can't see network computers AnnW 6/14/2007 2:52:00 AM I'm trying to set up a new computer (XP) on a network with a domain (Server 2003). I can ping an IP address but cannot ping a computer by name. No computers show in the network. I think it is a dns problem. Can someone give me some direction as to what I might try? I used the network connection wizard and even got the Welcome to the domain message. I can see the network icon but get an error when I try to open it to see the computers. AnnW

Re: can't see network computers "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin[ at ]nospam.WFTX.US> 6/18/2007 4:17:57 AM Read inline please. In news:E6542807-7D82-44B0-8951-C60A2D3B6ADA[ at ]microsoft.com, AnnW <AnnW[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> typed: [Quoted Text] > I'm trying to set up a new computer (XP) on a network with a domain > (Server 2003). I can ping an IP address but cannot ping a computer > by name. No computers show in the network. I think it is a dns > problem. Network Places does not use DNS, Network Places requires NetBIOS resolution, and is populated by the computer browser service. > Can someone give me some direction as to what I might try? > I used the network connection wizard and even got the Welcome to the > domain message. I can see the network icon but get an error when I > try to open it to see the computers. Make sure NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all clients, and if you have multiple subnets, you'll also need to use a WINS server. -- Best regards, Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] Hope This Helps =================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue, to respond directly to me remove the nospam. from my email address. =================================== http://www.lonestaramerica.com/ http://support.wftx.us/ http://message.wftx.us/ =================================== Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix: It will strip signature out and more http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ =================================== Keep a back up of your OE settings and folders with OEBackup: http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx ===================================

Re: can't see network computers AnnW 6/19/2007 11:39:41 PM Thank you for this information, especially that it is not a dns problem. I have problems figuring out the dns situation. What I found was the cause of the problem was a firewall on a trial Symantec application. I had disabled the Windows firewall when trying to troubleshoot but I did not know about the other firewall. Once I disabled it, the computes appeared in the network. "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Read inline please. > > In news:E6542807-7D82-44B0-8951-C60A2D3B6ADA[ at ]microsoft.com, > AnnW <AnnW[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> typed: > > I'm trying to set up a new computer (XP) on a network with a domain > > (Server 2003). I can ping an IP address but cannot ping a computer > > by name. No computers show in the network. I think it is a dns > > problem. > > Network Places does not use DNS, Network Places requires NetBIOS resolution, > and is populated by the computer browser service. > > > Can someone give me some direction as to what I might try? > > I used the network connection wizard and even got the Welcome to the > > domain message. I can see the network icon but get an error when I > > try to open it to see the computers. > > Make sure NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all clients, and if you have > multiple subnets, you'll also need to use a WINS server. > > > > -- > Best regards, > Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] > Hope This Helps > > =================================== > When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" > via your newsreader so that others may learn and > benefit from your issue, to respond directly to > me remove the nospam. from my email address. > =================================== > http://www.lonestaramerica.com/ > http://support.wftx.us/ > http://message.wftx.us/ > =================================== > Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix: > It will strip signature out and more > http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ > =================================== > Keep a back up of your OE settings and folders > with OEBackup: > http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx > =================================== > > >

Re: can't see network computers "Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP]" <admin[ at ]nospam.WFTX.US> 6/20/2007 7:39:51 PM Read inline please. In news:803DCBB4-3A5A-4FF5-B39C-FBEF7ACFE632[ at ]microsoft.com, AnnW <AnnW[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> typed: [Quoted Text] > Thank you for this information, especially that it is not a dns > problem. I have problems figuring out the dns situation. What I > found was the cause of the problem was a firewall on a trial Symantec > application. I had disabled the Windows firewall when trying to > troubleshoot but I did not know about the other firewall. Once I > disabled it, the computes appeared in the network. Symantec Internet Security I supppose? -- Best regards, Kevin D. Goodknecht Sr. [MVP] Hope This Helps =================================== When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit from your issue, to respond directly to me remove the nospam. from my email address. =================================== http://www.lonestaramerica.com/ http://support.wftx.us/ http://message.wftx.us/ =================================== Use Outlook Express?... Get OE_Quotefix: It will strip signature out and more http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/ =================================== Keep a back up of your OE settings and folders with OEBackup: http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx ===================================