On 10/14/2011 9:19 AM, Frederick wrote:
I currently have three XP (P3) machines networked together via CAT5 to
a wireless router. I call them machine-1, machine-2 and machine-3.
All are in Workgroup 'MYHOME'. All folders& files on all 3 machines
are set to file sharing, allowing all user mods to same.

'My Network Places' on machine-1 shows all content of machine-2, and
allows accessing/changing to same. It does NOT show machine-3 at all.

'My Network Places' on machine-2 shows all content of machine-2&
machine-3, and allows accessing/changing to same. This is as it
should be.

'My Network Places' on machine-3 shows all content of machine-1&
machine-2, and allows accessing/changing to same. This is as it
should be.

So, basically, my problem is that I cannot access the content of
machine-3 from machine-1, and I cannot figure out why not. I have
tried several things - to no avail. It seems strange to me that
machine-3 seems set up correctly enough to link both ways with
machine-2, but only one way with machine-1. Otherwise, my network
seems to work fine.

Looking for help.

Step one when troubleshooting these network problems is to *completely
disable* all the firewalls, disable them and see if things improve.
DON'T assume things and skip this first step or else everything may be
for naught, if need be disconnect the machines from the outside world
while you disable the firewalls to troubleshoot this.

Look in the Event logs on both machines, do you see any relevant errors?
(look for errors involving the Browser)

Issue the NET VIEW command at a command prompt, what does the command
return?

Can you ping the machines by NetBIOS name (ping machine-3)?

Can you ping the machine by IP address?

Can you connect to the machine by Share Name, try in the Start menu Run Box:

\\machine-3\ShareName

or by IP address, example:

\\192.168.1.3\ShareName.


John