Re: Problem Networking an XP Home with two XP Pro Computers.
- From: Chuck <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:19:29 -0700
On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:59:01 -0700, kjfrey55
<kjfrey55@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a workgroup set up with one Home computer and two Professional
computers. When I use Windows Explorer on the Home computer to bring up My
Network Places>Entire Network>Microsoft Windows Network> and click on the
workgroup name (Boxoffice) it times out and then gives the error:
"Boxoffice is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you
have access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup is not
currently available."
I can ping the Pro machines from the Home machine by IP address but not by
name and I can ping Internet locations by both IP address and name.
The two Pro computers can open the workgroup, see each other and the Home
computer. The Pro computers have no problem connecting to each other, but
trying to connect to the Home computer brings up the same error message as
above except that the computer name ?Window1? is the resource that is not
accessible.
Setup:
The computers are connected to a router that is providing IP addresses.
TCP/IP settings are all set to Obtain IP address automatically
All three are on the same subnet ? only the fourth number in the address is
different.
All three are in the same workgroup ?BOXOFFICE?.
I created a share on one of the Pro computers and one on the Home computer
(so they?d show up in ?\Microsoft Windows Network\Boxoffice)
Things I tried:
1. Verified that SFS was enabled on the Pro machines.
2. Activated and verified that the Guest account was active on the Pro
machines.
3. NetBIOS over TCP set consistently in all (enabled). It didn't work when
set to "default" on all either.
4. Checked ipconfig/all to verify that all NodeTypes were the same.
5. Ran ?netsh winsock reset catalog? to see if the LSP/Winsock layer was
corrupt.
6. Reset TCP/IP from the MSKB article 299357.
7. Turned Windows firewall off on all machines; no other firewalls installed.
8. Verified that HKLM\System\CurrentcontroSet\cpontrol\Lsa restrictanonymous
setting was '0' on all machines.
9. Re-installed the drivers for the network card on the Home machine.
One other thing that came up which may or may not be relevant. When I
executed nbtstat -n on the Pro machines, the workgroup name 'BOXOFFICE' is
listed twice, both times as "GROUP" and the workstation name is listed twice
as "UNIQUE". When I ran it on the home machine "BOXOFFICE" is listed twice as
"Group" and once as "UNIQUE". There's also an entry for ..__MSBROWSE__.
listed as a "GROUP".
Your assistance is appreciated.
Ken
Ken,
The browser service will generate extra nbtstat entries.
How about we start with "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all", from each
computer, so we can 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.
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