I can nolonger see the other PCs on my Home Network

I have a simple home network consisting of 4 Desk Top computers. I’ll call
them DT1, DT2, DT3, and DT4. DT1 and DT2 are hard wired to my Netgear
cable/router gateway (model RP614) and DT3 and DT4 are wireless and are
talking to my netgear wireless access point (model WG602 which is connected
to cable/router gateway). I have a broadband internet connection and all PCs
have access.

OS overview:
DT1 WinXP Pro SP2 (my PC) w/Trend Micro internet securty
DT2 WinXP home SP2 (I use DT2 for a music server and file back-ups) w/Trend
Micro internet securty
DT3 WinXP home SP1 (daughter #1) w/Trend Micro internet securty
DT4 WinXP home SP1 (daughter #2) w/Trend Micro internet securty


I’ve been using this arrangement for about 1 year with no problems. This
last week I installed SP2 on DT1 and DT2, after the install all seemed well
until I attempted to browse the other computers on the network. I can no
longer can see the other PCs,but I can still access directories on DT2 that
I had mapped prior to the SP2 install. I read some of the other posts so I
ran ipconfig (see below) on all the PCs to help (I hope) diagnosis of my
problem. PCs are on the same workgroup. If anyone has a idea I’d love to
hear it.

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WinXP Pro SP2 Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DT1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : wi.rr.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wi.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce MCP Networking
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-76-1E-D7-86
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.160.227.33
24.160.227.32
24.94.165.132
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, August 27, 2004 8:33:00 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, September 03, 2004
8:33:00 PM
================================================== ========
WInXP home SP2
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DT2
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : wi.rr.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wi.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet
Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-78-18-42-8D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.6
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.160.227.33
24.160.227.32
24.94.165.132
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Friday, August 27, 2004 6:28:11 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, September 03, 2004
6:28:11 PM
================================================== ======
WinXP Pro SP1
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DT3
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-76-2A-D2-C6
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 4:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wi.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR WG121 802.11g Wireless
USB2.0 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-09-5B-5D-41-FA
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.160.227.33
24.160.227.32
24.94.165.132
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, August 26, 2004
8:42:39 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, September 02, 2004
8:42:39 PM
================================================== =============
WinXP Pro SP1
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DT3
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 32-31-35-8F-02-F5
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.106.118
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wi.rr.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR WG121 802.11g Wireless
USB2.0 Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-09-5B-5B-AA-81
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 24.160.227.33
24.160.227.32
24.94.165.132
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 25, 2004
7:33:01 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, September 01, 2004
7:33:01 PM

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:37:02 -0700, Bay View Guy
wrote:

I have a simple home network consisting of 4 Desk Top computers. I’ll call
them DT1, DT2, DT3, and DT4. DT1 and DT2 are hard wired to my Netgear
cable/router gateway (model RP614) and DT3 and DT4 are wireless and are
talking to my netgear wireless access point (model WG602 which is connected
to cable/router gateway). I have a broadband internet connection and all PCs
have access.

OS overview:
DT1 WinXP Pro SP2 (my PC) w/Trend Micro internet securty
DT2 WinXP home SP2 (I use DT2 for a music server and file back-ups) w/Trend
Micro internet securty
DT3 WinXP home SP1 (daughter #1) w/Trend Micro internet securty
DT4 WinXP home SP1 (daughter #2) w/Trend Micro internet securty


I’ve been using this arrangement for about 1 year with no problems. This
last week I installed SP2 on DT1 and DT2, after the install all seemed well
until I attempted to browse the other computers on the network. I can no
longer can see the other PCs,but I can still access directories on DT2 that
I had mapped prior to the SP2 install. I read some of the other posts so I
ran ipconfig (see below) on all the PCs to help (I hope) diagnosis of my
problem. PCs are on the same workgroup. If anyone has a idea I’d love to
hear it.

SNIP IPConfig Listings

Guy,

IPConfig listings look normal.

Can you "see" shares between DT1 and DT2? And between DT3 and DT4? Re "see" -
are you talking about Network Neighborhood? And Network Neighborhood - Entire
Network - Microsoft Windows Network?

Let's see what your browser situation is.

Make sure the browser service is running on each computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser service is
started.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188305

You can download Browstat from:
http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip
http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip

Browstat is very small (40K), needs no install, and runs from the command
prompt. Just drop it onto a couple workstations, and run it.

Please provide browstat information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "browstat status c:\browstat.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\browstat.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

Hey Chuck,

First please accept my apology. I unintentionally made the same post 2 times
(my inexperience ... I’m new at this). Please see “Problem browsing other
computers on home network�. Mark Timerding had the answer for my problem and
new I can see all my PCs on my Home network.

Thanx again for your time, patience, and help

"Chuck" wrote:

On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 16:37:02 -0700, Bay View Guy
wrote:

I have a simple home network consisting of 4 Desk Top computers. I’ll call
them DT1, DT2, DT3, and DT4. DT1 and DT2 are hard wired to my Netgear
cable/router gateway (model RP614) and DT3 and DT4 are wireless and are
talking to my netgear wireless access point (model WG602 which is connected
to cable/router gateway). I have a broadband internet connection and all PCs
have access.

OS overview:
DT1 WinXP Pro SP2 (my PC) w/Trend Micro internet securty
DT2 WinXP home SP2 (I use DT2 for a music server and file back-ups) w/Trend
Micro internet securty
DT3 WinXP home SP1 (daughter #1) w/Trend Micro internet securty
DT4 WinXP home SP1 (daughter #2) w/Trend Micro internet securty


I’ve been using this arrangement for about 1 year with no problems. This
last week I installed SP2 on DT1 and DT2, after the install all seemed well
until I attempted to browse the other computers on the network. I can no
longer can see the other PCs,but I can still access directories on DT2 that
I had mapped prior to the SP2 install. I read some of the other posts so I
ran ipconfig (see below) on all the PCs to help (I hope) diagnosis of my
problem. PCs are on the same workgroup. If anyone has a idea I’d love to
hear it.

SNIP IPConfig Listings

Guy,

IPConfig listings look normal.

Can you "see" shares between DT1 and DT2? And between DT3 and DT4? Re "see" -
are you talking about Network Neighborhood? And Network Neighborhood - Entire
Network - Microsoft Windows Network?

Let's see what your browser situation is.

Make sure the browser service is running on each computer. Control Panel -
Administrative Tools - Services. Verify that the Computer Browser service is
started.

The Microsoft Browstat program will show us what browsers you have in your
domain / workgroup, at any time.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=188305

You can download Browstat from:
http://www.dynawell.com/reskit/microsoft/win2000/browstat.zip
http://rescomp.stanford.edu/staff/manual/rcc/tools/browstat.zip

Browstat is very small (40K), needs no install, and runs from the command
prompt. Just drop it onto a couple workstations, and run it.

Please provide browstat information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "browstat status c:\browstat.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\browstat.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.