Got me stumped

[Drew]

I have a network of 4 machines and we added 2 machines to
the network. We transfered a couple machine positions,
but with a lap top, all connections have been verified a
good and working. I have one machine (which acted as the
company server - everyones files are on it) that has a
full connection (hardware tests good), has a full ISP
(internet) connection, but when I try to log onto the
network I get an error saying it is unaccessable. The
setup wizard goes to completion without an error and the
machine can be seen by others on the network, but no one
can access the computer. I can ping out from the machine
to the others on the network, but they can not ping my
machine.

Got any ideas? We are stumped. Probably over looking
something simple and stupid, but our guru brains can't
figure this one out.

Drew

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

Checked for firewalls?

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Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Drew" > wrote in message
...
> I have a network of 4 machines and we added 2 machines to
> the network. We transfered a couple machine positions,
> but with a lap top, all connections have been verified a
> good and working. I have one machine (which acted as the
> company server - everyones files are on it) that has a
> full connection (hardware tests good), has a full ISP
> (internet) connection, but when I try to log onto the
> network I get an error saying it is unaccessable. The
> setup wizard goes to completion without an error and the
> machine can be seen by others on the network, but no one
> can access the computer. I can ping out from the machine
> to the others on the network, but they can not ping my
> machine.
>
> Got any ideas? We are stumped. Probably over looking
> something simple and stupid, but our guru brains can't
> figure this one out.
>
> Drew

[Drew]

The firewall is at the VPN Router. It is a 4 port
Linksys router. The other three machines are all able to
see each other and the machine on a "network" listing,
but no one is able to access it, nor can this machine see
the network nor access anyone.

Drew

>-----Original Message-----
>Checked for firewalls?
>
>--
>
>Ken Wickes [MSFT]
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>"Drew" > wrote in message
...
>> I have a network of 4 machines and we added 2 machines
to
>> the network. We transfered a couple machine positions,
>> but with a lap top, all connections have been verified
a
>> good and working. I have one machine (which acted as
the
>> company server - everyones files are on it) that has a
>> full connection (hardware tests good), has a full ISP
>> (internet) connection, but when I try to log onto the
>> network I get an error saying it is unaccessable. The
>> setup wizard goes to completion without an error and
the
>> machine can be seen by others on the network, but no
one
>> can access the computer. I can ping out from the
machine
>> to the others on the network, but they can not ping my
>> machine.
>>
>> Got any ideas? We are stumped. Probably over looking
>> something simple and stupid, but our guru brains can't
>> figure this one out.
>>
>> Drew
>
>
>.
>

[Oli Restorick [MVP]]

Can you copy and paste the results of "ipconfig /all" on each machine to the
newsgroup?


"Drew" > wrote in message
...
> I have a network of 4 machines and we added 2 machines to
> the network. We transfered a couple machine positions,
> but with a lap top, all connections have been verified a
> good and working. I have one machine (which acted as the
> company server - everyones files are on it) that has a
> full connection (hardware tests good), has a full ISP
> (internet) connection, but when I try to log onto the
> network I get an error saying it is unaccessable. The
> setup wizard goes to completion without an error and the
> machine can be seen by others on the network, but no one
> can access the computer. I can ping out from the machine
> to the others on the network, but they can not ping my
> machine.
>
> Got any ideas? We are stumped. Probably over looking
> something simple and stupid, but our guru brains can't
> figure this one out.
>
> Drew

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

Corrupted installs of 3-rd party firewalls or virus scanners sometimes cause
these symptoms. Have you ever had one installed on the machine?

--

Ken Wickes [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Drew" > wrote in message
...
> The firewall is at the VPN Router. It is a 4 port
> Linksys router. The other three machines are all able to
> see each other and the machine on a "network" listing,
> but no one is able to access it, nor can this machine see
> the network nor access anyone.
>
> Drew
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Checked for firewalls?
> >
> >--
> >
> >Ken Wickes [MSFT]
> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> >
> >
> >"Drew" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I have a network of 4 machines and we added 2 machines
> to
> >> the network. We transfered a couple machine positions,
> >> but with a lap top, all connections have been verified
> a
> >> good and working. I have one machine (which acted as
> the
> >> company server - everyones files are on it) that has a
> >> full connection (hardware tests good), has a full ISP
> >> (internet) connection, but when I try to log onto the
> >> network I get an error saying it is unaccessable. The
> >> setup wizard goes to completion without an error and
> the
> >> machine can be seen by others on the network, but no
> one
> >> can access the computer. I can ping out from the
> machine
> >> to the others on the network, but they can not ping my
> >> machine.
> >>
> >> Got any ideas? We are stumped. Probably over looking
> >> something simple and stupid, but our guru brains can't
> >> figure this one out.
> >>
> >> Drew
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Drew]

My God.... How stupid we become!!!!

Dummy me, after hearing about this msblast thing I went
to my virus scanning program and looked at the settings.
I have never enabled the "personal" firewall setting it
has and even though I don't remember clicking on it
yesterday to set it, I must have. I looked at every
other thing because we also felt that it was a firewall
issue (after we corrected a nasty reg error caused by an
oh so wonderful Canon F50 printer... what a pain that
was).

As the saying goes... the best troubleshooter is the
partner that walk into your office as your are screaming
because you can't find a code error and just as you
explain your problem, a little light goes off inside your
head before they can say a word!

Thanks for the virus scan hint.... would have never
thought of looking there since I knew I had not enabled
that part of the program ever before.

ALl 6 are up and running and my team is back at work!

Thanks!

>-----Original Message-----
>Corrupted installs of 3-rd party firewalls or virus
scanners sometimes cause
>these symptoms. Have you ever had one installed on the
machine?
>
>--
>
>Ken Wickes [MSFT]
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>"Drew" > wrote in message
...
>> The firewall is at the VPN Router. It is a 4 port
>> Linksys router. The other three machines are all able
to
>> see each other and the machine on a "network" listing,
>> but no one is able to access it, nor can this machine
see
>> the network nor access anyone.
>>
>> Drew
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >Checked for firewalls?
>> >
>> >--
>> >
>> >Ken Wickes [MSFT]
>> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties,
and
>> confers no rights.
>> >
>> >
>> >"Drew" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >> I have a network of 4 machines and we added 2
machines
>> to
>> >> the network. We transfered a couple machine
positions,
>> >> but with a lap top, all connections have been
verified
>> a
>> >> good and working. I have one machine (which acted
as
>> the
>> >> company server - everyones files are on it) that
has a
>> >> full connection (hardware tests good), has a full
ISP
>> >> (internet) connection, but when I try to log onto
the
>> >> network I get an error saying it is unaccessable.
The
>> >> setup wizard goes to completion without an error and
>> the
>> >> machine can be seen by others on the network, but no
>> one
>> >> can access the computer. I can ping out from the
>> machine
>> >> to the others on the network, but they can not ping
my
>> >> machine.
>> >>
>> >> Got any ideas? We are stumped. Probably over
looking
>> >> something simple and stupid, but our guru brains
can't
>> >> figure this one out.
>> >>
>> >> Drew
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
>.
>