 computers and one WinME
computer networked using a US Robotics wireless router. One of the WinXP
computers (called Main) does not show up in the MSHOME workgroup, where it is
configured to be. This is true not only on the other three machines, but
also with the problem computer as well. In other words, if you navigate to
the MSHOME workgroup with Main, you can see all the other computers on the
network, but not Main itself. The same can be seen on all the other
computers.
All of the shared resources on Main are still accessible, however. It can
be pinged, it can be accessed by typing \\Main in the address bar, and the
resources can be mapped as network drives. Any ideas on why the computer is
not showing up as a member of the workgroup?
Thanks.
Yachnin,
This is a well known problem here, but can have many causes. One of the most
common would be a misconfigured or overlooked personal firewall, or other
security component. There are several other possibilities too, and any might be
the cause of your problem. Read this article with an open mind.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html
Look at provide "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and
"net config workstation", from each XP computer, and we can probably diagnose
the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions
precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp
--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
Thanks for your reply. I've added the diagnostics you requested from two of
the XP computers. One of them, Main, is the problematic machine. The
problem persists regardless of which of the other machines is present. I've
tried shutting down firewall and security software to see if that helps, but
no change. Also, I noticied that there have been problems with NVIDIA nForce
products. I *think* that I have a nForce2, which I *think* predates the
introduction of the firewall. I'm not sure, though. Is there a good way of
checking this?
From Main (the problem computer):
ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MAIN
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-6E-94-22-7A
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : August 11, 2006 5:51:48 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : August 18, 2006 5:51:48 PM
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 80-00-07-3D-BF-19-FD-66
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
3ffe:831f:4136:e37e:8000:73d:bf19:fd66
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%4
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-7B-66
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.123.102%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
browstat status
Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{D8136A5F-B0B4-4CC7-87A2-5B4AE671A6C8}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: MAIN
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master MAIN
\\MAIN
There are 1 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{D8136A5F-B0B4-4CC7-87A2-5B4AE671A6C8}
There are 2 domains in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{D8136A5F-B0B4-4CC7-87A2-5B4AE671A6C8}
net config server
Server Name \\MAIN
Server Comment Windows XP Contaminated Box of
Frustration and Crap
Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{D8136A5F-B0B4-4CC7-87A2-5B4AE671A6C8} (000c6e94227a)
Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384
Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.
net config workstation
Computer name \\MAIN
Full Computer name MAIN
User name Owner
Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{D8136A5F-B0B4-4CC7-87A2-5B4AE671A6C8} (000C6E94227A)
Software version Windows 2002
Workstation domain MSHOME
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain MAIN
COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.
From Brahm (another XP computer):
ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Brahm
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-2D-2D-27
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : August 11, 2006 6:12:59 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : August 18, 2006 6:12:59 PM
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-B0-BB-72-EE
browstat status
Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{586B6730-5C38-4B7D-ACF3-239AC74EDA88}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: MAIN
Could not connect to registry, error = 53 Unable to determine build
of browser master: 53
\\\\MAIN . Version:05.01 Flags: 51203 NT POTENTIAL MASTER
1 backup servers retrieved from master MAIN
\\MAIN
There are 1 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{586B6730-5C38-4B7D-ACF3-239AC74EDA88}
Unable to retrieve server list from MAIN: 64
net config server
Server Name \\BRAHM
Server Comment
Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{586B6730-5C38-4B7D-ACF3-239AC74EDA88} (0014a52d2d27)
Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384
Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.
Hi. I've run through the steps you provided on that link, short of actually
reinstalling the physical network device. Still no luck. I've provided the
updated diagnostics below. I may not respond to you because I'm heading out
of town for a while, but I will check your response and act on it eventually.
Thanks a lot for your help!
From Main (problematic machine):ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : MAIN
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking
Controller #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-6E-94-22-7A
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.102
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : August 13, 2006 9:41:52 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : August 20, 2006 9:41:52 PM
browstat /status
Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{5724F909-A225-4B42-8CB2-09D2EC410B27}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: BRAHM
Could not connect to registry, error = 53 Unable to determine build
of browser master: 53
\\\\BRAHM . Version:05.01 Flags: 41203 NT MASTER
1 backup servers retrieved from master BRAHM
\\BRAHM
There are 1 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{5724F909-A225-4B42-8CB2-09D2EC410B27}
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{5724F909-A225-4B42-8CB2-09D2EC410B27}
net config server
Server Name \\MAIN
Server Comment Windows XP Contaminated Box of
Frustration and Crap
Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{5724F909-A225-4B42-8CB2-09D2EC410B27} (000c6e94227a)
Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384
Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.
net config workstation
Computer name \\MAIN
Full Computer name MAIN
User name Owner
Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{5724F909-A225-4B42-8CB2-09D2EC410B27} (000C6E94227A)
Software version Windows 2002
Workstation domain MSHOME
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain MAIN
COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.
From Brahm (other WinXP machine):ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Brahm
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A5-2D-2D-27
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.123.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : August 13, 2006 8:41:28 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : August 20, 2006 8:41:28 PM
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-B0-BB-72-EE
browstat status
Status for domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{586B6730-5C38-4B7D-ACF3-239AC74EDA88}
Browsing is active on domain.
Master browser name is: BRAHM
Master browser is running build 2600
1 backup servers retrieved from master BRAHM
\\BRAHM
There are 1 servers in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{586B6730-5C38-4B7D-ACF3-239AC74EDA88}
There are 1 domains in domain MSHOME on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{586B6730-5C38-4B7D-ACF3-239AC74EDA88}
net config server
Server Name \\BRAHM
Server Comment
Software version Windows 2002
Server is active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{586B6730-5C38-4B7D-ACF3-239AC74EDA88} (0014a52d2d27)
Server hidden No
Maximum Logged On Users 5
Maximum open files per session 16384
Idle session time (min) 15
The command completed successfully.
net config workstation
Computer name \\BRAHM
Full Computer name Brahm
User name Brahm Yachnin
Workstation active on
NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
NetBT_Tcpip_{586B6730-5C38-4B7D-ACF3-239AC74EDA88} (0014A52D2D27)
Software version Windows 2002
Workstation domain MSHOME
Workstation Domain DNS Name (null)
Logon domain BRAHM
COM Open Timeout (sec) 0
COM Send Count (byte) 16
COM Send Timeout (msec) 250
The command completed successfully.
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