Hi, I have a network of 4 computers<http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?Action=Reply&PostIndex=185888&ThreadIndex=42837&ForumIndex=30&redir=%2fposts.aspx%3fThreadIndex%3d42837%26ForumIndex%3d#>(3 laptops, 1 pc) connected to a 10Mbps hub. Let's name them pc1, pc2, pc3, pc4. 3 of them have OEM Windows XP Pro EN w/SP2. 1 have window 2000 pro All have TCP/IP and NetBios installed. All get IP from DHCP (ADSL modem/router also connected to the hub) in range 10.0.0.1 - 10.0.0.4. All in group Workgroup (no domain).
Ping by IP address and computer name works great between all computers (each way). E.g. pc1 can ping pc2, pc3, pc4 and vice versa. Each computer has at least 1 shared folder (Simple File Sharing<http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?Action=Reply&PostIndex=185888&ThreadIndex=42837&ForumIndex=30&redir=%2fposts.aspx%3fThreadIndex%3d42837%26ForumIndex%3d#>in Win XP). Each computer can see all the other in "view workgroup computers". All can access shared folders of every other computer except one! pc1 can't access pc2 and after about 1 minute of "thinking" it writes out: \\pc2 is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server<http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?Action=Reply&PostIndex=185888&ThreadIndex=42837&ForumIndex=30&redir=%2fposts.aspx%3fThreadIndex%3d42837%26ForumIndex%3d#>to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found. I tried changing computer names, changing IPs, switching cables in the hub - nothing works. Turned off all the firewalls. Unistalled NetBIOS on all the computers for a while (works even worse!). I even tried to connect the the computers (pc1 and pc2) directly through a cross-wired cable. And still the same result: pc2 can access pc1, but pc1 can't open pc2. (pc3 opens pc1, pc2, pc4 without any problems, etc). I tried changing NodeType and DhcpNodeType in windows registry (HLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters) to 4 (mixed) on all computers so that "ipconfig /all" looks almost absolutely the same (even though I don't exactly know what it is for [image: Emoticon] ) - didn't help [image: Emoticon] Booted in Safe Mode with Networking<http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?Action=Reply&PostIndex=185888&ThreadIndex=42837&ForumIndex=30&redir=%2fposts.aspx%3fThreadIndex%3d42837%26ForumIndex%3d#>- well I didn't even find the "view workgroup computers" there but the mapped drives didn't work (one way again). I changed network adapter in pc2 (pc1 is laptop). I'm clueless and desperate! Please help! I don't want to reinstall Windows on pc1 and I don't even know if actually it isn't a problem of pc2 ??? Interesting conclusion: if you got my point right then you will realize that removing ANY of the two computers (pc1, pc2) leaves me with a perfectly working windows network of 3 computers without any problem [image: Emoticon] -- Manish Popli _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
