asked on 12/10/2004

Unable to view computers in local P2P network but am able to search and access computers by IP address

Hi, for some reason I am not able to view all the computers in my local workgroup. When ever I attempt to browse the network is shows only 2 or 3 computers (there is 5 on the network) If I use the "Search for Computers" it is able to pull up any computer that I specify.
I am using Windows XP Pro on 4 systems and XP home on 2 with Service Pack 2 on all systems.
I also have all the latest Virus updates and Adware/Spyware/Mallware etc:
The are all connected to the internet through one system which has ICS enabled and Fire walled using the new Windows SP2 firewall.

It happened about the same time I installed SP2 so I thought it might be related to that but when I plugged my laptop into the network it did the same thing ( the laptop does not have SP2 installed yet).
Any ideas?

Thanks, Jake

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Jacob Bushnell

12/11/2004

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12/10/2004

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Jacob Bushnell

12/10/2004

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Hi Nick,

#1 Fire walls are all turned off except for the ICS comp. It has file and packet sharing checked in the exceptions.

DNS Suffix are all the same...
I have posted an ipconfig here. I am not very familiar with networking and I noticed the there is no "Primary DNS Suffix". Is that normal? The internet works great on all the systems.

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Jacob
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : mshome.net

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : mshome.net
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connect
ion
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-07-E9-F1-69-5A
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.84
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
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Nick_Chvr

12/10/2004

Next up I would make sure that the QoS packet sevice is installed. To do this r-click on your LAN under network connections, then click install, then servrvice, select QoS. It might take a minute to propagate the workgroup list. If QoS is already installed (which is usually the case) point the WINS of the other machines to the ICS comp's IP address.

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Jacob Bushnell

12/10/2004

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Ah Ha! Bingo.

As I was checking the QoS Packet Service I noticed that ALL connections had a secure mark... As it turns out they were all fire walled, even the LAN.
So I manually turned off fire walling on the Fire wire, Dial-Up and LAN, - Restarted the system and Presto! They are all there.

Thanks a lot for your help!
Jake

Jacob Bushnell

12/11/2004

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Sorry about the mess-up on the points there guys. You were both a great help and I would like to split these points.

Jake