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by lagreen

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I have 4 Machines on a Hub. 2 XP Pro, 1 win2K, 1 win98

all machines except the win98 have access to internet. all machines can see each other except the win2K machine. It can not see itself or anything else, but it can access the internet thruthe shared connection.

IP addresses are set, not dynamic.

How do I trouble shoot the win2K mach? I have tried to reset the IP (192.168.0.55) sub mask is set to 255.255.255.0, I have the shared connection mach at 168.192.0.1,

Help please

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by postmaster

This was a common problem with Windows 95/98 but I've never seen it on a Win2k machine. Try to remove and reinstall the TCP/IP.

by isys

Install NetBUI. It isn't automatically installed when networking is set up.

by shanghai sam

This helped only to make the Computer visable to itself. It still can not see others on the network and others can not see it. There is no NetBUI protocol on the XP Pro mach.

We are getting close. I would like to assign partial credit for this answer.

by ebob

Are these PCs in the same "workgroup"? (Check on the Network Control Panel.) They NEED to be to share.

At the more fundamental networking levels, can these machines PING each other? (Note: just because you can't see shares on another PC does not necessarily mean the network is not running. This file sharing "thingie" is an upper layer enhancement.)

by lagreen

They are all members of the same work group. The W2K Computer has access to the internet it actually can download and upload, so the network is operating. The 3Com diag says they are speaking.

by spioinu

Browsing in Windows is dependant on NetBeui/NetBios. For the Win XP/2K pc you do not have to have NetBeui installed, you can set NetBios to run over TCP/IP, do this on the WINS tab of the TCP/IP Properties. Once it is enabled on all these pc then they will be able to see each other in network neighborhood. Since this is a P2P network you also want to make sure they all have the same workgroup name which should be 15 characters or less.

by lagreen

The check box was it! I missed one little check box, I must have changed it in the past without realizing what it did. OK... it works now Thanks...

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