Windows XP PRO blocking Network connection

[Patrick Grube]

Hello i just purchased Windows XP Pro and was wondering if
i could get some help. I play games alot and i needed to
upgrade my computer. I bought an new computer with an asus
motherboard 8x agp slot and it has an integraded 10/100
network card. I installed all of the drivers that came
with my computer and i got my new computer to go online
just fine. My problem is that windows is blocking any LAN
games or any attemps for any other computer to ping my new
one. I Have an Linksys router with a built in firewall and
i tried disabling it and it did nothing. I also called
Linksys and they tried to help me get it working for 1
hour but they couldn't get it either. The guy reccommended
asking microsoft. I don't think it is my router either
because i have 2 computers on it right now and i can play
games no problem. My other computers are running Windows
98 SE. I also tried it at my friends house and he has a
different router with a firewall and i couldn't play their
either. My old computer can play on his and my networks
fine. Please email me if you can help me out. ANY advice
is welcome. I am also considering purchasing a New
operating system if i can't get this working. Thank you
and hope to hear from you soon. Patrick Grube

[O K]

Did you try to remove the router and connect directly to modem... the only
device that should block pings, is a firewall, either hardware, or
software.....


"Patrick Grube" > wrote in message
...
> Hello i just purchased Windows XP Pro and was wondering if
> i could get some help. I play games alot and i needed to
> upgrade my computer. I bought an new computer with an asus
> motherboard 8x agp slot and it has an integraded 10/100
> network card. I installed all of the drivers that came
> with my computer and i got my new computer to go online
> just fine. My problem is that windows is blocking any LAN
> games or any attemps for any other computer to ping my new
> one. I Have an Linksys router with a built in firewall and
> i tried disabling it and it did nothing. I also called
> Linksys and they tried to help me get it working for 1
> hour but they couldn't get it either. The guy reccommended
> asking microsoft. I don't think it is my router either
> because i have 2 computers on it right now and i can play
> games no problem. My other computers are running Windows
> 98 SE. I also tried it at my friends house and he has a
> different router with a firewall and i couldn't play their
> either. My old computer can play on his and my networks
> fine. Please email me if you can help me out. ANY advice
> is welcome. I am also considering purchasing a New
> operating system if i can't get this working. Thank you
> and hope to hear from you soon. Patrick Grube

[Patrick Grube]

The thing is i don't want to just go through my modem i
want to be able to use a network so i can have several
computers on all at the same time. I have had no troubles
with my other computers and they are the same they just
run windows 98SE and are pentium 3 Gateways. If you say to
remove my firewall how can i do that in windows XP. i
tried but maybe i didn't get it completely off.


>-----Original Message-----
>Did you try to remove the router and connect directly to
modem... the only
>device that should block pings, is a firewall, either
hardware, or
>software.....
>
>
>"Patrick Grube" > wrote in message
...
>> Hello i just purchased Windows XP Pro and was wondering
if
>> i could get some help. I play games alot and i needed to
>> upgrade my computer. I bought an new computer with an
asus
>> motherboard 8x agp slot and it has an integraded 10/100
>> network card. I installed all of the drivers that came
>> with my computer and i got my new computer to go online
>> just fine. My problem is that windows is blocking any
LAN
>> games or any attemps for any other computer to ping my
new
>> one. I Have an Linksys router with a built in firewall
and
>> i tried disabling it and it did nothing. I also called
>> Linksys and they tried to help me get it working for 1
>> hour but they couldn't get it either. The guy
reccommended
>> asking microsoft. I don't think it is my router either
>> because i have 2 computers on it right now and i can
play
>> games no problem. My other computers are running Windows
>> 98 SE. I also tried it at my friends house and he has a
>> different router with a firewall and i couldn't play
their
>> either. My old computer can play on his and my networks
>> fine. Please email me if you can help me out. ANY advice
>> is welcome. I am also considering purchasing a New
>> operating system if i can't get this working. Thank you
>> and hope to hear from you soon. Patrick Grube
>
>
>.
>

[Billy]

Are they using NetBeui? This is not available by default on XP.
It is contained in the Valueadded folder on the CD. See this link.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;301041

"Patrick Grube" > wrote in message
...
> The thing is i don't want to just go through my modem i
> want to be able to use a network so i can have several
> computers on all at the same time. I have had no troubles
> with my other computers and they are the same they just
> run windows 98SE and are pentium 3 Gateways. If you say to
> remove my firewall how can i do that in windows XP. i
> tried but maybe i didn't get it completely off.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Did you try to remove the router and connect directly to
> modem... the only
> >device that should block pings, is a firewall, either
> hardware, or
> >software.....
> >
> >
> >"Patrick Grube" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> Hello i just purchased Windows XP Pro and was wondering
> if
> >> i could get some help. I play games alot and i needed to
> >> upgrade my computer. I bought an new computer with an
> asus
> >> motherboard 8x agp slot and it has an integraded 10/100
> >> network card. I installed all of the drivers that came
> >> with my computer and i got my new computer to go online
> >> just fine. My problem is that windows is blocking any
> LAN
> >> games or any attemps for any other computer to ping my
> new
> >> one. I Have an Linksys router with a built in firewall
> and
> >> i tried disabling it and it did nothing. I also called
> >> Linksys and they tried to help me get it working for 1
> >> hour but they couldn't get it either. The guy
> reccommended
> >> asking microsoft. I don't think it is my router either
> >> because i have 2 computers on it right now and i can
> play
> >> games no problem. My other computers are running Windows
> >> 98 SE. I also tried it at my friends house and he has a
> >> different router with a firewall and i couldn't play
> their
> >> either. My old computer can play on his and my networks
> >> fine. Please email me if you can help me out. ANY advice
> >> is welcome. I am also considering purchasing a New
> >> operating system if i can't get this working. Thank you
> >> and hope to hear from you soon. Patrick Grube
> >
> >
> >.
> >
>