"jankin" wrote in message
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"jankin" wrote in message
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- Start your tests by pinging each PC from every other PC.
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well, dang - now it gets wierd again.

I figured out the win98 problem - a confusion between msdos mode and
msdos prompt; ping works in the prompt, but not the mode.

Now it gets wierd: the win98 machine can ping both the other
machines. The win2K and the winxp machine can ping each other, but
NEITHER can ping the win98 machine.....urg, I think I hate
windows.....

- elmar


Let me add the ipconfig /all for the 3 machines...

Windows 2000 IP Configuration (no modem, just a NIC)

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SHINOBI
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ASUSTeK/Broadcom 440x
10/100 Integrated Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-B1-19-C4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled


Windows 98 IP Configuration (note, this has a disconnected modem
installed)

Host Name . . . . . . . . . : athlon
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : Yes

0 Ethernet adapter :

Description . . . . . . . . : PPP Adapter.
Physical Address. . . . . . : 44-45-53-54-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 0.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . :
Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

1 Ethernet adapter :

Description . . . . . . . . : SMC EZ Card 10/100 (SMC1244TX)
Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-50-BF-74-40-27
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . :
Lease Expires . . . . . . . :


Windows IP Configuration (XP machine, with a wireless and a modem as
well as a NIC)

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Flappy
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
2200BG Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0E-35-CB-F4-B5

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT
Mobile Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-25-13-EF-21
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.12
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::211:25ff:fe13:ef21%
5
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
fec0:0:0:ffff::1%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%2

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-
Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-51-3A-E7-2C-51-23
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . :
3ffe:831f:4004:1950:0:513a:e72c:5123
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5445:5245:444f%6
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Automatic Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Automatic Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C0-A8-02-0C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.2.12%2
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%2
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

One final piece of data - I CAN connect the XP machine to a share on
the 2K machine and read/write to it, but the XP machine tells me that
the win98 machine is not accessible (you may not have permission to
use this network resource). OTOH, the win2K machine can see,
read/write files to the 98 machine fine.

grrrrr.



Time to uninstall ZoneAlarm.