In article <09d801c3c8ec$88aaae30$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Travis"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I normally have 2 comps networked at my house via
>crossover cable, one is an XP Pro machine and the other
>is a win 98 SE. I normally have no problem with them.
>Reciently i took these comps over to a friends house as
>part of a LAN party. There was 5 comps total connected
>via a hub and everything worked fine there. After
>bringing my 2 machines back home my small network no
>longer works. Both comps see themselves under the
>network neighboorhood/network places listing, but they
>cannot gain access the other computer. I have had this
>problem before with a different win 98 SE machine and it
>was cured with a format and restore of the system, so i
>am pretty sure that the problem lies withen the 98
>machine. I have tried reinstalling the network adapter
>and all protocalls, but the comp still can only see
>itsself. Neither comp is able to ping the other as well.
>
>Travis
Some network settings might have changed. These tips should help you
get everything working again:
0. Make sure that the computers have IP addresses in the same subnet.
1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem
connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other
firewalls while troubleshooting. Details here:
Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...c_firewall.htm
2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:
Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/..._protocols.htm
3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:
Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot/netbt.htm
4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution.
If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:
HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parame ters
and delete these values if they're present:
NodeType
DhcpNodeType
Reboot, then try network access again.
If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".
For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;160177
TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314053
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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