I would suggest re-checking the Ip addresses and in particular the "Subnet mask" of each PC. I suspect that your Dell-8100 has a slightly different subnet mask, which is usually the case in "asymetric routing of Ip packets"...which is essentially what your experiencing
Is the IP addressing scheme - self administered (static) or are you using DHCP ?
Have you a hub/switch or router in this setup somewhere ?
Other than that - recheck the 8100 for firewall software - even though you have turned it off........the ping packets to it may be getting silently dropped.
I tried a few other things. I used a crossover cable to completely eliminate my switch (Gigafast EZ500-S) and router (D-Link DI-624 was acting as DHCP server)...no change. Also I moved wireless laptop to wired connection (eliminated router but used switch)...no change. Ran the "netsh" utility to re-install the TCP/IP portion of XP on the desktop...no change.
Lastly, I double checked all network configurations and "ipconfig" on the desktop and noticed that the node type is listed as "unknown". I had not worried about this previously because I was aware that only "p-node" is problematic. The 98 Latitude notebook is listed as "broadcast" and the XPPro (Inspiron 5150) notebook has no listing when wireless and I believe it was "mixed" when wired. Thank you.
I am having a very similar problem. I suspect that there is a problem with the Dell wireless protocols but cant confirm that. When you get an answer I would really love to see it.
I did a bit of extra troubleshooting and installed NetBEUI onto the two XP machines and peer-to-peer started working fine. So, I didn't think hardware was the problem. I DID have to hook directly to the network with a cable from the wireless laptop though....probably NetBEUI is not transmittable wirelessly.
After determinig it was a software issue, I decided to try re-installing XP. As part of the "upgrade process" I decided to copy down settings for my various programs in case the whole system crashed out. I then realized that my XP-Pro notebook was running the Cisco VPN software V4.01 and my desktop was running V4.0. I decided to throw the "hail mary" and completely uninstalled V4.0 from the desktop (Window XPHome machine). Mind you, it was not running or even in the system tray, only on the hard drive.
After unistalling the VPN, all machines had full access to each other...but I could no longer get to the internet. I reset all the connections, rebooted the router, and...at least for now...everything works. I have NOT tried to re-install V4.01 on the XPHome desktop so I don't know as of yet if is a XPHome incompatability, hardware incompatability, or V4.0 fault. V4.01 does work just fine on the XPPro machine however and I have no problems with peer-to-peer with it installed.
jojo the idiot
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February 26th, 2004 08:00
Check your cable connections. The RJ-45 color code is here...
http://yoda.uvi.edu/InfoTech/rj45.htm
I could be as simple as one conductor being flip-flopped in the plug end.
Sorry if this does not help.
Message Edited by jojo the idiot boy on 02-26-2004 04:37 AM
knelson
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February 26th, 2004 09:00
sentinel-master
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February 26th, 2004 16:00
I would suggest re-checking the Ip addresses and in particular the "Subnet mask" of each PC. I suspect that your Dell-8100 has a slightly different subnet mask, which is usually the case in "asymetric routing of Ip packets"...which is essentially what your experiencing
Is the IP addressing scheme - self administered (static) or are you using DHCP ?
Have you a hub/switch or router in this setup somewhere ?
Other than that - recheck the 8100 for firewall software - even though you have turned it off........the ping packets to it may be getting silently dropped.
knelson
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February 27th, 2004 15:00
IP, DNS, subnet mask, etc all fine.
I tried a few other things. I used a crossover cable to completely eliminate my switch (Gigafast EZ500-S) and router (D-Link DI-624 was acting as DHCP server)...no change. Also I moved wireless laptop to wired connection (eliminated router but used switch)...no change. Ran the "netsh" utility to re-install the TCP/IP portion of XP on the desktop...no change.
Lastly, I double checked all network configurations and "ipconfig" on the desktop and noticed that the node type is listed as "unknown". I had not worried about this previously because I was aware that only "p-node" is problematic. The 98 Latitude notebook is listed as "broadcast" and the XPPro (Inspiron 5150) notebook has no listing when wireless and I believe it was "mixed" when wired. Thank you.
Initial connection configuration was Dimension 8100 (XPHome) & Latitude-LM (98) ---- Gigafast swtich ---- D-Link router ---- wireless Inspiron 5150 (XPPro).
Other configurations Dimension , Latitude, and Inspiron all to Gigafast swtich
Dimension wtih crossover cable to either Latitude or Inspiron.
Laptops can still see/ping eachother, Dimension can still see/ping everything, and Laptops still cannot see/ping Dimension.
HELP!!!!!
LapishComputerS
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March 1st, 2004 16:00
I am having a very similar problem. I suspect that there is a problem with the Dell wireless protocols but cant confirm that. When you get an answer I would really love to see it.
Good luck!
Charleslapish@hotmail.com
knelson
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March 4th, 2004 11:00
I did a bit of extra troubleshooting and installed NetBEUI onto the two XP machines and peer-to-peer started working fine. So, I didn't think hardware was the problem. I DID have to hook directly to the network with a cable from the wireless laptop though....probably NetBEUI is not transmittable wirelessly.
After determinig it was a software issue, I decided to try re-installing XP. As part of the "upgrade process" I decided to copy down settings for my various programs in case the whole system crashed out. I then realized that my XP-Pro notebook was running the Cisco VPN software V4.01 and my desktop was running V4.0. I decided to throw the "hail mary" and completely uninstalled V4.0 from the desktop (Window XPHome machine). Mind you, it was not running or even in the system tray, only on the hard drive.
After unistalling the VPN, all machines had full access to each other...but I could no longer get to the internet. I reset all the connections, rebooted the router, and...at least for now...everything works. I have NOT tried to re-install V4.01 on the XPHome desktop so I don't know as of yet if is a XPHome incompatability, hardware incompatability, or V4.0 fault. V4.01 does work just fine on the XPPro machine however and I have no problems with peer-to-peer with it installed.
LapishComputerS
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March 4th, 2004 12:00
So, you think the whole problem was the VPN software Yes?