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Just in case it affects this, my internet connection is not affected, it is just the workgroup connection that is affected.

My laptop does not have any powersaving features enabled, it runs about 12 hours a day, being turned off at night.

My computers run on static Ips and DHCP is disabled on my router.

What country are you located in. - Ireland
Name of your ISP (Internet Service Provider). Entanet
What is the expected Upstream/Downstream speed for your ISP Connection? - 8meg/512kbps
Make and exact model of the router. - Linksys WAG254G V2
Connection type, wired or wireless. - All Wired
Make and model of your computer. - PC is self built, its running a fully patched XP pro 2002 SP2.

The laptop is an Asus A600KM Running Xp Pro 2002 SP3 (fully patched)
The Internet Browser in use, IE, Firefox, Opera, etc. - Firefox


The problem - Once every few days i will start my laptop and go to network places to access my shared directory on the pc downstairs to watch a video, i find that all the shared folders from the computer are gone, when i access the workgroup the laptop is the only computer in the workgroup (and vis versa when i go to the computer downstairs)

Restarting the PC brings the workgroup back to normal, restarting the laptop does not.

I have tried chaning the workgroup and all of the computer names but to no avail. This is a 2 computer network. There are no error messages.

I do run peer guardian, from time to time it re-blocks the ip of the laptop, but i unblock it again.

I also Run NOD32 on the PC, it has filesharing enabled.

Laptop

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

C:\Documents and Settings\Jim>ping 216.109.112.135

Pinging 216.109.112.135 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=44
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=235ms TTL=45
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=136ms TTL=44
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=294ms TTL=44

Ping statistics for 216.109.112.135:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 132ms, Maximum = 294ms, Average = 199ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Jim>ping yahoo.com

Pinging yahoo.com [216.109.112.135] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=341ms TTL=45
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=300ms TTL=44
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=133ms TTL=45
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=45

Ping statistics for 216.109.112.135:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 132ms, Maximum = 341ms, Average = 226ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Jim>NBSTAT -n
'NBSTAT' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jim>NBTSTAT -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.4] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
A6KM_CS <00> UNIQUE Registered
NETWORK_5 <00> GROUP Registered
A6KM_CS <20> UNIQUE Registered
NETWORK_5 <1E> GROUP Registered

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

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : asus_a6000
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-15-F2-D8-5B-36
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.4
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1


PC

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

E:\Documents and Settings\kyle>ping 216.109.112.135

Pinging 216.109.112.135 with 32 bytes of data:

Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 216.109.112.135:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

E:\Documents and Settings\kyle>Ping yahoo.com

Pinging yahoo.com [66.94.234.13] with 32 bytes of data:

Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.
Destination host unreachable.

Ping statistics for 66.94.234.13:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

E:\Documents and Settings\kyle>NBTSTAT -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.1.5] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
PC9600 <00> UNIQUE Registered
PC9600 <20> UNIQUE Registered
NETWORK_5 <00> GROUP Registered
NETWORK_5 <1E> GROUP Registered
NETWORK_5 <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

E:\Documents and Settings\kyle>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : PC9600
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit
Ethernet NIC
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-61-1B-89-89
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

E:\Documents and Settings\kyle>