Peer 2 Peer netowrking

The following setup stopped working mid-morning today:

- Peer to Peer network of Win98se machines, with one
Win2000 and WinXPHome. All PCs can access the Internet,
all machines are connected to switches (100baseT), all
cabling checked between the PCs and the switches, and
between the three switches I just replaced them all.

-Win98 and WinXP machines canot see Network Neighborhood:
UNABLE TO BROWSE NETWORK is the error message received

-Win2000 machine can access all computers and all shared
folders on all the Win98 and WinXP machines.

-All protocols (TCP-IP and NetBeui) are running on all
machines.

-All the workgroup names are the same exact one.

-Ran anti-virus, Ad-Aware6, and shut down entire network
and tested each one separately. Nothing. No problem with
Internet access, but no network access.

I am stumped about what else to check.

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"Dean" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:04cc01c3ca49$026458e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The following setup stopped working mid-morning today:
>
> - Peer to Peer network of Win98se machines, with one
> Win2000 and WinXPHome. All PCs can access the Internet,
> all machines are connected to switches (100baseT), all
> cabling checked between the PCs and the switches, and
> between the three switches I just replaced them all.
>
> -Win98 and WinXP machines canot see Network Neighborhood:
> UNABLE TO BROWSE NETWORK is the error message received
>
> -Win2000 machine can access all computers and all shared
> folders on all the Win98 and WinXP machines.
>
> -All protocols (TCP-IP and NetBeui) are running on all
> machines.
>
> -All the workgroup names are the same exact one.
>
> -Ran anti-virus, Ad-Aware6, and shut down entire network
> and tested each one separately. Nothing. No problem with
> Internet access, but no network access.
>
> I am stumped about what else to check.

In article <04cc01c3ca49$026458e0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Dean"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>The following setup stopped working mid-morning today:
>
>- Peer to Peer network of Win98se machines, with one
>Win2000 and WinXPHome. All PCs can access the Internet,
>all machines are connected to switches (100baseT), all
>cabling checked between the PCs and the switches, and
>between the three switches I just replaced them all.
>
>-Win98 and WinXP machines canot see Network Neighborhood:
>UNABLE TO BROWSE NETWORK is the error message received
>
>-Win2000 machine can access all computers and all shared
>folders on all the Win98 and WinXP machines.
>
>-All protocols (TCP-IP and NetBeui) are running on all
>machines.
>
>-All the workgroup names are the same exact one.
>
>-Ran anti-virus, Ad-Aware6, and shut down entire network
>and tested each one separately. Nothing. No problem with
>Internet access, but no network access.
>
>I am stumped about what else to check.

Using more than one network protocol for File and Printer Sharing can
cause exactly the type of problem that you're having, especially when
Windows XP is involved.

Choose either TCP/IP or NetBEUI for File and Printer Sharing. If you
choose TCP/IP, remove NetBEUI from all computers. If you choose
NetBEUI, un-bind sharing from TCP/IP on all computers. I've written a
web page with details:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/..._protocols.htm

It might help to disable the Computer Browser service on XP,
preventing it from becoming the master browser for the network:

1. Right click My Computer, and click Manage.
2. Double click Services and Applications.
3. Double click Services.
4. Double click Computer Browser. If the Service status is Started,
click Stop.
5. Set the Startup type to Disabled.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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