No devices found on local Network

29 Aug 2006 4:51 PM

Barnyf

Both computers on my local network can access Internet....But...
They can't access each other. File Sharing is turned on in both and they are
both on the same workgroup.
I can successfully ping to the laptop which is Wireless, but not from the
Wireless to the desktop, which is Ethernet.
The desktop successfully pings the Gateway (MN-700) device.

Here's output from ipconfig /all on desktop:
Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : papabear
        Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking
Controller
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 01-50-8D-78-89-29
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.8
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:57:46
AM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 30, 2006
9:57:46 AM

Any ideas would help...this is driving me up a tree!!

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Thanks,
Barny

29 Aug 2006 6:08 PM

Malke

Barnyf wrote:

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> Both computers on my local network can access Internet....But...
> They can't access each other. File Sharing is turned on in both and
> they are both on the same workgroup.
> I can successfully ping to the laptop which is Wireless, but not from
> the Wireless to the desktop, which is Ethernet.
> The desktop successfully pings the Gateway (MN-700) device.
>
> Here's output from ipconfig /all on desktop:
> Windows IP Configuration
>
>         Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : papabear
>         Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>         Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
>         IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>         WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
>         Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>         Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking
> Controller
>         Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 01-50-8D-78-89-29
>         Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
>         Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>         IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.8
>         Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
>         Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
>         DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
>         DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.8.1
>         Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 29, 2006
>         9:57:46
> AM
>         Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 30, 2006
> 9:57:46 AM
>
>
> Any ideas would help...this is driving me up a tree!!

This is usually caused by an overlooked or misconfigured firewall. For
instance, when you run the Network Setup Wizard it turns on the XPSP2
Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have
an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like Norton 2005/06)
which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. If you have third-party
firewall software, configure it to allow the Local Area Network traffic
as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an IP range. Ex.
would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would substitute your
correct subnet.

From a recent post, I learned that the later nForce NIC's have a
firewall. I Googled for "nForce network adapter firewall" and found
this link that might help if you've got this hardware:

http://forums.nvidia.com/lofiversion/index.php?f34-750.html

Malke

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