From: chrisdman on
Hi,

I have 2 Computers - Laptop (A) and PC (B).

"A" is running XP Pro (SP3) with a belkin wireless adaptor (connected to
router).
"B" is running XP Home (SP3) with a cable connection to a belkin wireless
router.

Right........

PC "B" can ping the router and Laptop "A".
Laptop "A" can ping the router but not PC "B".

Both systems have very little on them and I have tried disabling the
standard windows firewall on both (no other firewalls installed on either
yet).

The file-sharing works fine on PC "B". I can transfer files to and from the
laptop "A" and all is fine (all shared folders from "A"+"B" are visable on PC
"B")

On Laptop "A" I am unable to see any shared folders from PC "B".
When I click on "view network computers" in "my network places" on Laptop
"A" the PC "B" has an icon there but shows an error when I try to connect to
it:

"\\Sarah1 is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you
have access permissions.

The network path was not found"


Laptop "A" is called "BOB" and has a static IP address of 192.168.1.8
PC "B" is called "Sarah1" and has a static IP address of 192.168.1.7

Ping shots and ipconfig/all from laptop "A".

C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>ping bob

Pinging bob [192.168.1.7] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.7:
Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 3, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>ping sarah1

Pinging sarah1 [192.168.1.8] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.8:
Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 0, Lost = 3 (100% loss),
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : bob
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : National Semiconductor
DP83815-Based
PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-40-D0-4B-50-14

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Belkin 54g Wireless USB Network
Adap
ter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-3F-13-6A-13
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.7
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100

C:\Documents and Settings\Chris>



Ping shots from PC "B".


C:\Documents and Settings\User>ping bob
Pinging bob [192.168.1.7] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.7: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.7:
Packets: Sent = 3, Received = 3, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\User>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\User>ping sarah1

Pinging SARAH1 [192.168.1.8] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.8: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.8: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.8:
Packets: Sent = 2, Received = 2, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Documents and Settings\User>

C:\Documents and Settings\User>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SARAH1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-6C-F1-1A-AD
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.8
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.168.4.100
194.168.8.100

C:\Documents and Settings\User>


I hope someone can help me with this as it's driving me mad!