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June 24th, 2006 01:00
Cannot connect to workgroup on peer to peer network
I am completely stymied and request help. Here’s the situation:
I run two machines on a peer to peer network in a law office. One is a Dell XPS desktop running Win 2K Pro. I use this machine as my file “server”, sharing most of its folders with the second machine, a Dell Latitude D610 laptop. The internet connection is ADSL routed from the modem through a Linksys router, which is configured for DHCP and through which the two computers are connected via Ethernet cable. The connection between these two machines works perfectly, each having unique names in my workgroup, with no file or print sharing problems whatsoever. TCP/IP on both is set to obtain IP and DNS automatically with DHCP enabled.
Here’s the problem. I need to connect another machine to the network in order to install a practice management/accounting program. The vendor states this program should not be installed on a machine that will be running other applications, but rather it should be installed to a mapped drive on a “server” machine (not a client/server, just a p2p server). I haven’t needed this machine until now so it wasn’t part of my original network setup.
I have configured this third machine (the exact same XPS model desktop also running Win 2K Pro, with the exact same Intel Pro 1000 NIC) exactly like the server machine, have carefully run the network connection wizard to make it part of my workgroup, with a unique name, etc., and it simply will not see or be seen by the other two computers on the network, nor will it access the internet. I’ve checked the Ethernet cable, run diagnostics and driver updates on the NIC, triple checked all the settings, powered everything off and on again, and still no recognition of the network. The LAN connection is enabled; it receives packets, but can’t send any. It’s terribly frustrating.
I’m sorry I don’t have access to the IPCONFIG result as I write this, but it shows nothing for an IP or DNS address for the machine. It does reveal an address for the host.
Any insight/suggestions would be appreciated.
I run two machines on a peer to peer network in a law office. One is a Dell XPS desktop running Win 2K Pro. I use this machine as my file “server”, sharing most of its folders with the second machine, a Dell Latitude D610 laptop. The internet connection is ADSL routed from the modem through a Linksys router, which is configured for DHCP and through which the two computers are connected via Ethernet cable. The connection between these two machines works perfectly, each having unique names in my workgroup, with no file or print sharing problems whatsoever. TCP/IP on both is set to obtain IP and DNS automatically with DHCP enabled.
Here’s the problem. I need to connect another machine to the network in order to install a practice management/accounting program. The vendor states this program should not be installed on a machine that will be running other applications, but rather it should be installed to a mapped drive on a “server” machine (not a client/server, just a p2p server). I haven’t needed this machine until now so it wasn’t part of my original network setup.
I have configured this third machine (the exact same XPS model desktop also running Win 2K Pro, with the exact same Intel Pro 1000 NIC) exactly like the server machine, have carefully run the network connection wizard to make it part of my workgroup, with a unique name, etc., and it simply will not see or be seen by the other two computers on the network, nor will it access the internet. I’ve checked the Ethernet cable, run diagnostics and driver updates on the NIC, triple checked all the settings, powered everything off and on again, and still no recognition of the network. The LAN connection is enabled; it receives packets, but can’t send any. It’s terribly frustrating.
I’m sorry I don’t have access to the IPCONFIG result as I write this, but it shows nothing for an IP or DNS address for the machine. It does reveal an address for the host.
Any insight/suggestions would be appreciated.
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