Windows ME, Windows XP Home network

Carey,

OK - that's helpful. Thanks.

Fred

"Carey Holzman" wrote in message
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Fred,

The list of fixes is for individual specific problems. Some people will
post
the question "I can't find IPX or NetBEUI on my list of installed
protocols.
How do I fix this?"

Because the question is asked so often, it was added to my networking list
of FAQs as Tip #6.

Had you asked that question, I would have directed you to Tip #6.

Each tip is meant to be used independently of the other tips. If, after
using Tip #4, you experience a new problem, then you go back to the list
and
find the tip that applies to that particular problem.

Based on your question, I suggested Tip #1.

Sorry for any confusion.

Carey

"Fred Marshall" wrote in message
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Carey,

Respectfully, Tip#6 implies it.

Fred

"Carey Holzman" wrote in message
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Where in my tips is NetBEUI recommended?


"Fred Marshall" wrote in message
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Carey,

I've used your guidelines with success. However, there's one thing
that
I
encountered:

If one adds NetBEUI to a WinME machine then it can no longer "see" an
XP
machine without NetBEUI .... at least so it seems. Does that make
any
sense?

I "solved" it by adding NetBEUI to the XP machine - which some would
argue
isn't good/necessary/etc....

More insight would be helpful.

Fred

"Carey Holzman" wrote in message
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www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Tip #1 on all PCs.

Carey

"Dave" wrote in message
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I have 2 Win ME, 1 Win 98 and 1 Windows XP Home connected
to a router in order to share a cable internet connection.
This sharing works fine. Also, I can share files between
the Win ME and Win98 computers. The problem is that I
cannot see the Win XP computer from the Win ME and vice
versa.

I *can* ping from the ME computer to the XP, and vice
versa using the numerical address obtained from ipconfig.
I can ping from the ME computer to the XP computer name.
I cannot ping from the XP computer to the ME computer
name.

There are no firewalls, and the login name and password is
the same on the ME and XP computer.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

In article , "Dave"
wrote:
I have 2 Win ME, 1 Win 98 and 1 Windows XP Home connected
to a router in order to share a cable internet connection.
This sharing works fine. Also, I can share files between
the Win ME and Win98 computers. The problem is that I
cannot see the Win XP computer from the Win ME and vice
versa.

I *can* ping from the ME computer to the XP, and vice
versa using the numerical address obtained from ipconfig.
I can ping from the ME computer to the XP computer name.
I cannot ping from the XP computer to the ME computer
name.

There are no firewalls, and the login name and password is
the same on the ME and XP computer.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

That's a nice problem description, Dave. I think that it clearly
indicates a problem with NetBIOS name resolution.

Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers, as
shown he

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot/netbt.htm

Run "ipconfig /all" on the XP computer and look at the "Node Type" at
the beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network, for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parame ters

and delete these values if they're present:

NodeType
DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314053
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