Hi all,
I have just added some Win XP Pro computers to our school LAN of mostly W98 computers. The W98 machines can "see" the XP boxes but the XP boxes only "see" each other. The XP boxes can access our Novell server and Win Nt server with no problems. Protocols in place are IPX/SPX and TCP/IP. Workgroup is the same on all computers. All IP addresses are assigned manually.
I tried to ping and net view the w98 box from XP with the following results.
C:\>ping 10.15.125.176
Pinging 10.15.125.176 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 10.15.125.176: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.15.125.176: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.15.125.176: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.15.125.176: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 10.15.125.176:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\>net view \\r67-issue2
System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found.
C:\>net view \\10.15.125.176
Shared resources at \\10.15.125.176
Veriton 3300/5200/7200
Share name Type Used as Comment
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-LEXMARK Print
R67-2DOCS Disk
The command completed successfully.
C:\>net view \\r67-issue2
Shared resources at \\r67-issue2
Veriton 3300/5200/7200
Share name Type Used as Comment
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-LEXMARK Print
R67-2DOCS Disk
The command completed successfully.
C:\>ping r67-issue2
Ping request could not find host r67-issue2. Please check the name and try again
I find it strange that net view <<computer name>> only worked after the net view << IP address>>????
Funny thing is I could access the Lexmark shared printer after performing the net view but the connection was lost on reboot.
I guess I could always run the shared printer off the XP but i would like to be able to access shared directories on the W98 machines. I'd appreciate some help. I don't know what to try next.
Regards,
Sue
