Re: Intermittent networking with XP MCE

Easy things to try...plugging the cable into a different port on your
router, or trying another cable.

Dana Cline - MVP

"5Circles" <5Circles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:56193273-9078-41B4-B639-0D74B5088BF8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm setting up a new computer with Windows XP Media Center edition. The
> biggest problem so far is that the networking is flakey. After I
reboot, I
> can sometime connect to other computers on the LAN, or to Web sites. But
> after a few minutes, I can no longer connect. Other times, the network
> connection starts working later, and then stops.
>
> When it is working, I can ping other computers on the LAN, and also
servers
> on the Internet.
>
> My LAN has a router and separate firewall box on a different subnet, with
> the router handling DHCP. The MCE computer seems to get the DHCP
information
> correctly.
>
> The home/small office network wizard seems to mess things up, by trying to
> enable the firewall, and changing the workgroup name. I can't see
anything
> obviously different about the configurations on the other computers (some
> running XP Pro and some Win2000). Ipconfig /all shows one difference that
I
> don't understand. The MCE machine has Node Type Mixed, XP Professional
has
> Hybrid, and one Win2000 machine has Broadcast. If this is important, I
don't
> know how to change it.
>
> Any ideas on what to try, or process to follow, would be most appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
>


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