Re: Unable to open *View Workgroup Computers* nor access workgroup

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On 18 Sep 2006 11:11:04 -0700, "jinnii" <jinnii@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Jinnii,

You can use either NPF or WF, but not both - having 2 personal firewalls active
will cause problems. NPF is supposed to disable WF automatically. Maybe that's
the problem - it didn't.

Chuck,

Do you mean a personal firewall that is *in addition* to the Windows
Firewall that is running (ie: reconfiguring the Norton Antivirus
Personal Firewall that I disabled earlier today)? It is part of my
Norton package. I keep seeing the red X on my Norton and am afraid
that someday one of the kids (or I) will turn it back on by accident.

Jinnii


Chuck wrote:
On 18 Sep 2006 08:05:37 -0700, "jinnii" <jinnii@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Thank you for the feedback, Jinnii!

The personal firewalls are there for your protection, and if you can run with a
firewall on each computer, properly setup, it may help you in the long term. I
run a personal firewall on each of my computers - it's part of a layered
security strategy.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/please-protect-yourself-layer-your.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/please-protect-yourself-layer-your.html

Hello Chuck,

Thank you! I reviewed your links, and after confirming via ipconfig
/all that both Dhcp and Autoconfiguration were enabled on both PC-A and
Laptop-B (I wasn't sure what else to to at that point), I checked the
firewall issue.

On PC-A I turned off (for now) the Norton Internet Security 2006
Personal Firewall, and confirmed that Windows Firewall was turned on.
(Shall I edit the Norton firewall settings so that I can turn it back
on?)

On Laptop-B (Norton Antivirus 2006) that Windows Firewall was on.

Voila... everything is networked beautifully!

Thank you,

Jinnii


Chuck wrote:
On 16 Sep 2006 14:38:08 -0700, "jinnii" <jinnii@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Pajeroid wrote:
jinnii wrote:

Hello,

I have a PC and a laptop on our previously working home network. The
PC in question is wired to the D-Link router, and a laptop on the
network can see but not access the PC.

While on the PC, when I click on View Workgroup Computers it takes
about 30 seconds to respond, then I get an error message saying it is
not accessible.

Can someone please help walk me through any steps to resolve this?

Thank you.

1) Have you recently installed some new software?

2) How is the laptop connected to the network; wirelessly or wired?

3) Have you recently changed or updated any settings/windows programs
i.e: upgraded to IE7 ???

Then I can help you better. Dave.

Hello, thanks for replying.

We recently upgraded from a Linksys DI-614+ broadband router to the
newer Linksys WRT54G. We did not change our workgroup name.

My laptop is wireless using D-link airplus 650+, and we have the D-Link
utility v3.02 installed and do not use WZC.

From my laptop: When I click on My Network Places I can see shared
folders on the laptop and on our daughters laptop. When I click View
Workgroup Computers I can see my laptop, the PC, a 2nd laptop (our
daughters), and the printer. I can access our daughters laptop but
when I click on the PC I get the error message "[Workgroupname] is not
accessible. You might not have permission... Contact the
administrator... The list of servers for this workgroup is not
available." I can ping

From the PC: When I click on My Network Places I can see the PC and
shared folders on it, and (this is new) a link for the WRT54G, but when
I click on View Workgroup Computers I get the same message as above.

I can ping the laptop from the PC but not itself, and from the laptop I
can ping itself but not the PC.

We still have IE6.

Jinnii,

The error "The list of servers for this workgroup is not available..." is a case
of server message blocks not getting from computer to computer. This is most
frequently a firewall or NetBT problem.

Make sure that NetBT is consistently set on all computers. Read this article.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/netbios-over-tcpip.html

Look for a firewall 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

--
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.


--
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.


--
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.
.

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