Should I re-run the Network Setup Wizard?

Before: Had my Windows XP Pro computer communicating with a Windows 98
computer, sharing files happily over a Linksys network hub.

Then: Got a DSL connection, D-Link DL625 Rev.C Wireless router, hooked
everything up, all computers get on the Internet just fine.

BUT... there's always a but... the computers won't talk to each other
any more. I followed the troubleshooter out the ping part, that was
the only thing that worked the way it should, so it is not (I presume)
a hardware problem.

I have looked at the links people have posted on this NG, & they all
seem to discuss things I have already checked, such as do I have
Client for Networks TCP/IP, File sharing, etc. set up.

One thing that may be worth noting is that "McAfee Firewall Network
Filter" appears in the list along with that other stuff (Client for
Networks etc.) Could this be a source of trouble?

So: Should I re-run the WinXP Network Wizard, (because of the change in
hardware configuration)? Will it start with a clean slate? Is there anything that is recommended
to do before embarking on that journey? Would one first eliminate the
existing, but non-working, entries in WORKGROUP1? (I looked at various
menus & did not see any way of doing anything like that.)

There is also a Windows XP Home laptop with a wireless connection to
deal with, but I figured I would solve this first then that would
probably be easy.

Any help would be so greatly appreciated! This is so frustrating!
-plh
I keep hitting "Esc" -- but I'm still here!


arobustus

arobustus wrote:
> Before: Had my Windows XP Pro computer communicating with a Windows 98
> computer, sharing files happily over a Linksys network hub.
>
> Then: Got a DSL connection, D-Link DL625 Rev.C Wireless router, hooked
> everything up, all computers get on the Internet just fine.
>
> BUT... there's always a but... the computers won't talk to each other
> any more. I followed the troubleshooter out the ping part, that was
> the only thing that worked the way it should, so it is not (I presume)
> a hardware problem.
>
> I have looked at the links people have posted on this NG, & they all
> seem to discuss things I have already checked, such as do I have
> Client for Networks TCP/IP, File sharing, etc. set up.
>
> One thing that may be worth noting is that "McAfee Firewall Network
> Filter" appears in the list along with that other stuff (Client for
> Networks etc.) Could this be a source of trouble?
>
> So: Should I re-run the WinXP Network Wizard, (because of the change in
> hardware configuration)? Will it start with a clean slate? Is there anything that is recommended
> to do before embarking on that journey? Would one first eliminate the
> existing, but non-working, entries in WORKGROUP1? (I looked at various
> menus & did not see any way of doing anything like that.)
>
> There is also a Windows XP Home laptop with a wireless connection to
> deal with, but I figured I would solve this first then that would
> probably be easy.

I don't think re-running the wizard could hurt, but it sounds like there
might be a DHCP issue. I assume the router is getting its IP address
from your ISP via DSL. Where are your desktops getting addresses? Is
the router service DHCP? What information do you get when you issue
"ipconfig /all" at a DOS prompt on those machines?

Let's start there.
--
Mark E. Adams, 2004 -- drop the "dot" to email me.

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