(Another) networking problem

[Aragorn]

IIRC the network bridge adapter is related to ICS and or bridging between the two networks - ie LAN and ieee1394. You shouldn't need the network bridge if you are just plugging in to a router.
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Just had a thought - some routers refuse to pass on pings - a security feature. Has the powercut reset the router into a default configuration that is blocking internal traffic?

net view \\<ip address> may be a more valid test. What does this report on each system?

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Zeph

You are pinging the correct IP and NOT n.n I hope?

I may be thick but not that thick

(KP/Nemmy/Scott--shaddup! )

[Jefferson T]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

I may be thick but not that thick

(KP/Nemmy/Scott--shaddup! )

MMMmmm........

Well you never mentioned ME

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Aragorn

Just had a thought - some routers refuse to pass on pings - a security feature. Has the powercut reset the router into a default configuration that is blocking internal traffic?

net view \\<ip address> may be a more valid test. What does this report on each system?

Doesnt like the syntax of that command............only wants words like localgroup, computer..........etc......but I can't get it to actually like the syntax anything I type in
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I enabled 'respond to ping on internet port' in the router and tried pinging the laptop .............timed out
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Originally Posted by dilligaf1701

MMMmmm........

Well you never mentioned ME

You ain't that cruel!

[Jefferson T]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

You ain't that cruel!

Only when I'm in a bad mood

[Rough.D]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

I may be thick but not that thick

(KP/Nemmy/Scott--shaddup! )

Hhhmmmmmmmm as he backs in to an occupied corner and takes up position

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Rough.D

Hhhmmmmmmmm as he backs in to an occupied corner and takes up position

That was just done for humorous effect

..now.........back to my little problem.........both machines can see the router but they cannot connect to each other, in fact the desktop can't even see the laptop.
When the lappy tries to connect to the desktop I get (amongst other words) 'network path cannot be established'............wtf?

Originally Posted by Ramrod

(KP/Nemmy/Scott--shaddup! )

Darn it all!

[KingPhoenix]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

That was just done for humorous effect

..now.........back to my little problem.........

Mandy did mention something about that But i thought you wanted to discuss your network issues ......

both machines can see the router but they cannot connect to each other, in fact the desktop can't even see the laptop.
When the lappy tries to connect to the desktop I get (amongst other words) 'network path cannot be established'............wtf?

Ok, have you double/triple/quadruple checked that ALL firewalls are disabled (lets see if we can get these bad boys to ping) Are you running SP2? if so open up your control panel and goto the firewall settings and disable it... Are you running any other firewall software? if so disable it...

Get the ip of the laptop (in a dos prompt type ipconfig) (make sure were using the current IP) also what is the subnet set to?
Goto the desktop do the same (get ip and subnet) (do both machines have the same subnet? and are they both on the same subnet..... should be... but you never know )

From the desktop machine, open a dos prompt and type ping ip.of.laptop.here

if this is still dead.... try it the other way round... there should be no reason that you cant ping an IP address on your network, other than a firewall. It is the only thing that will and can block icmp packets...

[Richard M]

Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

Mandy did mention something about that But i thought you wanted to discuss your network issues ......

Hehe...

[Aragorn]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

...both machines can see the router but they cannot connect to each other, in fact the desktop can't even see the laptop.
When the lappy tries to connect to the desktop I get (amongst other words) 'network path cannot be established'............wtf?

Rammie,

Below is what I would expect from the net view command:

C:\Documents and Settings\Steve>net view \\athlon64
Shared resources at \\athlon64


Share name  Type   Used as  Comment

-------------------------------------------------------
Mydocs      Disk
photo       Print           hp photosmart P1000 series

Try this on each machine, once using it's own hostname, once using the other hostname, once using the other IPaddress and finally with no hostname, and post the results. This will establish whether the basic SMB networking is running on each computer.

[Ramrod]

Thanks guys...I'll try those suggestions later............2 more patients now and then got to get kiddies to bed

[KingPhoenix]

Well you can do it whilst your patients are relaxing

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by KingPhoenix

Well you can do it whilst your patients are relaxing

Oy! Behave!

Right..........( on the laptop-xp home) I type 'command prompt' in the run box.........brings up the black box and I type 'ipconfig'.this produces a reply of :'ipconfig is not a recognised internal or external command'

so I type \windows\system32\ipconfig...............which brings up 'cannot find the path'
I have tried that command with .exe on the end, without the \ at the beginning and also with a \\ after the 32....same results
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Right..ping.exe works on the desktop but request times out
The command doesn't work on the lappy
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Originally Posted by Aragorn

C:\Documents and Settings\Steve>net view \\athlon64

I'm unsure what to type in place of 'Steve'

Originally Posted by Ramrod

I'm unsure what to type in place of 'Steve'

Oh brother