Another file sharing problem!

[mmcdowel]

I'll start with this:

OK, I can ping the < IP address> but not the <computer name> on my local network. I think I need to fix this before I go any further but HOW?

Thanks!

BTW: This is my first post so try not to be too hard on me, please!

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Turn off any firewalls for debugging. If the firewall is the problem, you'll have to configure it to allow access to "trusted zone" addresses. Note that some firewalls must be completely uninstalled to stop them from affecting your networking.

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt.

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands:

PING each remote computer by IP address, and if successful, PING by name. Open a command prompt as described above and type.

PING <ip address>
or
PING <computer name>

Where:
<ip address> - is the x.x.x.x IP address
<computer name> - is the computer name
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[p3ngu]

Actually you should have no trouble file sharing even though you can't ping the computer name.

[johnwill]

Actually, you will probably have issues file/print sharing if you can't ping by name, the previous comment is incorrect.

Please post this for each of the machines.


Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

In the command prompt window that opens, type type the following commands, one at a time, followed by the Enter key:

Note that there is a space before the -n or the /ALL, but there is NOT a space after the - or / in the following commands.

NBTSTAT -n

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter to copy the contents to the clipboard.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.