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Windows Forum / Windows 98 / Networking / September 2004Network Neighborhood
I have 3 PC's on my local area network. One W98 and two XP's. Everything will work fine for some time period, days or weeks. Then one day the network is not conecting properly. Two PC's can find each other, but the third can only find itself. Or one PC can find all the others but the other two can only find one of the others. What is going on? How do I fix this and get some consistancy? Internet access always works for all three PC's, and all three computers can PING each other. If it's the same PC that can't see the network, try replacing it's network cable. Carey >I have 3 PC's on my local area network. One W98 and two > XP's. Everything will work fine for some time period, days [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Internet access always works for all three PC's, and all > three computers can PING each other. All the PC's go through a router and all connect to the Internet without any problem. It is not the same PC which has the problem every time. All the cables seem to be fine. >-----Original Message----- >If it's the same PC that can't see the network, try replacing it's network [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >. >I have 3 PC's on my local area network. One W98 and two >XP's. Everything will work fine for some time period, days [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >Internet access always works for all three PC's, and all >three computers can PING each other. Since Internet access and pinging work, we know that the network hardware and the TCP/IP protocol are working. The shortcuts in XP's "My Network Places" sometimes seem to go bad and stop working. Right-click and delete a shortcut, then use "Add a network place" to re-create the shortcut. Try accessing another computer by typing its name in the Start | Run box in this format: \\computer It might help to disable Browse Master on the W98 PC: Control Panel | Network | File and Printer Sharing | Properties | Browse Master.  SignatureBest Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm I was able to access each PC form the other Network PC's by following the instruction, "Try accessing another computer by typing its name in the Start | Run box in this format: \\computer". I typed in \\XXX.XXX.x.xxx (the IP address)and was able to connect and access each PC. I could not disable Browse Master because I could not find it per the instruction. I next went to Control Panel | Network | File and Print Sharing | uncliked and reclicked a few things (back to exactly what it was before) then was forced to reboot. After the reboot everything worked OK. What did I do? I really do not know. Any explanation appreciated. >-----Original Message----- >>I have 3 PC's on my local area network. One W98 and two [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >It might help to disable Browse Master on the W98 PC: Control Panel | >Network | File and Printer Sharing | Properties | Browse Master. I was able to find and Disable Browse Master. Everything still works per my first reply, so I am not sure what effect it really had. >-----Original Message----- >>I have 3 PC's on my local area network. One W98 and two [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >It might help to disable Browse Master on the W98 PC: Control Panel | >Network | File and Printer Sharing | Properties | Browse Master. On the PC that is not able to browse, click Start, click Run and hit Enter. type IPCONFIG /ALL >TEXT.TXT and press Enter type EXIT and press Enter. Please copy and paste the contents of TEXT.TXT to your reply. Thanks! Carey >I was able to find and Disable Browse Master. Everything > still works per my first reply, so I am not sure what [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] >>http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm >>. Everything is working correctly and has been for the last two days. If things go bad again I will contact the news group again. I have a lot more insight to the problem form everyons help. Thanks. >-----Original Message----- >On the PC that is not able to browse, click Start, click Run and hit Enter. [quoted text clipped - 57 lines] > >. Has anyone got an answere to this problem please. >-----Original Message----- >I have 3 PC's on my local area network. One W98 and two [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >three computers can PING each other. >. It's already been answered and the person who asked solved their problem. > Has anyone got an answere to this problem please. >>-----Original Message----- [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >>three computers can PING each other. >>. |
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