Re: XP Pro to XP Media Center Network connection

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On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:54:48 GMT, Irv Spalten <ispalten@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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"Irv Spalten" <ispalten@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:IIJah.23763$lD6.8134@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
OK, I admit it, this is driving me nuts...

It worked a few weeks ago and I do not recall making any changes.

A simple NET VIEW has returned a few system errors...

6118 which seems to have gone away

Now I get a few different ones depending on how I issue the call...

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c:\>net view
System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.
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c:\>net view \\192.168.0.110
There are no entries in the list.
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The two computers are at 192.168.0.100 and 182.168.0.100 respectively.

NET VIEW does work in these instances.

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c:\>net view \\192.168.0.100
Shared resources at \\192.168.0.100

Share name Type Used as
Comment
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C_Irvs Disk

F_Irvs Disk

HPDeskjet540 Print
HP Deskjet 5400 Series share created by Network Magic
SharedDocs Disk

The command completed successfully.
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c:\>net view \\irvs
Shared resources at \\irvs

Share name Type Used as
Comment

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C_Irvs Disk

F_Irvs Disk

HPDeskjet540 Print
HP Deskjet 5400 Series share created by Network Magic
SharedDocs Disk

The command completed successfully.
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On the other system, a NET VIEW does provide the proper display, showing the names of both systems, however, a NET USE will not work there and you can't access the other system without a permission error message.

Like I said, it was working before...

When I researched the web, I found this machine was not allowing anonymous logins, and I changed the REGISTRY to allow this and it partially started to work.

Also, with the other system OFF, all NET commands work fine?

Ideas?

Thanks in Advance,
Irv Spalten
Part of your problem lies in the IP addresses. 192.168.x.x is not routable. 182.168.x.x is. Perhaps there is a typo in your message.

Exactly how are the two computers connected?

Jim


Jim, via a ROUTER, and the ROUTER address is 192.168.0.1.

Here is the IPCONFIG /ALL output from this machine...

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c:\>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 5:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-18-0D-BF-EA
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 27, 2006 6:38:15 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, December 04, 2006 6:38:15 PM
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I've tried changing the Node Type to 'Hybrid' via the REGISTRY, no go.

Right now, I'm NOT sure where the problem lies, this XP Pro machine or the XP Media Center one, or both?

Right now, these commands seem to work

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c:\>net use k: \\192.168.0.110\d_hp
The command completed successfully.


c:\>net use
New connections will be remembered.


Status Local Remote Network

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OK K: \\192.168.0.110\d_hp Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.


c:\>net share

Share name Resource Remark

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ADMIN$ C:\WINDOWS Remote Admin
IPC$ Remote IPC
print$ C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers
Printer Drivers
F$ F:\ Default share
C$ C:\ Default share
C_Irvs C:\
F_Irvs F:\
SharedDocs C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS

HPDeskjet540 USB002 Spooled HP Deskjet 5400 Series share creat
The command completed successfully.


c:\>net use
New connections will be remembered.


Status Local Remote Network

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OK K: \\192.168.0.110\d_hp Microsoft Windows Network
The command completed successfully.


c:\>net view
Server Name Remark

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\\IRVS
\\LARAINE-HP
The command completed successfully.
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Everything seems to be working on my end at least? All I did was change one Registry setting? Specifically My Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters ->NodeType to 8, which I found somewhere on the web sets it to HYBRID (which it seems it hasn't?).

I am not sure what is going on, or if on the next boot I'll still be able to get access to the other computer? Right now, both machines are working as expected? Still confused what happened though?

Irv

Irv,

Are the 2 computers actually on separate subnets? Why? How did you come up
with 182.168.0.100 for one computer?

And Jim is right - SMBs won't pass between 2 computers on different subnets. If
the 2 computers are on separate subnets, then you have to figure out why any net
command works.

How about we look at "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer
(download browstat!):
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I see the 'problem' in my message, I didn't read it...

"The two computers are at 192.168.0.100 and 182.168.0.100 respectively."

is wrong, it should be

"The two computers are at 192.168.0.100 and 192.168.0.110 respectively."

Anyway, at this time, it IS working, but I don't know why it is? Or I should say I don't know what I did to make it work...

Irv
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    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)
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    ... HP Deskjet 5400 Series share created by Network Magic ... SharedDocs Disk ... Exactly how are the two computers connected? ... New connections will be remembered. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web)