On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:20:47 GMT, "Frank Wilson" <fjwil***@swbell.net> wrote:

>I have a small home network set up using a router.  There is no domain; I
>have a workgroup set up in Windows.  It was working fine until last week.
>Then it stopped for no apparent reason.  I have two computers, nd running
>WinXP Pro, and nl, running Win XP Home.  Both can access the Internet
>without problems.  Both have Norton Personal Firewall correctly configured
>to allow them to access each other.  They can ping each other.
>
>When, from computer nd, at the command prompt, I enter "net view \\nd", the
>shared resources on nd are listed.  When I enter the same command with nd's
>numeric IP address, this message is displayed: "System error 53 has
>occurred.  The network path was not found."  When, on computer nd, I enter
>either "net view \\nl" or net view with nl's numeric IP address, I get a
>correct listing of the shared resources on nl.
>
>When, on computer nl, I enter "net view \\nl" or net view with nl's numeric
>IP address, I get a correct listing of the shared resources on nl.  When, on
>nl, I enter "net view \\nd", I get the same error as above (53), but when I
>use nd's numeric IP address, I get a correct listing of the shared resources
>on nd.
>
>When I view network places in Windows on nd, I see the shared resources on
>nd only.  When I do the same on nl, I see neither the resources on it or on
>nd.  Both computers can access the setup screen of the router.

"Chuck" <n***@example.net> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:20:47 GMT, "Frank Wilson" <fjwil***@swbell.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I have a small home network set up using a router.  There is no domain; I
>>have a workgroup set up in Windows.  It was working fine until last week.
>>Then it stopped for no apparent reason.  I have two computers, nd running
>>WinXP Pro, and nl, running Win XP Home.  Both can access the Internet
>>without problems.  Both have Norton Personal Firewall correctly configured
>>to allow them to access each other.  They can ping each other.
>>
>>When, from computer nd, at the command prompt, I enter "net view \\nd",
>>the
>>shared resources on nd are listed.  When I enter the same command with
>>nd's
>>numeric IP address, this message is displayed: "System error 53 has
>>occurred.  The network path was not found."  When, on computer nd, I enter
>>either "net view \\nl" or net view with nl's numeric IP address, I get a
>>correct listing of the shared resources on nl.
>>
>>When, on computer nl, I enter "net view \\nl" or net view with nl's
>>numeric
>>IP address, I get a correct listing of the shared resources on nl.  When,
>>on
>>nl, I enter "net view \\nd", I get the same error as above (53), but when
>>I
>>use nd's numeric IP address, I get a correct listing of the shared
>>resources
>>on nd.
>>
>>When I view network places in Windows on nd, I see the shared resources on
>>nd only.  When I do the same on nl, I see neither the resources on it or
>>on
>>nd.  Both computers can access the setup screen of the router.
>
> Frank,
>
> If you're absolutely certain that you don't have a personal firewall (and
> with
> NPF, I wouldn't be certain myself), then check for LSP / Winsock
> corruption.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html
>
> If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
> computer, so we can diagnose the problem.  Read this article, and linked
> articles, and follow instructions precisely:
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>   actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:13:06 GMT, "Frank Wilson" <fjwil***@swbell.net> wrote:

>"Chuck" <n***@example.net> wrote in message
>news:pr4jq1dl3ipcssc9k9o7v8fgiemhuohr5u@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 04:20:47 GMT, "Frank Wilson" <fjwil***@swbell.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I have a small home network set up using a router.  There is no domain; I
>>>have a workgroup set up in Windows.  It was working fine until last week.
>>>Then it stopped for no apparent reason.  I have two computers, nd running
>>>WinXP Pro, and nl, running Win XP Home.  Both can access the Internet
>>>without problems.  Both have Norton Personal Firewall correctly configured
>>>to allow them to access each other.  They can ping each other.
>>>
>>>When, from computer nd, at the command prompt, I enter "net view \\nd",
>>>the
>>>shared resources on nd are listed.  When I enter the same command with
>>>nd's
>>>numeric IP address, this message is displayed: "System error 53 has
>>>occurred.  The network path was not found."  When, on computer nd, I enter
>>>either "net view \\nl" or net view with nl's numeric IP address, I get a
>>>correct listing of the shared resources on nl.
>>>
>>>When, on computer nl, I enter "net view \\nl" or net view with nl's
>>>numeric
>>>IP address, I get a correct listing of the shared resources on nl.  When,
>>>on
>>>nl, I enter "net view \\nd", I get the same error as above (53), but when
>>>I
>>>use nd's numeric IP address, I get a correct listing of the shared
>>>resources
>>>on nd.
>>>
>>>When I view network places in Windows on nd, I see the shared resources on
>>>nd only.  When I do the same on nl, I see neither the resources on it or
>>>on
>>>nd.  Both computers can access the setup screen of the router.
>>
>> Frank,
>>
>> If you're absolutely certain that you don't have a personal firewall (and
>> with
>> NPF, I wouldn't be certain myself), then check for LSP / Winsock
>> corruption.
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html
>>
>> If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
>> computer, so we can diagnose the problem.  Read this article, and linked
>> articles, and follow instructions precisely:
>> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

>Thanks.  It's working now.
>
>Frank Wilson