Can you create a Bridge with the network and the wireless. 'may can fix your problem.
I'm going nuts. I've been reading posts (many similar to my problems) but have not been able to figure out my problem. I obviously don't know what I'm doing. I'm trying to set up a home wireless network with file and printer sharing. I have: Netgear WGR614 v5 wireless router connected to Cable modem. Router is wired to desktop running XP Pro SP2 I'm broadcasting to laptop running XP Home SP2 with Netgear wireless pc card Internet works fine on both. I've run Network Wizzards, disabled firewalls, uninstalled LAN, reinstalled, tried most everything I've read from many places. Nothing helps. I've disabled antivirus on both computers. From Desktop, I can ping router and laptop, but not self. I can only ping IP addresses. Pinging computer names fails. My Network Places shows shared folder on itself only. Clicking View Workgroup Computers shows nothing and causes the control panel window to "not respond". From laptop, I can ping self, router, but not desktop, again, IP addresses only. My Network Places shows shared folder on itself only. View Workgroup Computers shows desktop and laptop but desktop is not accessible. Sorry for the redundant post, but I'm about to chuck the whole thing out the window.
If the internet works fine on both, then it sounds like the physical network is OK, and your problem is not wireless. You may get more help in microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web. If you can access the internet, but not ping other computers by name, it sounds like a name resolution issue. Provide ipconfig information for each computer, and we can see what to look at next. Start - Run - "cmd" - Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command window. Open Notepad, make sure that Format - Word Wrap is NOT checked!, open file c:\ipconfig.txt, copy and paste entire contents into your next post. -- Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck sonic net.
Thanks for your speedy reply. Hope this information helps. I really appreciate it. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : OFFICE Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-11-6A-2C-F3 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 07, 2005 9:53:24 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:01:19 AM
That's a start, but is not terribly useful without the same for the laptop. -- Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck sonic net.
Somehow, I thought you were going to say that... Sorry, realized it after I sent the first one. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PERSONAL Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 5: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR WG511 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-09-5B-EA-B4-7D Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 07, 2005 11:47:40 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:47:40 AM
Not sure if you received this since it wasn't a "reply"... Somehow, I thought you were going to say that... Sorry, realized it after I sent the first one. Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PERSONAL Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 5: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR WG511 54 Mbps Wireless PC Card Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-09-5B-EA-B4-7D Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, March 07, 2005 11:47:40 AM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, March 08, 2005 11:47:40
I worked through another microsoft troubleshooting script and it sounds like a problem with my Routing Table (can't ping my own IP) and a problem with Host Name Resolution (can't ping any computer names). Problem is, they don't tell you how to resolve these matters, they just say that might be your problem. I reset the TCP/IP stack on the desktop. No help.
Could you check both pcs have different host names and that they are both members of workgroup with the same name. It would appear that both pcs have correct tcp/ip settings hence they both browse the web ok but for them to talk to each other they have to be members of the same workgroup which is were its falling over.
They each have unique names (PERSONAL, and OFFICE) and both belong to the workgroup MSHOME. As for the "host names", I'm not sure what you mean. How do I check this?
Hoste name is what you call unique name, could you confirm that client for ms network and file and printer sharing are both ticked in network properties.
<SNIP> OK, having assembled IPConfigs from both computers, let's enumerate your symptoms. Hopefully this will not greatly duplicate the "microsoft troubleshooting script" that you mentioned separately, though it will help me determine what questions to ask. Take the following code (everything inside the "#####"). (Please verify computer names and ip addresses). Open Notepad. Ensure that Format - Word Wrap is not checked. Highlight then Copy the code (Ctrl-C), precisely as it is keyed, and Paste (Ctrl-V) into Notepad. Verify, and correct, names and addresses if necessary. Save the Notepad file as "cdiag.cmd", as type "All Files", into the root folder "C:\". Run it by Start - Run - "c:\cdiag". Wait patiently. When Notepad opens up displaying c:\cdiag.txt, first check Format and ensure that Word Wrap is NOT checked! Then, copy the entire contents (Ctrl-A Ctrl-C) and paste (Ctrl-V) into your next post. Do this from all computers, please, with all computers powered up and online. ##### @echo off set FullTarget1=OFFICE 192.168.1.2 set FullTarget2=PERSONAL 192.168.1.3 set FullTarget3= set FullTarget4= set FullTargets=%FullTarget1% %FullTarget2% %FullTarget3% %FullTarget4% set PingTargets=127.0.0.1 192.168.1.1 Set Version=V1.07 @echo CDiagnosis %Version% >c:\cdiag.txt @echo Start diagnosis for %computername% (Targets %FullTargets%) >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo "ping www.yahoo.com" >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt ping www.yahoo.com >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo "ping 66.94.230.32" >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt ping 66.94.230.32 >>c:\cdiag.txt for %%a in (%FullTargets% %PingTargets%) do ( @echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo Target %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo "ping %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt ping %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo "net view %%a" >>c:\cdiag.txt @echo. >>c:\cdiag.txt net view %%a >>c:\cdiag.txt ) @echo End diagnosis for %computername% >>c:\cdiag.txt notepad c:\cdiag.txt :EOF ##### -- Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck sonic net.
You mentioned the ability to ping by ip address but not name, ie a name resolution problem. IPConfigs though both show Node Type = Hybrid, so no problem there. CDiag (requested in other post) may show the necessary clues. What Personal Firewalls and AntiViruses do you have, or have ever had, installed on either computer (active now or previously)? Also, check for a browser conflict between the two computers. I"m not talking about Internet Explorer here. The browser is the program that allows any computer to see any other computer on the LAN. On a 2 computer LAN, having both browsers active can cause problems. Make sure the browser service is running on one of the computers. Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser, and the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper, services both show with Status = Started. Stop, then Disable the browser on the other computer. After checking / disabling / enabling as above, power both computers off to reset the browser settings on each. Then power both back on again. The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers (I'm not talking about Internet Explorer here) you have in your domain / workgroup, at any time. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305 You can download Browstat from either: <http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip> <http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip> Browstat is very small (40K), and needs no install. Just unzip the downloaded file, copy browstat.exe to any folder in the Path, and run it from a command window, by "browstat status". Make sure all computers list the same master browser. For more information about the browser subsystem (very intricate), see: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188001 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=188305 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=231312 <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winntas/deploy/prodspecs/ntbrowse.mspx> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/win95/w95brows.mspx> The browser requires anonymous access, so look at registry key [HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa], value restrictanonymous, on both computers. <http://www.microsoft.com/windows200...2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/46688.asp> <http://www.jsifaq.com/subf/tip2600/rh2625.htm> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=246261 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296403 The above articles refer to Windows 2000. Remember WinXP is NT V5.1, and Win2K is NT V5.0. Have you used the Registry Editor before? If not, it's a scary tool, but it's pretty simple once you get used to it. Here are a couple articles that might help: <http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...home/using/productdoc/en/tools_regeditors.asp> <http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/registry> Just remember to backup the key (create a registry patch) for [HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa] before making any changes, if appropriate. From the Annoyances article: You can create a Registry patch by opening the Registry Editor, selecting a branch, and choosing Export from the File menu. Then, specify a filename, and press OK. You can then view the Registry patch file by opening it in Notepad (right-click on it and select Edit). Again, just double-click on a Registry patch file (or use Import in the Registry Editor's File menu) to apply it to the registry. -- Cheers, Chuck Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck sonic net.
Firewalls: Windows XP only on both (currently disabled). OFFICE (desktop) has Norton Anti-virus with Auto Protect (currently disabled) PERSONAL (laptop) McAfee VirusScan ASaP installed, not running. When I initially set up the network, everything was running (rookie mistake). Browser and TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper running on OFFICE and PERSONAL. I have now stopped and disabled it from PERSONAL. After changing these setting, I generated the following: CDiagnosis V1.07 Start diagnosis for OFFICE (Targets OFFICE 192.168.1.2 PERSONAL 192.168.1.3 ) "ping www.yahoo.com" Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [68.142.226.38] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 68.142.226.38: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=53 Reply from 68.142.226.38: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=53 Reply from 68.142.226.38: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=53 Reply from 68.142.226.38: bytes=32 time=54ms TTL=53 Ping statistics for 68.142.226.38: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 54ms, Maximum = 59ms, Average = 57ms "ping 66.94.230.32" Pinging 66.94.230.32 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=64ms TTL=53 Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=54 Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=54 Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=54 Ping statistics for 66.94.230.32: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 58ms, Maximum = 64ms, Average = 61ms Target OFFICE "ping OFFICE" Pinging OFFICE [192.168.1.2] with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 192.168.1.2: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), "net view OFFICE" Shared resources at OFFICE Desktop Share name Type Used as Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HP plotter Print HP DesignJet 500 42 by HP Printer Print PDF995 Printer2 Print Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Printer3 Print Intuit Internal Printer Printer4 Print hp deskjet 9600 series Printer5 Print HP DesignJet 500 42+HPGL2 Card SharedDocs Disk The command completed successfully. Target 192.168.1.2 "ping 192.168.1.2" Pinging 192.168.1.2 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 192.168.1.2: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), "net view 192.168.1.2" Target PERSONAL "ping PERSONAL" Ping request could not find host PERSONAL. Please check the name and try again. "net view PERSONAL" Target 192.168.1.3 "ping 192.168.1.3" Pinging 192.168.1.3 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 192.168.1.3: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms "net view 192.168.1.3" Shared resources at 192.168.1.3 Laptop Share name Type Used as Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Printer Print PDF995 Printer2 Print Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Printer3 Print Intuit Internal Printer Printer4 Print hp deskjet 9600 series Printer5 Print HP DesignJet 500 42 by HP SharedDocs Disk The command completed successfully. Target 127.0.0.1 "ping 127.0.0.1" Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms "net view 127.0.0.1" Target 192.168.1.1 "ping 192.168.1.1" Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms "net view 192.168.1.1" End diagnosis for OFFICE CDiagnosis V1.07 Start diagnosis for PERSONAL (Targets OFFICE 192.168.1.2 PERSONAL 192.168.1.3 ) "ping www.yahoo.com" Pinging www.yahoo.akadns.net [68.142.226.41] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 68.142.226.41: bytes=32 time=72ms TTL=53 Reply from 68.142.226.41: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=53 Reply from 68.142.226.41: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=53 Reply from 68.142.226.41: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=53 Ping statistics for 68.142.226.41: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 56ms, Maximum = 72ms, Average = 61ms "ping 66.94.230.32" Pinging 66.94.230.32 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=68ms TTL=53 Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=54 Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=53 Reply from 66.94.230.32: bytes=32 time=62ms TTL=53 Ping statistics for 66.94.230.32: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 59ms, Maximum = 68ms, Average = 63ms Target OFFICE "ping OFFICE" Ping request could not find host OFFICE. Please check the name and try again. "net view OFFICE" Target 192.168.1.2 "ping 192.168.1.2" Pinging 192.168.1.2 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 192.168.1.2: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), "net view 192.168.1.2" Target PERSONAL "ping PERSONAL" Pinging PERSONAL [192.168.1.3] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 192.168.1.3: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms "net view PERSONAL" Shared resources at PERSONAL Laptop Share name Type Used as Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Printer Print PDF995 Printer2 Print Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Printer3 Print Intuit Internal Printer Printer4 Print hp deskjet 9600 series Printer5 Print HP DesignJet 500 42 by HP SharedDocs Disk The command completed successfully. Target 192.168.1.3 "ping 192.168.1.3" Pinging 192.168.1.3 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.1.3: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 192.168.1.3: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms "net view 192.168.1.3" Shared resources at 192.168.1.3 Laptop Share name Type Used as Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Printer Print PDF995 Printer2 Print Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Printer3 Print Intuit Internal Printer Printer4 Print hp deskjet 9600 series Printer5 Print HP DesignJet 500 42 by HP SharedDocs Disk The command completed successfully. Target 127.0.0.1 "ping 127.0.0.1" Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms "net view 127.0.0.1" Shared resources at 127.0.0.1 Laptop Share name Type Used as Comment ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Printer Print PDF995 Printer2 Print Microsoft Office Document Image Writer Printer3 Print Intuit Internal Printer Printer4 Print hp deskjet 9600 series Printer5 Print HP DesignJet 500 42 by HP SharedDocs Disk The command completed successfully. Target 192.168.1.1 "ping 192.168.1.1" Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms "net view 192.168.1.1" End diagnosis for PERSONAL
I got the following from "browstat status": Status for domain MSHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{8702C635-D751-4E61-81E2-9E40A839F0EE} Browsing is NOT active on domain. Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Also, did you get my response for all the IP diagonistics from both machines?
