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by Member 19291017

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I have a small home network of 3 computers and a laptop.
PC 1 is running Windows Server 2003
PC 2 is running Windows 2000 Professional SP4
PC 3 is running Windows XP Home edition SP1
laptop is running Windows XP Professional SP1
1 modem/router with DHCP.

On all the computers is have installed ZoneAlarm as firewall with low restriction settings for my local network

PC 2 and 3 and the laptop can see each other in my workgroup (all computers are in exact the same workgroup and have different names). PC 1 running Windows server 2003 is unable to see network computers and can't even see itself in the network locations. The only roles for the server are file server and applications server. I also have installed aall the latest updates for Windows server 2003. An IP-address is assigned from the modem and I can connect to the internet.

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by Member 32254067

if i was in this situation i would try a couple fo things.

1. From the machine that cant see the other, do you get any name resolution? Try to ping another box by name or IP.

2. Check the browser service on the machine and make sure that it is running.

3. Try using host files since no internal wins or dns is running.

by Member 19291017

I already tried both ping-methods
pinging the IP-address does give a reply
pinging the computer name does not give a repley, but a request timed out.

Browser service is already started.

I also installed and uninstalled DHCP, DNS and WINS on the computer and disabled the DHCP server in my modem, but that didn't help either.

by blitzsonik

Question. Did you install Active Directory on your server. If you did, this may prevent you from seeing the other PC's. Also, make sure that all computers are in the same workgroup.

If all else fails, add the ip address of your server to the host file on each of the 3 pcs. Also make sure that each pc is on the same subnet. IE 192.168.0.1 is not the same subnet as 192.168.1.1

by Member 19291017

I did not install Active directory. The workgroup on all the machines is exactly the same. My ip-range is 10.0.0.1 tot 10.0.0.254 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0

Ip-adres is automatically obtained from the DHCP server in my modem. I've inserted the ip-address in the host file on the "problem"machine, but that didn't work either.

by Member 19291017

I've created a website with IIS6.0. when i run the local site with the computername I get error message HTTP status 500. When I view the site using the IP-address of the computer, the site is displayed normally

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