networked computers not recognizing each other

When I recently replaced my router with a Belkin N1 wireless (the old one was
also a Belkin wireless) the three computers on my local network stopped
recognizing each other (2 run XP and are wired to the router and one runs
Vista and is wireless). They all access the internet just fine. All are in
the same workgroup and all recognize the workgroup--but only see the local
machine, not the other two.

I've enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP, disabled the router firewall, made sure
the protocols on my Norton anti-virus firewall allows sharing over the
network, double checked that file and print sharing is turned on, deleted the
network and established a new one with a different name, and gone through a
few Microsoft postings, all without success. Each computer will ping itself
over the network but not the others.

Belkin customer support ran me through router diagnostic and firmware
updates and insist the problem can't be coming from the router--and told me I
was on my own.

Would anyone have other suggestions? There are no error messages. Each
computer just doesn't see the others.

Thank you!!

Dennis

On Sep 10, 1:58*pm, Dennis <Den...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> When I recently replaced my router with a Belkin N1 wireless (the old one was
> also a Belkin wireless) the three computers on my local network stopped
> recognizing each other (2 run XP and are wired to the router and one runs
> Vista and is wireless). They all access the internet just fine. All are in
> the same workgroup and all recognize the workgroup--but only see the local
> machine, not the other two.
>
> I've enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP, disabled the router firewall, made sure
> the protocols on my Norton anti-virus firewall allows sharing over the
> network, double checked that file and print sharing is turned on, deleted the
> network and established a new one with a different name, and gone through a
> few Microsoft postings, all without success. Each computer will ping itself
> over the network but not the others.
>
> Belkin customer support ran me through router diagnostic and firmware
> updates and insist the problem can't be coming from the router--and told me I
> was on my own.
>
> Would anyone have other suggestions? There are no error messages. Each
> computer just doesn't see the others.
>
> Thank you!!

Check the Norton Anti-Virus set ups. NAV has an ongoing problem in
the Internet worm virus module which blocks the NetBIOS "name
resolution." This blocks all access to see the PCs by name (\\PC1)
but should let you see them by IP address (\\192.168.0.1.)

smlunatick

thank you thank you thank you thank you. I've lost track of the hours I've
spent on this. Your suggestino worked in 60 seconds. Not sure why Norton
allowed access with my old Belkin and denied it with the new since the
computer IP addresses didn't change but it's working now!

Thank you again.


"Dennis" wrote:

> When I recently replaced my router with a Belkin N1 wireless (the old one was
> also a Belkin wireless) the three computers on my local network stopped
> recognizing each other (2 run XP and are wired to the router and one runs
> Vista and is wireless). They all access the internet just fine. All are in
> the same workgroup and all recognize the workgroup--but only see the local
> machine, not the other two.
>
> I've enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP, disabled the router firewall, made sure
> the protocols on my Norton anti-virus firewall allows sharing over the
> network, double checked that file and print sharing is turned on, deleted the
> network and established a new one with a different name, and gone through a
> few Microsoft postings, all without success. Each computer will ping itself
> over the network but not the others.
>
> Belkin customer support ran me through router diagnostic and firmware
> updates and insist the problem can't be coming from the router--and told me I
> was on my own.
>
> Would anyone have other suggestions? There are no error messages. Each
> computer just doesn't see the others.
>
> Thank you!!
>

Dennis

On Sep 10, 2:33*pm, Dennis <Den...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> thank you thank you thank you thank you. I've lost track of the hours I've
> spent on this. *Your suggestino worked in 60 seconds. Not sure why Norton
> allowed access with my old Belkin and denied it with the new since the
> computer IP addresses didn't change but it's working now!
>
> Thank you again.
>
> "Dennis" wrote:
> > When I recently replaced my router with a Belkin N1 wireless (the old one was
> > also a Belkin wireless) the three computers on my local network stopped
> > recognizing each other (2 run XP and are wired to the router and one runs
> > Vista and is wireless). They all access the internet just fine. All are in
> > the same workgroup and all recognize the workgroup--but only see the local
> > machine, not the other two.
>
> > I've enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP, disabled the router firewall, made sure
> > the protocols on my Norton anti-virus firewall allows sharing over the
> > network, double checked that file and print sharing is turned on, deleted the
> > network and established a new one with a different name, and gone through a
> > few Microsoft postings, all without success. Each computer will ping itself
> > over the network but not the others.
>
> > Belkin customer support ran me through router diagnostic and firmware
> > updates and insist the problem can't be coming from the router--and told me I
> > was on my own.
>
> > Would anyone have other suggestions? There are no error messages. Each
> > computer just doesn't see the others.
>
> > Thank you!!

Depending on which version of NAV, since you changed your router, it
would possibly have a different wireless SSID. My Norton 306 v1 (and
v2) was disconnecting my new router's SSID but let my older SSID
thorough. After several tests (and a PC meltdown crash) I discovered
the software must be told which wireless network SSID to "trust."

smlunatick

thank you again. I also have Norton 360v2 and I did give wireless network a
new SSID but Norton recognized it right away, perhaps because both routers
were Belkin. It just needed the IP addresses added as trusted sites.

Thanks again.


"smlunatick" wrote:

> On Sep 10, 2:33 pm, Dennis <Den...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > thank you thank you thank you thank you. I've lost track of the hours I've
> > spent on this. Your suggestino worked in 60 seconds. Not sure why Norton
> > allowed access with my old Belkin and denied it with the new since the
> > computer IP addresses didn't change but it's working now!
> >
> > Thank you again.
> >
> > "Dennis" wrote:
> > > When I recently replaced my router with a Belkin N1 wireless (the old one was
> > > also a Belkin wireless) the three computers on my local network stopped
> > > recognizing each other (2 run XP and are wired to the router and one runs
> > > Vista and is wireless). They all access the internet just fine. All are in
> > > the same workgroup and all recognize the workgroup--but only see the local
> > > machine, not the other two.
> >
> > > I've enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP, disabled the router firewall, made sure
> > > the protocols on my Norton anti-virus firewall allows sharing over the
> > > network, double checked that file and print sharing is turned on, deleted the
> > > network and established a new one with a different name, and gone through a
> > > few Microsoft postings, all without success. Each computer will ping itself
> > > over the network but not the others.
> >
> > > Belkin customer support ran me through router diagnostic and firmware
> > > updates and insist the problem can't be coming from the router--and told me I
> > > was on my own.
> >
> > > Would anyone have other suggestions? There are no error messages. Each
> > > computer just doesn't see the others.
> >
> > > Thank you!!
>
> Depending on which version of NAV, since you changed your router, it
> would possibly have a different wireless SSID. My Norton 306 v1 (and
> v2) was disconnecting my new router's SSID but let my older SSID
> thorough. After several tests (and a PC meltdown crash) I discovered
> the software must be told which wireless network SSID to "trust."
>

Dennis