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Set up a peer to peer network with 2 - 98 machines and 2 xp home, machines.

Sometimes they can see each other and sometimes they cant. when they cant
see each other they still can access the internet.

A reboot will fix it but this is starting to be a pain.

how would you guys go about fixing this ?

access the computers by their ip addresses....

jjw

"Sonco" <> wrote in message
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> Set up a peer to peer network with 2 - 98 machines and 2 xp home,
> machines.
>
> Sometimes they can see each other and sometimes they cant. when they cant
> see each other they still can access the internet.
>
> A reboot will fix it but this is starting to be a pain.
>
> how would you guys go about fixing this ?
>
>

"Sonco" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Set up a peer to peer network with 2 - 98 machines and 2 xp home,
machines.
>
> Sometimes they can see each other and sometimes they cant. when they cant
> see each other they still can access the internet.
>
> A reboot will fix it but this is starting to be a pain.
>
> how would you guys go about fixing this ?

Do you have any kind of firewall on these computers? I've found that
ZoneAlarm can be particularly nasty when it comes to workgroups. You have to
put your local computers in the "safe zone" or whatever before it will allow
traffic from those hosts.

"Sonco" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Set up a peer to peer network with 2 - 98 machines and 2 xp home,
machines.
>
> Sometimes they can see each other and sometimes they cant. when they cant
> see each other they still can access the internet.
>
> A reboot will fix it but this is starting to be a pain.
>
> how would you guys go about fixing this ?


This is common with Windoze networking. I have the same problem with our
office LAN between XP and 98 machines. One thing that can help, not always,
is to install the NETBUI protocol on the XP computers. It does increase
network traffic but on that small a LAN it shouldn't be a problem.

AG

I will check it out, I brought the 98 machines on to the network with the
disk created by xp network setup,
Bad idea ?

"AG" <> wrote in message
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> "Sonco" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > Set up a peer to peer network with 2 - 98 machines and 2 xp home,
> machines.
> >
> > Sometimes they can see each other and sometimes they cant. when they
cant
> > see each other they still can access the internet.
> >
> > A reboot will fix it but this is starting to be a pain.
> >
> > how would you guys go about fixing this ?
>
>
> This is common with Windoze networking. I have the same problem with our
> office LAN between XP and 98 machines. One thing that can help, not
always,
> is to install the NETBUI protocol on the XP computers. It does increase
> network traffic but on that small a LAN it shouldn't be a problem.
>
> AG
>
>

"Sonco" <> wrote in message
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> I will check it out, I brought the 98 machines on to the network with the
> disk created by xp network setup,
> Bad idea ?
I've done it both ways. When I used the XP network disk it took out all of
my network settings like DNS and backup DNS that make things work better
here. There's a little utility WinsockfixXP that can reset the XP network
settings to day one. It might help.
AG

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> "AG" <> wrote in message
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> >
> > "Sonco" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> > > Set up a peer to peer network with 2 - 98 machines and 2 xp home,
> > machines.
> > >
> > > Sometimes they can see each other and sometimes they cant. when they
> cant
> > > see each other they still can access the internet.
> > >
> > > A reboot will fix it but this is starting to be a pain.
> > >
> > > how would you guys go about fixing this ?
> >
> >
> > This is common with Windoze networking. I have the same problem with
our
> > office LAN between XP and 98 machines. One thing that can help, not
> always,
> > is to install the NETBUI protocol on the XP computers. It does increase
> > network traffic but on that small a LAN it shouldn't be a problem.
> >
> > AG
> >
> >
>
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