Using admin credentials on both machines allowed use of the "release"
and "renew" commands which did exactly what they were supposed to.
However, the local net is misbehaving exactly as before.
I did try one more local net operation which was to map a directory on
the laptop to a drive letter on the desktop. You may recall that the
laptop sees the desktop but can't talk to it. The desktop doesn't even
see that the laptop exists. When I attempted to map a drive the desktop
complained that it couldn't complete the command since it couldn't find
any network (let alone the laptop that's on the network it couldn't find).
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/29/2011 5:48 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> 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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