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Name resolution issues on local xp network

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by jeffedit

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I have a small home network with 4 xpSP2 machines. All part of "workgroup" and each with a unique machine name. 3 of the 4 workstations work fine sharing with each other but I'm trying to troubleshoot connection issues on my laptop which doesn't seem to resolve names on the network. I can ping the ip's, but I can't ping the machine names. The other workstations ping no problem including seeing the laptop. I have tried both the internal nic and a wireless card. I have tried with and without nwlink netbios/ipx protocols, which seemed to help in the past. I tried static and dynamic ip. I tried safe mode to bypass firewalls and compared the services to the other machines to be the same.
Network is Actiontec DSL router going to 1 GB switches. Router is providing ip's. Laptop gets on internet no problem. Without nwlink protocol, if I try to look at all computers on the network, I get an error that the network isn't accessible etc etc. Any ideas appreciated.
Jeff K.

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by tintoman

that all your network settings are correct and that you dont have any issues with your internet security software like McAfee or Norton firewalls, you could try ipconfig /flushdns from the command prompt and then start the netsh service and clear the arp cache
also make sure that in your wins tab on the network connection you have enabled netbios over tcp/ip

by magic alex

I have a similar issue that i come across with new workstations being added to the domain every so often, not sure what the cause is but to get around it I add a DNS suffix to the NIC properties the suffix is simply the computer name for obvious reasons.
To do this:
Right click My Network Places > Select Properties
Right click your network connection i.e. Local Area Connection > Properties once again
In the General Tab : Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) > Properties
In the general tab : select the advanced button
In the DNS tab : on the bottom of the window you will find a DNS Suffix field, enter the desired computer name there and make sure the 2 check boxes underneath are checked.
*edited for formatting*

by jeffedit

Thanks for the suggestions, which I tried or had already tried, but here is what fixed it:
I found a way to remove the tcp/ip stack and re-installed it and everything is great now.
Jeff

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