My workgroup was working fine with 2 XP Pro and 1 OSX systems on small lan -
with wireless router/dsl. Now I get an error every time I try to see the
computers in the workgroup:

"Workgroup is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions.
The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available"

Yes, I am admin and have permissions. I am using Trend 06, firewall settings
have not changed from when local file sharing was working.

Checked out PChuck's website - loads of good info there. Below are my
ipconfig, netconfig and browstat info. I think the problem may lie in the
browstat... somehow something is goofy there... but how to fix it?

IPCONFIG
        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : product9
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet
Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-A3-20-99
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.15
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1    4.2.2.2

NETCONFIG
Server Name                           \\PRODUCT9
Server Comment                        Studio
Software version                      Windows 2002
Server is active on                   
     NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
     NetBT_Tcpip_{2198733D-59FC-42C3-8A0A-4BFA2B03E08A} (00e018a32099)
Server hidden                         No
Maximum Logged On Users               10
Maximum open files per session        16384
Idle session time (min)               15
The command completed successfully.

BROWSTAT
Status for domain LOWGREN on transport
\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{2198733D-59FC-42C3-8A0A-4BFA2B03E08A}
    Browsing is NOT active on domain.
    Master browser name is held by: CRIS
Could not open key in registry, error = 5        Unable to determine build
of browser master: 5
    \\CRIS          .  Version:05.01  Flags: 51203 NT POTENTIAL MASTER

do a simple test. Can you ping each other by IP? If yes, can you ping it by name?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
  My workgroup was working fine with 2 XP Pro and 1 OSX systems on small lan -
  with wireless router/dsl. Now I get an error every time I try to see the
  computers in the workgroup:

  "Workgroup is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
  network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
  have access permissions.
  The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available"

  Yes, I am admin and have permissions. I am using Trend 06, firewall settings
  have not changed from when local file sharing was working.

  Checked out PChuck's website - loads of good info there. Below are my
  ipconfig, netconfig and browstat info. I think the problem may lie in the
  browstat... somehow something is goofy there... but how to fix it?

  IPCONFIG
          Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : product9
          Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
          Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
          IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
          WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
  Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
          Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
          Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet
  Adapter
          Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-A3-20-99
          Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
          IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.15
          Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
          Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
          DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1    4.2.2.2

  NETCONFIG
  Server Name                           \\PRODUCT9
  Server Comment                        Studio
  Software version                      Windows 2002
  Server is active on                   
       NetbiosSmb (000000000000)
       NetBT_Tcpip_{2198733D-59FC-42C3-8A0A-4BFA2B03E08A} (00e018a32099)
  Server hidden                         No
  Maximum Logged On Users               10
  Maximum open files per session        16384
  Idle session time (min)               15
  The command completed successfully.

  BROWSTAT
  Status for domain LOWGREN on transport
  \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{2198733D-59FC-42C3-8A0A-4BFA2B03E08A}
      Browsing is NOT active on domain.
      Master browser name is held by: CRIS
  Could not open key in registry, error = 5        Unable to determine build
  of browser master: 5
      \\CRIS          .  Version:05.01  Flags: 51203 NT POTENTIAL MASTER

I am getting "request timed out" when pinging between the two XP systems by
IP. The router pings OK, but not the between the XP boxes. One of the XP
boxes had Windows Firewall turned on inadvertently (in addition to Trend),
but turning it off didn't change pinging.

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When I turn off the firewall, they do connect... so maybe it is a firewall
issue? However, when browsing the MS Windows Network, windows explorer is
extremely slow to display the list of available computers in the workgroup.
Nearly hangs. The other system is speedy when showing the same list (this is
with both firewalls off).

Does anybody know the firewall exceptions to make for Trend w/file sharing?
Or why the list of servers would hang?

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On Wed, 6 Sep 2006 20:44:02 -0700, Beth Lowgren
<BethLowg***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

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To be useful, you need to run these diagnostics from each computer.  When
everything is working, some diagnostics might be duplicated.  In your case, you
need to see what clues you can.  Both XP Pro computers, please.  Having an OSX
system in the mix might be interesting.

Also, how about CPSServ from both XP computers.  Download PSTools (free).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2006/04/cpsserv-comprehensive-psservice-source.html

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