Unable to share - could before

Hi All.

At home have a workgroup set up follows

1 Windows 2000 PC connected to router via LAN
2 Windows XP Home PC connected to router via LAN
3 Window XP Pro (from work) Laptop connected to router via Wireless

In each case the Windows Firewall is disabled as I have a third party
product.
Sharing works fine.
I know how to configure the work laptop when used at home and nothing has
changed via delivered polices at work etc.

Changed the XP Home PC to wireless and now I can't access the workgroup from
the XP Pro Laptop!

During investigation I have disabled the firewall on all PC's/Laptop to no
avail.

Any ideas please.

Regards.
Bill.

You might want to take a look at the network troubleshooter by MVP
Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it and it will usually
pinpoint the problem area(s) -
http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm

Also take a look at my new wireless does not work -
http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html


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"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi All.
>
> At home have a workgroup set up follows
>
> 1 Windows 2000 PC connected to router via LAN
> 2 Windows XP Home PC connected to router via LAN
> 3 Window XP Pro (from work) Laptop connected to router via Wireless
>
> In each case the Windows Firewall is disabled as I have a third party
> product.
> Sharing works fine.
> I know how to configure the work laptop when used at home and nothing has
> changed via delivered polices at work etc.
>
> Changed the XP Home PC to wireless and now I can't access the workgroup
> from
> the XP Pro Laptop!
>
> During investigation I have disabled the firewall on all PC's/Laptop to no
> avail.
>
> Any ideas please.
>
> Regards.
> Bill.
>
>

Many thanks.
FYI it was a networking problem not specially wireless and it turned out
that the LAN port on the laptop suffered the same problem.
It turned out that the node type had changed to peer to peer. Deleted the
registry entry as per the instructions and it changed to unknown (which is
an acceptable state according to the instructions - the other being Hybrid)
and it started to work.
Don't know what caused the change but that's computers I suppose!!!
Regards.
Bill.

"David Hettel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23hcI$(E-Mail Removed)...
> You might want to take a look at the network troubleshooter by MVP
> Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it and it will usually
> pinpoint the problem area(s) -
> http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm
>
> Also take a look at my new wireless does not work -
> http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
>
>
> --
> David Hettel
>
> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights
>
>
> "Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi All.
> >
> > At home have a workgroup set up follows
> >
> > 1 Windows 2000 PC connected to router via LAN
> > 2 Windows XP Home PC connected to router via LAN
> > 3 Window XP Pro (from work) Laptop connected to router via Wireless
> >
> > In each case the Windows Firewall is disabled as I have a third party
> > product.
> > Sharing works fine.
> > I know how to configure the work laptop when used at home and nothing
has
> > changed via delivered polices at work etc.
> >
> > Changed the XP Home PC to wireless and now I can't access the workgroup
> > from
> > the XP Pro Laptop!
> >
> > During investigation I have disabled the firewall on all PC's/Laptop to
no
> > avail.
> >
> > Any ideas please.
> >
> > Regards.
> > Bill.
> >
> >
>
>

Well I am glad you where able to get it working! Thanks for posting your
solution.

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David Hettel

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confers no rights


"Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Many thanks.
> FYI it was a networking problem not specially wireless and it turned out
> that the LAN port on the laptop suffered the same problem.
> It turned out that the node type had changed to peer to peer. Deleted the
> registry entry as per the instructions and it changed to unknown (which is
> an acceptable state according to the instructions - the other being
> Hybrid)
> and it started to work.
> Don't know what caused the change but that's computers I suppose!!!
> Regards.
> Bill.
>
> "David Hettel" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%23hcI$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> You might want to take a look at the network troubleshooter by MVP
>> Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it and it will usually
>> pinpoint the problem area(s) -
>> http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm
>>
>> Also take a look at my new wireless does not work -
>> http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html
>>
>>
>> --
>> David Hettel
>>
>> Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
>> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
>> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>>
>> Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>> DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights
>>
>>
>> "Bill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Hi All.
>> >
>> > At home have a workgroup set up follows
>> >
>> > 1 Windows 2000 PC connected to router via LAN
>> > 2 Windows XP Home PC connected to router via LAN
>> > 3 Window XP Pro (from work) Laptop connected to router via Wireless
>> >
>> > In each case the Windows Firewall is disabled as I have a third party
>> > product.
>> > Sharing works fine.
>> > I know how to configure the work laptop when used at home and nothing
> has
>> > changed via delivered polices at work etc.
>> >
>> > Changed the XP Home PC to wireless and now I can't access the workgroup
>> > from
>> > the XP Pro Laptop!
>> >
>> > During investigation I have disabled the firewall on all PC's/Laptop to
> no
>> > avail.
>> >
>> > Any ideas please.
>> >
>> > Regards.
>> > Bill.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
>