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  #1  
Old May 12th 17, 09:14 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Steve Hayes[_2_]
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Default LAN Connections in XP

I recently bought a new Brother printer and connected it to my XP
machine.

But when my wife wanted to print something, she could no longer see my
computer on the network.

It was fine with our previous Samsung printer, which died. Her
computer is runnin Windows 8.1.

Now I find that I can't see any other computers on our LAN.

When I try to fix it, I get a message saying that I do not have
permission to connect to the other and I must ask the Administrator,

I AM the administrator, so what to I do?

Four computers on the network can see each other fine, but my XP
machine that has the printer attached, is inviduible to the others,
and them to it.

Why would it stop working?


--
Steve Hayes
http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
http://khanya.wordpress.com
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Old May 12th 17, 09:57 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
R.Wieser
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Steve,

she could no longer see my computer on the network.

....
Now I find that I can't see any other computers on our LAN.

....
Why would it stop working?


The first thing that comes to mind (assuming you can still get onto the
internet) is that the "workgroup" has been changed somehow.

Right-click "My computer" - "properties" - "Computer name"

There should be an "workgroup" entry there, followed by a name in all
capitals. Compare with the one your wifes computer has.

You can also do some basic connectivity checks like "ping"-ing the other
computer (both ways), to make sure they can actually see each other (the LAN
is working). For that you need to figure out the IPs of the computers. To
do that open a console-window and type "ipconfig". You should see four
lines with info, with only the last number of the "IP address" being
different between the two computers.

Take that IP address to the other computer, type "ping " and than the IP
address. If all is well you will see four lines mentioning the time it took
to get an answer. If you only get time-out messages it means that both
computers cannot see each other at all (which should not happen in your
case, but you never know ... Murphies law and all that).

Hope that helps.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
Steve Hayes schreef in berichtnieuws
...
I recently bought a new Brother printer and connected it to my XP
machine.

But when my wife wanted to print something, she could no longer see my
computer on the network.

It was fine with our previous Samsung printer, which died. Her
computer is runnin Windows 8.1.

Now I find that I can't see any other computers on our LAN.

When I try to fix it, I get a message saying that I do not have
permission to connect to the other and I must ask the Administrator,

I AM the administrator, so what to I do?

Four computers on the network can see each other fine, but my XP
machine that has the printer attached, is inviduible to the others,
and them to it.

Why would it stop working?


--
Steve Hayes
http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
http://khanya.wordpress.com



  #3  
Old May 12th 17, 07:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Steve Hayes[_2_]
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On Fri, 12 May 2017 10:57:36 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Steve,

she could no longer see my computer on the network.

...
Now I find that I can't see any other computers on our LAN.

...
Why would it stop working?


The first thing that comes to mind (assuming you can still get onto the
internet) is that the "workgroup" has been changed somehow.

Right-click "My computer" - "properties" - "Computer name"

There should be an "workgroup" entry there, followed by a name in all
capitals. Compare with the one your wifes computer has.

You can also do some basic connectivity checks like "ping"-ing the other
computer (both ways), to make sure they can actually see each other (the LAN
is working). For that you need to figure out the IPs of the computers. To
do that open a console-window and type "ipconfig". You should see four
lines with info, with only the last number of the "IP address" being
different between the two computers.

Take that IP address to the other computer, type "ping " and than the IP
address. If all is well you will see four lines mentioning the time it took
to get an answer. If you only get time-out messages it means that both
computers cannot see each other at all (which should not happen in your
case, but you never know ... Murphies law and all that).


Thanks very much. Tried that, and both timed out.

But both connect to the router on the same LAN -- my XP computer using
Ethernet, and my wife's using WiFi.


--
Steve Hayes
http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
http://khanya.wordpress.com
  #4  
Old May 12th 17, 08:38 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
R.Wieser
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Steve,

Tried that, and both timed out.


I take it both "ipconfig" outputs where mostly the same (apart from the
rightmost number of the IP address) ? -- important!

Also, can both (still) connect to the internet (if so that would be odd) ?

Can you *physically* connect your wifes computer to the lan (using an
ethernet cable) and check again (best to temporarily disable wifi on your
wifes/both computers so you can be sure the ethernet connection is used) ?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
Steve Hayes schreef in berichtnieuws
...
On Fri, 12 May 2017 10:57:36 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Steve,

she could no longer see my computer on the network.

...
Now I find that I can't see any other computers on our LAN.

...
Why would it stop working?


The first thing that comes to mind (assuming you can still get onto the
internet) is that the "workgroup" has been changed somehow.

Right-click "My computer" - "properties" - "Computer name"

There should be an "workgroup" entry there, followed by a name in all
capitals. Compare with the one your wifes computer has.

You can also do some basic connectivity checks like "ping"-ing the other
computer (both ways), to make sure they can actually see each other (the

LAN
is working). For that you need to figure out the IPs of the computers.

To
do that open a console-window and type "ipconfig". You should see four
lines with info, with only the last number of the "IP address" being
different between the two computers.

Take that IP address to the other computer, type "ping " and than the IP
address. If all is well you will see four lines mentioning the time it

took
to get an answer. If you only get time-out messages it means that both
computers cannot see each other at all (which should not happen in your
case, but you never know ... Murphies law and all that).


Thanks very much. Tried that, and both timed out.

But both connect to the router on the same LAN -- my XP computer using
Ethernet, and my wife's using WiFi.


--
Steve Hayes
http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
http://khanya.wordpress.com



  #5  
Old May 12th 17, 09:14 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Steve Hayes wrote:

But both connect to the router on the same LAN -- my XP computer using
Ethernet, and my wife's using WiFi.


Some routers let you isolate different network segments (by using
different network segments on each port/wifi to the router). That is,
they assign a different network segment to each port/wifi connect, allow
outbound connects from each port/wifi connect to the Internet, but do
not allow traffic between the port/wifi connects.

Are all your hosts on the same network segment? Are that all assigned
something like xxx.xxx.xxx.NNN where the xxx.xxx.xxx portion is the same
for all of them? Is the submask for each the same? As per Wiesers
suggestion, you can use ipconfig /all to see the IP address hence
network segment and submask assigned to the NIC(s) in each of your
hosts.

You also need to make sure that each of your hosts and your router are
supporting the same type of IP addressing. There is IPv4 and IPv6.
While I had hosts that supported both, I had an old router that only
supported IPv4. When I got a newer router that supported IPv6, it was
assigning both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to my hosts. IPv6 is pre-enabled
on Windows Vista+; however, IPv6 is not pre-enabled on Windows XP. See:

https://www.ghacks.net/2011/02/06/ho...on-windows-xp/

With a router that supports both, your hosts should have both types of
IP addresses assigned but you need to make sure they are within the same
network segment and that your router is not isolating traffic between
its ports/wifi connections.
  #6  
Old May 13th 17, 12:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Steve Hayes[_2_]
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On Fri, 12 May 2017 21:38:15 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Steve,

Tried that, and both timed out.


I take it both "ipconfig" outputs where mostly the same (apart from the
rightmost number of the IP address) ? -- important!

Also, can both (still) connect to the internet (if so that would be odd) ?

Can you *physically* connect your wifes computer to the lan (using an
ethernet cable) and check again (best to temporarily disable wifi on your
wifes/both computers so you can be sure the ethernet connection is used) ?


Could possibly, but my son's computer is physically connected to the
network by Ethernet, and I can't see that either.

There are five computers on the network, and four of them can see each
other, but mine can't see any of the others.

I'm wondering if installing a new printer changed a setting somewhere.


--
Steve Hayes
http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
http://khanya.wordpress.com
  #7  
Old May 13th 17, 06:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Char Jackson
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On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:54:29 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Fri, 12 May 2017 21:38:15 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Steve,

Tried that, and both timed out.


I take it both "ipconfig" outputs where mostly the same (apart from the
rightmost number of the IP address) ? -- important!

Also, can both (still) connect to the internet (if so that would be odd) ?

Can you *physically* connect your wifes computer to the lan (using an
ethernet cable) and check again (best to temporarily disable wifi on your
wifes/both computers so you can be sure the ethernet connection is used) ?


Could possibly, but my son's computer is physically connected to the
network by Ethernet, and I can't see that either.

There are five computers on the network, and four of them can see each
other, but mine can't see any of the others.

I'm wondering if installing a new printer changed a setting somewhere.


You're not answering some of the most useful questions, so it might be
best to post your network config from several PCs - one or two that seem
to work fine and the one that no longer works as expected.

Here's what mine looks like, to show you exactly what I'd like to see.
Your output will have more lines, but you can edit them out so that your
output matches mine.

C:\Windows\System32ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.10(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled


  #8  
Old May 13th 17, 07:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Steve Hayes[_2_]
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On Sat, 13 May 2017 12:01:02 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:54:29 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Fri, 12 May 2017 21:38:15 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Steve,

Tried that, and both timed out.

I take it both "ipconfig" outputs where mostly the same (apart from the
rightmost number of the IP address) ? -- important!

Also, can both (still) connect to the internet (if so that would be odd) ?

Can you *physically* connect your wifes computer to the lan (using an
ethernet cable) and check again (best to temporarily disable wifi on your
wifes/both computers so you can be sure the ethernet connection is used) ?


Could possibly, but my son's computer is physically connected to the
network by Ethernet, and I can't see that either.

There are five computers on the network, and four of them can see each
other, but mine can't see any of the others.

I'm wondering if installing a new printer changed a setting somewhere.


You're not answering some of the most useful questions, so it might be
best to post your network config from several PCs - one or two that seem
to work fine and the one that no longer works as expected.

Here's what mine looks like, to show you exactly what I'd like to see.
Your output will have more lines, but you can edit them out so that your
output matches mine.

C:\Windows\System32ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.10(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled


Well, here's mine:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Steveipconfig

Windows IP Configuration


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1



--
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http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
http://khanya.wordpress.com
  #9  
Old May 13th 17, 07:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Steve Hayes[_2_]
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On Sat, 13 May 2017 12:01:02 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:54:29 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Fri, 12 May 2017 21:38:15 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Steve,

Tried that, and both timed out.

I take it both "ipconfig" outputs where mostly the same (apart from the
rightmost number of the IP address) ? -- important!

Also, can both (still) connect to the internet (if so that would be odd) ?

Can you *physically* connect your wifes computer to the lan (using an
ethernet cable) and check again (best to temporarily disable wifi on your
wifes/both computers so you can be sure the ethernet connection is used) ?


Could possibly, but my son's computer is physically connected to the
network by Ethernet, and I can't see that either.

There are five computers on the network, and four of them can see each
other, but mine can't see any of the others.

I'm wondering if installing a new printer changed a setting somewhere.


You're not answering some of the most useful questions, so it might be
best to post your network config from several PCs - one or two that seem
to work fine and the one that no longer works as expected.

Here's what mine looks like, to show you exactly what I'd like to see.
Your output will have more lines, but you can edit them out so that your
output matches mine.

C:\Windows\System32ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.10(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled



Oh wait, you said /all


Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 90-FB-A6-6C-8F-2C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 May 2017 09:28:11 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 14 May 2017 09:28:11 AM


--
Steve Hayes
http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
http://khanya.wordpress.com
  #10  
Old May 14th 17, 12:37 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Lucifer Morningstar
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On Fri, 12 May 2017 10:14:24 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

I recently bought a new Brother printer and connected it to my XP
machine.

But when my wife wanted to print something, she could no longer see my
computer on the network.

It was fine with our previous Samsung printer, which died. Her
computer is runnin Windows 8.1.

Now I find that I can't see any other computers on our LAN.

When I try to fix it, I get a message saying that I do not have
permission to connect to the other and I must ask the Administrator,

I AM the administrator, so what to I do?


Ask yourself.

Four computers on the network can see each other fine, but my XP
machine that has the printer attached, is inviduible to the others,
and them to it.

Why would it stop working?


Did you install the XP driver for your printer?
  #11  
Old May 14th 17, 10:47 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Shadow
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On Sun, 14 May 2017 09:37:32 +1000, Lucifer Morningstar
wrote:

On Fri, 12 May 2017 10:14:24 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

I recently bought a new Brother printer and connected it to my XP
machine.

But when my wife wanted to print something, she could no longer see my
computer on the network.

It was fine with our previous Samsung printer, which died. Her
computer is runnin Windows 8.1.

Now I find that I can't see any other computers on our LAN.

When I try to fix it, I get a message saying that I do not have
permission to connect to the other and I must ask the Administrator,

I AM the administrator, so what to I do?


Ask yourself.

Four computers on the network can see each other fine, but my XP
machine that has the printer attached, is inviduible to the others,
and them to it.

Why would it stop working?


Did you install the XP driver for your printer?


That would not prevent him from seeing the other computers on
the network.
I can't figure out why you get TWO completely different IPs
from your two posted ipconfigs.

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
and
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

They are incompatible, unless you are using a mask that covers
them all (which you are not).
Check they are ALL either 192.168.0.x OR 192.168.11.x if the
mask is 255.255.255.0
[]'s
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  #12  
Old May 14th 17, 04:32 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Char Jackson
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On Sat, 13 May 2017 20:31:27 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Sat, 13 May 2017 12:01:02 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:54:29 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Fri, 12 May 2017 21:38:15 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Steve,

Tried that, and both timed out.

I take it both "ipconfig" outputs where mostly the same (apart from the
rightmost number of the IP address) ? -- important!

Also, can both (still) connect to the internet (if so that would be odd) ?

Can you *physically* connect your wifes computer to the lan (using an
ethernet cable) and check again (best to temporarily disable wifi on your
wifes/both computers so you can be sure the ethernet connection is used) ?

Could possibly, but my son's computer is physically connected to the
network by Ethernet, and I can't see that either.

There are five computers on the network, and four of them can see each
other, but mine can't see any of the others.

I'm wondering if installing a new printer changed a setting somewhere.


You're not answering some of the most useful questions, so it might be
best to post your network config from several PCs - one or two that seem
to work fine and the one that no longer works as expected.

Here's what mine looks like, to show you exactly what I'd like to see.
Your output will have more lines, but you can edit them out so that your
output matches mine.

C:\Windows\System32ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.10(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled



Oh wait, you said /all


Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 90-FB-A6-6C-8F-2C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 May 2017 09:28:11 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 14 May 2017 09:28:11 AM


Good, now post the same "ipconfig /all" from a PC that can't see yours.

What I'm expecting is that there won't be a networking issue, but it
needs to be ruled out because everything that comes later depends on
that part to be working.

If I had to guess, I'd say it's a firewall issue, but that's just a wild
guess.

While you're at it, that ping test you did earlier, let's go back to
that. Try the ping from PC A to PC B, then from PC B to PC A. If it
works in one direction but not the other, it's almost certainly a
firewall issue, assuming the network (specifically the netmask) is
configured correctly.

  #13  
Old May 14th 17, 04:35 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Char Jackson
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On Sun, 14 May 2017 06:47:11 -0300, Shadow wrote:

I can't figure out why you get TWO completely different IPs
from your two posted ipconfigs.

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
and
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

They are incompatible, unless you are using a mask that covers
them all (which you are not).
Check they are ALL either 192.168.0.x OR 192.168.11.x if the
mask is 255.255.255.0
[]'s


The first one (192.168.11.1) was actually mine, which I was showing as
an example of what I wanted to see. Sorry for the confusion.

  #14  
Old May 14th 17, 05:27 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Shadow
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On Sun, 14 May 2017 10:35:20 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sun, 14 May 2017 06:47:11 -0300, Shadow wrote:

I can't figure out why you get TWO completely different IPs
from your two posted ipconfigs.

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
and
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

They are incompatible, unless you are using a mask that covers
them all (which you are not).
Check they are ALL either 192.168.0.x OR 192.168.11.x if the
mask is 255.255.255.0
[]'s


The first one (192.168.11.1) was actually mine, which I was showing as
an example of what I wanted to see. Sorry for the confusion.


I'm sorry, I was halfway through my first coffee. I hadn't
woken my brain up yet.

So if the OP is on 192.168.0.2 he should check the other
computers by pinging from his computer.

ping 192.168.0.3

(or whatever the router assigned to the next client).
He can use ipconfig on the other computers to determine their
current IPs.
If they respond, it's probably a firewall issue. If none
respond, maybe he should try pinging the router, his firewall (if he
uses a software one) might be blocking ICMP too.

ping 192.168.0.1
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Old May 15th 17, 04:54 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.misc
Steve Hayes[_2_]
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Default LAN Connections in XP

On Sun, 14 May 2017 10:32:35 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 13 May 2017 20:31:27 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:

On Sat, 13 May 2017 12:01:02 -0500, Char Jackson
wrote:

On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:54:29 +0200, Steve Hayes
wrote:
C:\Windows\System32ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 3:

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.10(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.11.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 8.8.8.8
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled



Oh wait, you said /all


Windows IP Configuration

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

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 90-FB-A6-6C-8F-2C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 13 May 2017 09:28:11 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 14 May 2017 09:28:11 AM


Good, now post the same "ipconfig /all" from a PC that can't see yours.

What I'm expecting is that there won't be a networking issue, but it
needs to be ruled out because everything that comes later depends on
that part to be working.

If I had to guess, I'd say it's a firewall issue, but that's just a wild
guess.

While you're at it, that ping test you did earlier, let's go back to
that. Try the ping from PC A to PC B, then from PC B to PC A. If it
works in one direction but not the other, it's almost certainly a
firewall issue, assuming the network (specifically the netmask) is
configured correctly.


The ping didn't work either way.

Just waiting for other machine to boot up....


Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Steve-TOSH
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter BearExtender:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : 802.11 USB Wireless LAN Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-61-52-67-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::1d66:c745:ad79:166b%16(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.8(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 15 May 2017 05:32:35 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 16 May 2017 05:32:31 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 385881441
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . :
00-01-00-01-13-13-08-D2-00-26-22-F2-31-DF
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-22-F2-31-DF
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling
Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . :
2001:0:9d38:6abd:c57:37c7:961e:445c(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . :
fe80::c57:37c7:961e:445c%19(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{592CE8C6-8641-4C16-A416-BB5734CC3BCE}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #4
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes


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