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A Tale of Four Computers, A, B, C and a lonely DA: W2K Pro in an external building B: XP Pro in the same building C: XP Pro in the den D is another PC, XP and a laptop A, B and C are networked via MS networking B can talk to C, but A no longer talks with either B or C If I put D into action in the den, it can connect with C and B If I put D into action in place of A, it will not connect to anything I ran into this problem once before, but finally got the laptop, D, to operate in the building. I want A back in the game, but would like to know why the laptop D won't connect in the building. What am I missing? Up until a two week vacation I took recently, A happily connected to B in the building or C in the den. The A connection is not behaving. It's a 15' ethernet cable attached to a 5 port Netgear switch box (hub) in the building. BTW, my wife took her Linux laptop out to the building, and plugged it into that cable, and it connected instantly. -- W. eWatson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> W. eWatson wrote:
Show quoteHide quote > I have three desk top computers. This is pretty much solved. The A computer's ethernet card was dead. The D > A: W2K Pro in an external building > B: XP Pro in the same building > C: XP Pro in the den > > D is another PC, XP and a laptop > > A, B and C are networked via MS networking > B can talk to C, but A no longer talks with either B or C > If I put D into action in the den, it can connect with C and B > If I put D into action in place of A, it will not connect to anything > > I ran into this problem once before, but finally got the laptop, D, to > operate in the building. I want A back in the game, but would like to > know why the laptop D won't connect in the building. > > What am I missing? Up until a two week vacation I took recently, A > happily connected to B in the building or C in the den. The A connection > is not behaving. It's a 15' ethernet cable attached to a 5 port Netgear > switch box (hub) in the building. BTW, my wife took her Linux laptop > out to the building, and plugged it into that cable, and it connected > instantly. > computer, laptop, seems to have lost the LAN software setup connection somehow. I'll worry about the laptop later. -- W. eWatson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> Hi
As a future reference. Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructions. General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted Vista File and Printer Sharing- http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040 Printer Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspx Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357 Windows XP patch for Sharing with Vista (Not need for XP-SP3) - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922120 Jack (MVP-Networking). Show quoteHide quote "W. eWatson" <notval***@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:3DAYl.33601$YU2.20021@nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com... >I have three desk top computers. > A: W2K Pro in an external building > B: XP Pro in the same building > C: XP Pro in the den > > D is another PC, XP and a laptop > > A, B and C are networked via MS networking > B can talk to C, but A no longer talks with either B or C > If I put D into action in the den, it can connect with C and B > If I put D into action in place of A, it will not connect to anything > > I ran into this problem once before, but finally got the laptop, D, to > operate in the building. I want A back in the game, but would like to know > why the laptop D won't connect in the building. > > What am I missing? Up until a two week vacation I took recently, A happily > connected to B in the building or C in the den. The A connection is not > behaving. It's a 15' ethernet cable attached to a 5 port Netgear switch > box (hub) in the building. BTW, my wife took her Linux laptop out to the > building, and plugged it into that cable, and it connected instantly. > > -- > W. eWatson > > (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) > Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet > > Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> > 
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