Re: XP Home PC hardwired to router and XP Pro Laptop wireless through 2Wire router...
- From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 04:43:05 GMT
On 16 Sep 2005 10:46:14 -0700, "phelyer" <phelyer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>The PC and the laptop have no firewalls active on them.
OK, that eliminates the obvious problem.
>The PC can see the laptop in the workgroup, but cannot open it
>(\\LaptopName is unaccessible > > The network path was not found).
Try it by IP address instead:
Start -> Run ->
\\192.168.1.xxx
It should show the same directory listing as using the NETBIOS name.
This is a common problem when the Windoze Browser Election kludge
screws up. Doing it by IP address directly bypasses the NETBIOS to IP
name resolution pretzel.
>The laptop cannot access the workgroup (\\NetworkName is not accessible
>> > The list of servers on this workgroup is not currently available).
Ummmm, try it like this:
NET VIEW /WORKGROUP:workgroup_name
>Both can access the internet through the router and both are showing as
>connected in the 2Wire configuration utility (not much use IMO).
Can I assume that both machines have IP addresses assigned by the DHCP
server inside the 2wire router? If either is statically assigned,
switch it to DCHP (server assigned IP, gateway, netmask, DNS).
>The laptop can ping the PC but cannot access any of the shares.
>The PC cannot ping the laptop or access any of the shares.
OK, this is bad. I had exactly the same problem this week. New
laptop was acting strange. Sometimes would not get a DHCP assigned IP
on reboot. Other machine was also doing weird things like hanging in
the middle of downloads. One machine could ping the other, but not
the reverse. Both had no difficulty connecting to the internet.
Both went to a common 8 port ethernet switch.
After tinkering with the network settings, I started to suspect the
hardware. I eventually found that BOTH ethernet cables were wired
wrong with split pairs. Of course, I replaced the cables one at a
time so finding this took a bit longer than usual. After replacing
the cables, they could ping each other.
So, start with replacing the cables. Use ping to do the testing as
it's the fastest and is a fundamental requirement for connectivity.
Use:
IPCONFIG
to verify that the IP addresses are what you think they are and have
not changed during the testing.
It'a also good form to have duplicated accounts on both machines. If
you get an error message where Windoze demands a password to open a
share, it's probably due to the lack of a common user account.
Also, make sure that the workgroup name is the same on both machines.
Right click on My Computah. Select System Name.
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