Q: In my wifes work they just got a new PC added to the network. This network consists of three Windows 2000 boxes and recent winXP box. The 3 win2000 boxes on the network for a while and see and communicate fine. The WinXP box doesnt see this win2000 machines on the network and vice versa. The network is a 4-port Linksys router. The properties of win2000 boxes saying workgroup = workgroup name (I didnt do it lol) and are not part of a domain. So when I setup the WinXP box tell it to include in the group, but after a reboot, nothing. I admit Im a total noob at networking and just told them Id take a shot at. Any help on where to start with this would be appreciated.
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Re:Well it really the nics. Because they are old they only run 10mb/s and the router is trying to run the network at 100mb/s. However the XP box had a newer 3 com nic thatsupported 100mb/s so the 2 running 10mb/s saw each other while the newer box was left all alone.
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Re:What was the problem?
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NM got em all playing nice finally. After hours of searching reading and voodoo/death threats I seem to have managed to get a network limping along.
Really?
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Re:NM got em all playing nice finally. After hours of searching reading and voodoo/death threats I seem to have managed to get a network limping along.
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Re:Well after posting I ran the gamut of test to make sure it wasnt a physical hardware problem (cables,nics,ports,etc) Then noticed on the win 2000 machines that Netbui protocol was installed along with TCP/ip and IPX protocols, basically all of them so I elimintate them one by one and as soon as I uninstalled netbui protocol the win2000 machines stopped seeing one another. So this means its using that protocol for the network side. WindowsXP doesnt support or offer the netbui protocol. And using just the TCP/IP protocol nobody sees jack??? If someone could walk me through setting up a network in 2000 that would be great. BTW I reinstall netbui and IPX protocols and the 2000 boxen are all happy again, but this is a no gooda for da XP
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Re:ya I switched ports every different way and the like. anything physical I tried to eliminate. I know its not the router because it did the same on a basic hub I had. Crossover cable? what is this?
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Re:Just a quick thought. Some routers have an uplink port that allows two routers to be connected. Is it possible that the new machine was plugged into this port. If so and there is no uplink switch, then you will need to get:
1) a crossover cable
2) a new router
If there is a switch, then flip it and try again. Another test is to plug one of the windows 2000 boxes into the port you used for the XP box to see if it works.
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Re:I'll give it a read after work. thanks.
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Re:Sharing for Win2000.
Link: Windows 2000 Network Sharing. (http://www.wown.info/j_helmig/w2kshare.htm)
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