OOPS-mistakenly closed thread, reposting:
Can’t browse nw on a PC on W98 peer to peer nw, MS Networks with NetBEUI and TCP/IP only.
Symptoms:
-troubled computer does not see itself in Nw Neighborhood [sometimes can’t see self, but others CAN see it; sometimes CAN see self but others cannot see it; sometimes neither;
-can often see myself with Find Computer but only under Workgroupname, not under Nw Neighborhood;
-Other computers sometimes can see me and access my resources
– Find Computer on another PC finds troubled PC but under Workgroupname, not under Network Neighborhood; cannot see shared resources;
-can ping the IP of the troubled computer; other computer from the troubled computer
-DOS NET command used for diagnostics,no errors, so all the low-level connectivity is OK (NICs, cables, hubs, etc.) and all other properties are OK
–No other problems with the PC;
Tried & failed:
-removed/ reinstalled NIC, nwadapters, protocols, properties in Network;
-waited 24hrs for nw to recogniz
