Re: Questions - Strange Occurrence

Thanks so much for the suggestion. In this case, we believe the Windows
Firewall is/was disabled. The laptop user will double-check anyway
because WF is capable of great weirdness and almost seems capable of
turning itself back on while you are not looking. If the Windows Firewall
is the culprit, I will post the information.

- Cat

cathysullivan_at_cox.net

"William L. Hartzell" wrote:

> Sir:
>
> ITCat wrote:
> <snip>
> > I have one final question which is maybe not best posted here, but
> > maybe someone has a suggestion. My OS/2 baby shares cyberspace with
> > other OSes, but primarily a Windows ME PC, a Windows XP desktop, and
> > a Windows XP laptop. A new wireless 4-port switch/router/access
> > point was put online a few months ago when the wired router died, and
> > I am suspicious of it because despite that it would give my OS/2 PC a
> > DHCP address, and put it in the table, it displayed its hostname as a
> > blank in the table, only displayed the OS/2 machine in the table, but
> > would not always allow it to pass through to the internet. Giving
> > the OS/2 machine a static IP fixed the problem of getting to the
> > internet completely and all was well. However, we use Netbeui to see
> > the other machines on the LAN, which was working perfectly and, until
> > very recently, we could each see all the other machines on the LAN
> > and write to the shares. No changes have been made other than adding
> > a wireless card to the WinXP desktop PC to avoid using a long patch
> > cable. Now, for no apparent reason, the OS/2 desktop and the WinXP
> > laptop can see each other...only, and the WinME and the WinXP desktop
> > see each other...only. The 2 WinXP machines are wireless and in the
> > same room, and the WinME and OS/2 machines are wired, in the same
> > room, and share a hub which connects to a switch which connects to
> > the wireless switch/router. The switch/router is Linksys configured
> > as a "gateway" because according to Linksys, that is the only way we
> > can use it to get to the internet...and we could not locally find a
> > plain router...anywhere. There is a D-link wireless access point
> > which is off-line for now. Networking and shares have been redone
> > repeatedly in the Windows machines, and MPTS, TCP/IP configuration,
> > and the OS/2 shares have been (hopefully) refreshed in the OS/2
> > machine with no cure. Has anyone had anything similar? Am I wrong
> > to be suspicious of the router, and should I consider TCPbeui instead
> > since it is the Windows default LAN protocol?
> >
> Try downing the XP firewall. It has problems with machines using older
> SMB protocols (ME-OS/2). You'll have to remember to raise it on the
> laptop when you are out of the house, or get a different firewall
> product for it.
> --
> Bill
> Thanks a Million!

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