Thanks. The IP addresses all look good. They're 192.168.x.1, 2 and 3
for the router and the two machines. The subnet masks are both
255.255.255.0. The router is a wireless Motorola WR850G but the radio is
disabled at the moment since both machines are presently wired for best
security and performance.
I got an "access denied" message trying "ipconfig /release". I suspect
I need to issue that from a privileged account. I'll log off and on
again later with admin credentials.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/29/2011 11:52 AM, David Thatcher wrote:
> Hi Chuck
>
> Odd that the internet works but the shares do not (proxy-arp can do
> this, it depends on the router's smarts).
>
> Are both machines set to 'obtain an ip address automatically' (in the
> TCP/IP settings for the ethernet adapter or do you set them to specific
> addresses? If auto (or default), hit Start -> Run& type 'cmd<enter>'
> into the box, then type 'ipconfig' in the dos window, you should find a
> set of parameters for the ethernet 192.168.X.Y or a 10.W.X.Y IP address
> and a subnet mask of something like 255.0.0.0 or 255.255.255.0. Is
> these values similar between the machines? (only the 'Y' should be a
> different value in the address). if you get a 169.254.x.x address, this
> suggests a DHCP problem (an "ipconfig /release" followed by an
> "ipconfig /renew" in the dos window can be helpful - sometimes only by
> generating error messages that point to the problem :) ).
>
> There are ways that the browsing of shares might work without TCP/IP
> being set up correctly, but the machines should be using "NetBIOS over
> TCP/IP".
>
> I have seen xp machine shares work daily just fine for years then not
> work after a few weeks break, no matter what one does,& then creating a
> new share just works with all the same credentials. The windows
> firewall can cause issues with shares as can some AV/AS products.
>
> davidt
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 10:24:04AM -0400, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> She had taken our Dell laptop computer with her. The laptop, along with
>> my Dell desktop, constitutes our household Win XP local network. I
>> replugged the laptop back into the same wired router connection it had
>> before it left, internet access came right back and I thought I was done.
>
>
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