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Bill & Vernie Bauer - 18 May 2005 20:10 GMT

I have two computers hooked up thru a Belkin 802.11g router and a cable
modem to the internet. Both are running on WIN98se. Both connected to the
router by cable.
Both can access the internet.

Computer A shows all the icons on Network Neighborhood and can access and
download files from the shared folders on computer B.

Problem: On computer B the Network Neighborhood shows no icons, nothing to
click on.

The network Settings are the same on both computers except computer A has
the printer access box checked because it has the printer.

Computer A is a Celeron-466 with 128 meg ram.
Computer B is a Gateway P-III-450 with 128 meg ram.

Can anyone tell me why computer B does not see the network??

TIA, Bill

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CJT - 19 May 2005 02:02 GMT

> I have two computers hooked up thru a Belkin 802.11g router and a cable
> modem to the internet. Both are running on WIN98se. Both connected to the
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> TIA, Bill

I would start by investigating the "WINS" (Windows Naming Services +/-)
settings on each. Perhaps one is looking for a non-existent name server.

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Steve Winograd [MVP] - 19 May 2005 08:44 GMT

>I have two computers hooked up thru a Belkin 802.11g router and a cable
>modem to the internet. Both are running on WIN98se. Both connected to the
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>TIA, Bill

Set Browse Master to Enabled on one computer and Disabled on the other
computer. That setting is in Control Panel | Network | File and
Printer Sharing | Properties. Then, reboot both computers, wait 15
minutes, and try Network Neighborhood again.

If that doesn't help, try accessing computer A directly by typing its
actual computer name in the Start | Run box on computer B in this
format:

\\computera

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Bill & Vernie Bauer - 19 May 2005 15:34 GMT

Thanks, Steve & CJT
It looks like I goofed. Computer A had McAfee firewall on and I didn't know
it had to be set up to accommodate networks. I took care of this and now I
have two-way flow. Thanks for your time & thought on this.
Bill

> I have two computers hooked up thru a Belkin 802.11g router and a cable
> modem to the internet. Both are running on WIN98se. Both connected to the
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>
> TIA, Bill

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