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Author
23 Aug 2006 4:12 AM
Paul Heymont
I posted this problem earlier, but the thread seems to have run dry. My
laptop, which was a member of my workgroup at home (3 pcs, 2 laptops) via
WiFi went on vacation with me.

At a friend's house, it was able to use his wireless internet connection,
but not to join his workgroup. We wasted a vacation day trying everything we
could think of with the Network Setup Wizard, etc.

When I got home I found I could not connect at home either. With a Cat 5
cable, yes; with WiFi no. At the suggestion of a member of this board, I
checked a number of parameters including node type, etc. In the end, I found
that I still can't get on, I can't seem to change the node type on that
machine from unknown to hybrid or broadcast, everything else looks good...and
I'm stumped!

I'd really appreciate a fresh set of things to try...

......P

Author
23 Aug 2006 5:28 AM
Chuck
On Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:12:02 -0700, Paul Heymont <p***@heymoux.net.(donotspam)>
wrote:

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>I posted this problem earlier, but the thread seems to have run dry. My
>laptop, which was a member of my workgroup at home (3 pcs, 2 laptops) via
>WiFi went on vacation with me.
>
>At a friend's house, it was able to use his wireless internet connection,
>but not to join his workgroup. We wasted a vacation day trying everything we
>could think of with the Network Setup Wizard, etc.
>
>When I got home I found I could not connect at home either. With a Cat 5
>cable, yes; with WiFi no. At the suggestion of a member of this board, I
>checked a number of parameters including node type, etc. In the end, I found
>that I still can't get on, I can't seem to change the node type on that
>machine from unknown to hybrid or broadcast, everything else looks good...and
>I'm stumped!
>
>I'd really appreciate a fresh set of things to try...
>
>.....P

Hi Paul,

Sorry, missed replying to the last post.  You have a Windows Networking problem,
so "browstat status", "net config server", and "net config workstation", will be
useful, besides "ipconfig /all".  And looking at the diagnostics for the problem
computer, and for 2 working computers, generally provides the best chance of
getting useful results.  Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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