>I am having a seemingly bizarre issue with my home network.  I have just 3
>machines on the network, a laptop and 2 desktops, all running WinXP Pro, the
>laptop with SP2, the others with SP1.  Though the issue is not with the
>laptop, but with one of my desktops.  All 3 machines have been recently
>reformatted with new OS installations.  One of the desktops is connected
>directly to my dial-up internet, and it is shared on the network.  All 3
>machines pick up this connection and can use it with no issues, and they can
>connect and disconnect it.  But, the machine that has the internet connection
>connected to it, is not visible on the network.  Neither of the other 2
>machines can see it, but those 2 machines can see each other.  The problem
>desktop cannot see the other 2 machines.  I have the same version of NIC
>drivers on both desktops, as they both have the same model Netgear GA311
>gigabit card.  This is just a recent issue, as they were previously able to
>see each other fine, it just came up the other day where it decided that I
>could not see it.  I had not changed any settings either.  All were set to
>obtain an IP addresses automatically originally.  Right now, the internet is
>still visible, but nothing else sharable, with the internet host desktop's IP
>set to 192.168.0.1, and the other 2 machines on dynamic IP.  I am probably
>missing something completely or it is a simple answer, but I am fairly new to
>home networking, though definately not new to computers, so feel free to give
>me the technical details.