Networks Gone

[LeslieF]

I am having trouble accessing my networks (2) that were working fine last week. One is my home network: desktop w/wired connection & laptop w/wireless connection to Belkin router & cable modem. 2nd network is a client's network that I was able to connect to wirelessly w/my laptop to a netgear router/dsl modem. I am able to connect to the internet at both locations. I believe the problem is something on my laptop although I haven't made any changes on it. If I ping my desktop by name from the laptop I get a strange ip address: 24.28.193.9
If I check the ip address of the desktop from the connection properties it is 192.168.2.2 The laptop is 192.168.2.3

I tried re-running the Set-up Home or Small Office Network and now my desktop at home isn't even visible as part of the network.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[z1p]

I'm not sure I'm following, but I think I hear you have having problems with networking your laptop.

Can you run ipconfig/all and post ALL the info from it back here? (best to do that while connected to your network)

Also on the laptop and desktop can you 'net view' and post back the output?


also, make sure both machines are in the same workgroup and that the computer browser service is running on at least one of the two machine.

[LeslieF]

The problem is that I had the laptop networked with my desktop. I also had it set up to network when I was at my client's with their network. All of a sudden the laptop doesn't see the networks. I can't connect to either of the networks at all after rerunning the home network wizard. The laptop isn't seeing the other machines in either of the networks. The workgroup name(s) haven't changed. I assume the computer browser service is running since this was all working for a number of years until last week. How do I check though? Is there something on my laptop that could become corrupt or hardware that is failing? It doesn't make sense that I can get on the internet though so I assume it isn't hardware. Here is the ipconfig/all & Net View (not sure if i posted it correctly). Sorry- not very literate on the networking. It looks to me like the
ComputerName is being resolved to the wrong IP address. How do I fix that?

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Drama>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : dramalaptop
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-12-F0-0C-C9-4C
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.3
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
66.75.160.63
66.75.160.64
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:26:27 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 18, 2038 8:14:07 PM

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Cont
roller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-11-43-6C-49-C1

C:\Documents and Settings\Drama>

but when I ping my desktop I get a reply from:

24.28.193.9

I know that's not right.

NET VIEW:
C:\Documents and Settings\Drama>net view \\dramalaptop
Shared resources at \\dramalaptop
Drama Laptop
Share name Type Used as Comment
---------------------------------------------------------------
Printer Print Send To OneNote 2007
Printer3 Print Intuit Internal Printer
Printer4 Print HP Officejet Pro L7500... fax
Printer5 Print HP Officejet Pro L7500 Series
Printer6 Print hp officejet 6100 series
Printer7 Print HP DeskJet 820Cse
Printer8 Print Adobe PDF
SharedDocs Disk
The command completed successfully

C:\Documents and Settings\Drama>net view \\oldyeller (file://///oldyeller)
System error 53 has occurred.

The network path was not found.

I am sure that the computer name is correct & both computers are on and can connect to the internet without a problem so I know the router is working fine. I’m also pretty sure the problem is something on the laptop since it happens on both networks & at my client’s office everyone else is connected just fine. I can also access the internet through their network (both wired & wirelessly) without a problem.

NET VIEW using desktop IP:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Drama>net view \\192.168.2.2
Shared resources at \\192.168.2.2

Old Yeller

Share name Type Used as Comment

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
My Documents Disk
SharedDocs Disk
Xerox Print Xerox WorkCentre 470cx
The command completed successfully.

[z1p]

That is a bit strange. Let's check some settings.

Open up the properties for your LAN connection on your laptop.
Then click the 'Advanced' button, this will bring up another dialog.
Switch to the WINS tab.
Make sure 'enable netbios over tcp/ip' is selected.
Also, please post back the othe settings on this tab.

Do the same for the desktop.



On the laptop open a command window and run nslookup.
At the '>' prompt enter set debug
then enter the name of your desktop
post back the output

BTW - enter exit to exit nslookup

[LeslieF]

Thanks - but a couple things:
1. To get to the area where I can set "enable netbios over tcp/ip" I need to highlight "Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) in the LAN general tab and then click properties, then go to the ADVANCED tab...

2. At this time I'm connecting to my desktop through my wireless so I checked & it is set to "enable netbios over tcp/ip."

2. I don't believe a resolution should involve any changes to the desktop since I'm having the same problem with my home network as well as while at my client's network. I think it's a problem specific to my laptop. I did, however, make the requested changes.

Here is the nslookup
c:\Documents and Settings\Drama>nslookup
DNS request timed out.
time was 2 seconds.
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.2.1: Timed out
Default Server: rdns-1b-01.orange.rr.com
Address: 66.75.160.63

> set debugoldyeller
>exit

Is there an easy way to post the dos command results? I've had to retype them.

Thanks

[z1p]

Sorry about missing the step and for not be clear on how to run the nslookup. Below is an example of what I meant.

To copy from the command window, right click and select Mark. Highlight what you want to copy and right click again. That should put what was highlighted in the clipboard and you can paste it where you want.

M:\Documents and Settings\z1p>nslookup
Default Server: corpmawe1.corp.com
Address: 10.221.12.10

> set debug
> oldyeller

[LeslieF]

Thanks - No problem. I just didn't know if that told you anything different about my system/setup.

Heres the nslookup result:

C:\Documents and Settings\Drama>nslookup
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.2.1: Timed out
Default Server: rdns-lb-01.orange.rr.com
Address: 66.75.160.63

> set debug
> oldyeller
Server: rdns-lb-01.orange.rr.com
Address: 66.75.160.63

------------
Got answer:
HEADER:
opcode = QUERY, id = 3, rcode = NOERROR
header flags: response, want recursion, recursion avail.
questions = 1, answers = 1, authority records = 0, additional = 0

QUESTIONS:
oldyeller.Belkin, type = A, class = IN
ANSWERS:
-> oldyeller.Belkin
internet address = 24.28.193.9
ttl = 10 (10 secs)

------------
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: oldyeller.Belkin
Address: 24.28.193.9

>

[z1p]

How comfortable are you with making a registry change? Try changing the following key in the registry on the laptop and rebooting it.


Key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servic es\Netbt\Parameters

Value Type: REG_DWORD - Number
Valid Range: 1,2,4,8 (b-node, p-node, m-node, h-node)
Default: 1 or 8 based on the WINS server configuration

[LeslieF]

Scares me to death but if that's what it will take... What are the possible repercussions?

Is this from the command prompt & if so at what level do I start it? If not, where do I go to enter the commands? I'm going to need step by step directions though... like how to get there, etc.

[LeslieF]

Is there any remote possibility that this could be a hardware problem? Something funky happened today - I got a message something like "No networking card detected" for just a flash & then it disappeared & I was able to get online. Not sure exactly what the message was but it was definitely a reference to hardware & the networking connections.

[z1p]

Is there any remote possibility that this could be a hardware problem? Something funky happened today - I got a message something like "No networking card detected" for just a flash & then it disappeared & I was able to get online. Not sure exactly what the message was but it was definitely a reference to hardware & the networking connections.

I guess it could be hardware related. I'll try to write something up for you and post back.