Re: View Workgroup Computers

In article <O4DFkF9wGHA.1888@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Metallo"
<doriawar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

I have a small home network connected as follows:

- My Desktop (Server) wired
- My Laptop (Client) wireless
- One Printer
- Linksys router WAG354G V.2
- OS on both computers: WXP Pro SP2 fully updated

Both computers have a static IP address.

I have shared the printer and a few folders in my desktop, of course the
workgroup name is the same on both machines.
I also configured my firewall (ZA free edition) and the result is OK, from
my laptop I can share the printer and access the folders on my desktop.

The question is the following:
If I click "View Workgroup Computers" on my desktop, I see nothing
If I click ""View Workgroup Computers" on my laptop, I see only the icon of
my laptop but not my desktop.

I read on some forums that this is because I don't use the NetBEUI protocol,
but I also read that while it might solve the problem, it opens to security
issues.
In addition, being both OS WXP Pro, I should not have any problem and that
using TCP/IP should be fine.
This is the theory, the reality is what I described above.

Can anybody help me to solve the dilemma?

Thank you
Alex

TCP/IP is the only protocol you need. NetBEUI is an un-supported
protocol in Windows XP. Microsoft wouldn't have dropped support for
NetBEUI if Windows XP networking required it. In fact, no version of
Windows has ever required NetBEUI for networking. I've written about
it on this web page:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

On each computer, make sure that:

1. In the local area connection properties, there are check marks in
the boxes for "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" and
"Client for Microsoft Networks".

2. Any firewall program is configured to allow access by other
computers on the local network.

3. The Server service is running and is configured to start
automatically.

4. NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT) is enabled:

a. Open the Network Connections folder.
b. Right click the local area network connection.
c. Click Properties.
d. Click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
e. Click Properties.
f. Click Advanced.
g. Click WINS.
h. Click the Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP button.

If those suggestions don't help, try accessing the other computer
directly, without using My Network Places. Click Start > Run, type
the other computer's name in the box in this format, and click OK:

\\computer

If that fails, see whether the computers can ping each other, by IP
address and by name.
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