Can't find work group computers

I have a wi-fi modem router (Hitachi) provided by ISP connected to the
telephone point. Router also provides VOIP facility. Three computers (All
Windows XP) acess the internet wirelessly by accessing router SSID which is
WEP 128 bit encrypted. Dell inspiron running McAfee Security Centre, Sony
Vaio running Norton Internet Security, Generic desktop running Norton
anti-Virus. On all three Windows Firewall is running. All have the same
Workgroup name (generic name MSHOME). Trouble is none are visible to the
other. Trying the ping command on all the machines fails to identify any
other machine,. Could this be a router config issue? It's driving me nuts!


Neil T

You may want to post to the regular microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
newsgroup, Neil. This one is to support Microsoft's Broadband Networking
brand hardware and software. BTW - McAfee and Norton are dreadful when it
comes to allowing networking sharing. You may want to check the
documentation for each and make sure they're programmed correctly. Also, if
you're running either of those products in addition to Windows Firewall,
you've probably got conflicts there.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Neil T" <Neil (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C63AAF2B-196F-480D-B4FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a wi-fi modem router (Hitachi) provided by ISP connected to the
> telephone point. Router also provides VOIP facility. Three computers (All
> Windows XP) acess the internet wirelessly by accessing router SSID which
> is
> WEP 128 bit encrypted. Dell inspiron running McAfee Security Centre, Sony
> Vaio running Norton Internet Security, Generic desktop running Norton
> anti-Virus. On all three Windows Firewall is running. All have the same
> Workgroup name (generic name MSHOME). Trouble is none are visible to the
> other. Trying the ping command on all the machines fails to identify any
> other machine,. Could this be a router config issue? It's driving me nuts!

Not sure about Mcafee had too many problems with it..but have you tried
running network setup on Norton I.S. Can your PC's access the internet?
--
E & S Computers


"Neil T" wrote:

> I have a wi-fi modem router (Hitachi) provided by ISP connected to the
> telephone point. Router also provides VOIP facility. Three computers (All
> Windows XP) acess the internet wirelessly by accessing router SSID which is
> WEP 128 bit encrypted. Dell inspiron running McAfee Security Centre, Sony
> Vaio running Norton Internet Security, Generic desktop running Norton
> anti-Virus. On all three Windows Firewall is running. All have the same
> Workgroup name (generic name MSHOME). Trouble is none are visible to the
> other. Trying the ping command on all the machines fails to identify any
> other machine,. Could this be a router config issue? It's driving me nuts!

Thanks, sorry for the delay in response, been away. All computers are able to
connect seperately to the Internet through the router but none are able to
see the others on the network.

"E & S" wrote:

> Not sure about Mcafee had too many problems with it..but have you tried
> running network setup on Norton I.S. Can your PC's access the internet?
> --
> E & S Computers
>
>
> "Neil T" wrote:
>
> > I have a wi-fi modem router (Hitachi) provided by ISP connected to the
> > telephone point. Router also provides VOIP facility. Three computers (All
> > Windows XP) acess the internet wirelessly by accessing router SSID which is
> > WEP 128 bit encrypted. Dell inspiron running McAfee Security Centre, Sony
> > Vaio running Norton Internet Security, Generic desktop running Norton
> > anti-Virus. On all three Windows Firewall is running. All have the same
> > Workgroup name (generic name MSHOME). Trouble is none are visible to the
> > other. Trying the ping command on all the machines fails to identify any
> > other machine,. Could this be a router config issue? It's driving me nuts!

This is a bit off-topic for this newsgroup since it only supports
Microsoft's Broadband Networking brand hardware and software, but if you're
running McAfee or Norton (Symantec) products on your computers, you probably
need to check with their support section or in the documentation to program
them to "allow" your Local Area Network traffic (access from other computers
within your LAN).
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
http://forums.mobilepcworld.net
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Neil T" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Thanks, sorry for the delay in response, been away. All computers are able
> to
> connect seperately to the Internet through the router but none are able to
> see the others on the network.
>
> "E & S" wrote:
>
>> Not sure about Mcafee had too many problems with it..but have you tried
>> running network setup on Norton I.S. Can your PC's access the internet?
>> --
>> E & S Computers
>>
>>
>> "Neil T" wrote:
>>
>> > I have a wi-fi modem router (Hitachi) provided by ISP connected to the
>> > telephone point. Router also provides VOIP facility. Three computers
>> > (All
>> > Windows XP) acess the internet wirelessly by accessing router SSID
>> > which is
>> > WEP 128 bit encrypted. Dell inspiron running McAfee Security Centre,
>> > Sony
>> > Vaio running Norton Internet Security, Generic desktop running Norton
>> > anti-Virus. On all three Windows Firewall is running. All have the same
>> > Workgroup name (generic name MSHOME). Trouble is none are visible to
>> > the
>> > other. Trying the ping command on all the machines fails to identify
>> > any
>> > other machine,. Could this be a router config issue? It's driving me
>> > nuts!