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Network computer not visible to other computers

Asked by: edweyhing

Windows XP SP3.  Peer network - computers E, M, P, L and system drive Q.  Two weeks agao all computers saw each other and all were able to access sys. drive Q.  C: drive on M failed and had to be replaced at a local computer shop.  Now M has a new drive which seems to work well.  However, when reconnected to network
M can access E, P, L but cannot see Q in My Network Places or My Computer.
E, P, L still see and access Q and each other but cannot see M.

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2008-09-17 at 08:26:59ID23738992
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Windows XP (networking)

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Installed behind a firewall

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Windows XP Operating System

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Answers

 

by: Scott1201Posted on 2008-09-17 at 08:40:50ID: 22499983

Check workgroup names on the various machines and make sure they're all the same.  You might have to re-create the drive mapping to Q on computer M after you are able to see Q.  Is there any sort of authentication happening?  It's possible that M was rebuilt, which would mean the user accounts no longer exist - what was done originally, if anything, to get the E, P, L, and M machines to see each other?

 

by: edweyhingPosted on 2008-09-17 at 09:21:40ID: 22500542

Scott, thanks for the tips.  To answer -
All workgroup names on four computers are the same - MSHOME
Drive mappings - I had to re-create drive mapping on M to E, P, and L - but first those three computers showed up in My Network Places on M; Q has never showed up in M's My Network Places.
I don't know what authentication is or how to see if it is happening.
Yes, M is definitely a new disk (from scratch) on which I had to re-create the user account (though I was able to restore My Documents and some other files that had been saved)
Originally (eight years ago) computers did not all see each other but in the intervening years a repair guy installing another hard drive got all the computers to see each other.  I don't know what he had to do.
Ed

 

by: Scott1201Posted on 2008-09-17 at 11:24:53ID: 22501978

Ed,

OK, let's step back here.  If you open a command prompt on M, can you ping Q by name?  What about by its IP address?  If you log into M and try to map a drive to Q by IP address, does that work?

 

by: edweyhingPosted on 2008-09-17 at 12:51:02ID: 22502893

I open a command prompt on M ...
..ping Q by name?     YES
..ping Q by IP address?     YES
While still on M ...
..map a drive to Q by IP address?     NO.  I get "The network path could not be found"
(I was not familiar with doing this by IP Address but I put 192.168.1.101 in the "Folder" slot)
(same result if I tried by name IOMEGA-021D70)
(same if I tried putting \\ in front of that name)

Thanks for your help.  Ed
(same if I tried     \\192.168.1.101)

 

by: edweyhingPosted on 2008-09-17 at 12:52:21ID: 22502909

Further development - when I went to M to try the various PINGs, the computer E did not show up in My Network Places.

 

by: edweyhingPosted on 2008-09-18 at 06:19:07ID: 22510545

Regarding "Map a Network Drive Using IP Address" -
I originally tried to do this with "Tools - Map a Network Drive"
Since then I have discovered the command "net use Q: [ip addr]"
I tried "net use Q: 192.168.1.101" but it did not work (returned the message "The network path could not be found"

Ed W.

 

by: edweyhingPosted on 2008-09-18 at 11:48:11ID: 22514058

I was able to connect to the system drive Q: by using the Iomega installation CD which came with the StorCenter drive and referring to the script I saved of a previous chat with Iomega.

Now the original question boils down to getting all network computers to recognize and connect with each other.

Ed W.

 

by: Scott1201Posted on 2008-09-18 at 13:40:00ID: 22515213

So M can see Q now, we're down to the other computers E, P, and L not seeing M.

Can you ping M by name and/or by IP address from E, P, and L?  How are you trying to "see" M from those other computers?

 

by: edweyhingPosted on 2008-09-18 at 16:27:54ID: 22516561

Scott - same results from E, P, and L -

Ping M by IP Address 192.168.1.104 - REQUEST TIMED OUT

Ping M (MARYP4) by name - Ping request could not find host

Ed

 

by: edweyhingPosted on 2008-09-18 at 18:54:25ID: 31498017

Scott, sometimes people solve a problem for you by asking the right question.  When I thought about your question "How are your trying to 'see' M ... " I realized that you wanted me to do it through PINGing, but I was only looking at My Network Places.  I remembered that max security is when your computer doesn't even respond to a PING.  "The next question he's going to ask me is 'Have you shared the C drive' on M so it can be 'seen' ... "  So I went to M, set up sharing using the Network wizard (a new way of doing it for me), and sure enough I can now access M from E, P, and L.  Thanks for putting me on the right track.
Ed

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