cannot connect

Try adding the netBEUI protocol

try and isolate where the problems is, network problem possible, go to another machine and try and ping your box.

when i try to access from another computer i get a warning that says \\(comp. name) not accessible. the network path was not found

check your Guest account, it might be disable. or add another user with the name from one of the computers that cannot connect to your machine.

try a different cable. Could have a damaged end. If you can't get a replacement cable, move the machine to another place and try the cable there. HTHs

You can see the computer in the browser because that service uses broadcasts to update its lists and then passes the information to other subnets. However, this is a name resolution problem. Once you try to connect to the machine it is una le to resolve the name to an IP address. You can test this by using the IP address of your machine (If you are using TCP/IP) to connect instead of the computer name. You should be able to connect using IP addresses normally (Use \\).

To correctthis problem, set up a Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server and/or a Domain Name System (DNS) server on your network (If this is not already done) and configure all the client machines to use them. If you don't have a server on your network, the same name resolution can be accomplished with an LMHOSTS file, or a HOSTS file, though this requires a lot more work in the long run.

For the procedures just access Windows Help and it will give you a pretty clear list of things that need to be done.

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