On 12 Jan 2006 08:22:35 -0800, *email_address_deleted* wrote:
>Me and my dad are connected with a router in our LAN, and about the
>time he reinstalled XP and changed his motherboard, my computer could
>not get online when he dialed in. It seems as though one of the
>computer is not letting the connection through. We are connected and
>everything though. ALthough I can't see his computer in our Workgroup
>or his shared documents. I can only see myself. Can anyone help me
>with this?
Try and provide some detail about how the computers are connected, please.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/background-information-useful-in.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...useful-in.html
One of the most common causes of your Workgroup visibility problem would be a
misconfigured or overlooked personal firewall, but there are other possibilities
too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html
If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp
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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
