[RTTY] Need some networking help

[Charles Morrison]

Dude,

Few things to check.  Make sure that the Guest account is enabled on the XP
machines.  Without it, non XP machines will not be allowed to authenticate.
I don't think you have a problem with the 98 machine, but this would be a
starting point.

Make sure there's one username/password common to all machines.  For the XP
Pro machines, make sure that user is a member of the Local Administrators
group.

Use the HOST file.  Its located in Windows\system32\drivers\etc.  Find
hosts, edit it, and enter the IP address and name of every machine on the
network.  DHCP for the most part wont change, but if you want to be certain,
statically address each machines (above your DHCP scope, so as not to
interfere should someone else join the network).  IE: IF the scope runs from
100-250, pick an area above where you'd realistically never have more
machines, 110-114.

Check each machine to make sure Netbios is enabled.  That's a property of
tcp/ip.  Right click my network places, properties, double click tcp/ip,
find the advanced button, check and see that Netbios over tcp/ip is enabled.

No extraneous software?  Norton Internet security, bad bad.  Its got a
firewall of sorts, make sure that's not installed or enabled (along with
you've already checked, the windows firewall).

Once you've got all machines in the same workgroup, common username (with
admin rights on Pro), all entries in the HOSTS file (this precludes DNS
which you don't have entries for, so its going to rely on Netbios
broadcasts), you may have to let it settle for about 5 minutes for the
master browser election to complete.  

Call me if you need more, its easier to chat then to type!

Charlie
Ki5xp



> Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:41:37 -0600
> From: "Don Hill AA5AU" <aa5au at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: [RTTY] Need some networking help
> To: "'RTTY'" <rtty at contesting.com>
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> 
> I sent this to the WriteLog reflector but it hasn't made it through.
> Hopefully someone here on RTTY can help.
> 
> Not directly related to RTTY, but I'm trying to set up my laptop on my
network
> so I can use it for WriteLog to perhaps replace my
> Win98se machine in the future or even run a 3rd radio.  I just installed
my
> Microham Microkeyer on it and it works great with
> WriteLog and the MMTTY plug-in.
> 
> I have four computers on the network - all in the same workgroup.  Used
the
> network setup procedure for Windows.  All PC's go
> directly into a DHCP router. I'm not exactly a dummy at this but not a
network
> guru either.
> 
> Computer 1 - My main computer running Windows XP Pro Computer 2 - My
wife's
> computer running Windows XP Home Computer 3 - My
> secondary shack computer running Windows 98 Computer 4 - Laptop running
> Windows XP Media Center Edition
> 
> PROBLEM:  Computer 1 and Computer 4 do not see each other on the network.
And
> I cannot ping between computer 1 and 4.
> 
> Computer 1 sees only 2 & 3, not 4
> Computer 2 sees all computers
> Computer 3 sees all computers
> Computer 4 sees only 2 & 3, not 1
> 
> I turned off the firewall on 1 and 4 and that didn't make a difference.
> 
> The laptop is plugged into the router through the Ethernet network adapter
> plus is connected to the router through Wi-Fi, but I've
> tried disabling one or the other (hardwire & Wi-Fi) and it doesn't make a
> difference, computer 1 and 4 just don't see each other.
> 
> I can actually network 1, 3 & 4 with WriteLog TCP/IP networking (computer
2
> does not have WriteLog) by using Computer 3 (Win98se
> machine) as the WL server and it works.  Stations logged on both 1 and 4
show
> up on in all three logs.  But since I'm trying to
> eliminate the Win98se machine, I need computer 1 and 4 to see each other.
> 
> Got to be something simple I am overlooking or just don't know about.
Could
> use a little help.