Vista laptop wireless can ping other computers but not see them in Network window

Posted: 11-03-2007, 07:43 PM

plh

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Hello all you MVPs,
Let me add another plea for help to the mountain of mail about Vista networking
problems.
In my case a Vista laptop (Dell Inspiron 1521, AMD Turion 64, Vista Home Basic)
can ping other computers in wireless mode (even one running Win98) but not see
them in Network window. I waited the requisite 15 minute (more like an hour
actually) because I had heard the appearance my be that slow, but still, nada.
This is a peer-to-peer system using a D-Link DI-624 purchased at least two years
ago, maybe three or four. It is 802.11g and the D-Link version is 2.28 if that
helps. But this should not matter since I ran the Internet connectivity
Evaluation Tool found on
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx and it reports to
me "Congratulations! Your router supports new advanced..." etc.
I have also carefully followed all the directions found in in
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/l.../bb727037.aspx including all the
Firewall UDP and TCP port allowances.
So what I am asking is this: How can I address this problem? I have read may
posts concerning it and followed the directions in each if they seemed relevant.
Most of them deal with client-server systems and so do not pertain to me and my
peer-to-peer setup. Is there a definitive step by step procedure, however long,
to go through and in so doing root out the problem, whatever it may be?
Thank You,
-plh

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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)

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Re: Vista laptop wireless can ping other computers but not see them in Network window

Posted: 11-04-2007, 02:18 AM

What's the system error if you use net view command, for example net view
\\ipaddress?

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"plh" <plh_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message
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> Hello all you MVPs,
> Let me add another plea for help to the mountain of mail about Vista
> networking
> problems.
> In my case a Vista laptop (Dell Inspiron 1521, AMD Turion 64, Vista Home
> Basic)
> can ping other computers in wireless mode (even one running Win98) but not
> see
> them in Network window. I waited the requisite 15 minute (more like an
> hour
> actually) because I had heard the appearance my be that slow, but still,
> nada.
> This is a peer-to-peer system using a D-Link DI-624 purchased at least two
> years
> ago, maybe three or four. It is 802.11g and the D-Link version is 2.28 if
> that
> helps. But this should not matter since I ran the Internet connectivity
> Evaluation Tool found on
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx and it
> reports to
> me "Congratulations! Your router supports new advanced..." etc.
> I have also carefully followed all the directions found in in
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/l.../bb727037.aspx including all the
> Firewall UDP and TCP port allowances.
> So what I am asking is this: How can I address this problem? I have read
> may
> posts concerning it and followed the directions in each if they seemed
> relevant.
> Most of them deal with client-server systems and so do not pertain to me
> and my
> peer-to-peer setup. Is there a definitive step by step procedure, however
> long,
> to go through and in so doing root out the problem, whatever it may be?
> Thank You,
> -plh
>
>
> --
> Where are we going and why am I in this HAND BASKET??

plh

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Re: Vista laptop wireless can ping other computers but not see them in Network window

Posted: 11-04-2007, 02:49 AM

Hello Bob Lin,
I have no heard of that one before, is it a command I put in the cmd window like
this?
net view (two words)
or
netview (one word)
so then I would type in
netview\\192.168.0.102
or some such ip address?
Thank You,
-plh

In article <49585C63-F83B-4C53-8A03-82AC069C1708@microsoft.com>, MS-MVP\ says...

>
>What's the system error if you use net view command, for example net view
>\\ipaddress?
>
>--
>Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>
>
>"plh" <plh_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message
>news:fgifgu0239l@drn.newsguy.com...
>> Hello all you MVPs,
>> Let me add another plea for help to the mountain of mail about Vista
>> networking
>> problems.
>> In my case a Vista laptop (Dell Inspiron 1521, AMD Turion 64, Vista Home
>> Basic)
>> can ping other computers in wireless mode (even one running Win98) but not
>> see
>> them in Network window. I waited the requisite 15 minute (more like an
>> hour
>> actually) because I had heard the appearance my be that slow, but still,
>> nada.
>> This is a peer-to-peer system using a D-Link DI-624 purchased at least two
>> years
>> ago, maybe three or four. It is 802.11g and the D-Link version is 2.28 if
>> that
>> helps. But this should not matter since I ran the Internet connectivity
>> Evaluation Tool found on
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx and it
>> reports to
>> me "Congratulations! Your router supports new advanced..." etc.
>> I have also carefully followed all the directions found in in
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/l.../bb727037.aspx including all the
>> Firewall UDP and TCP port allowances.
>> So what I am asking is this: How can I address this problem? I have read
>> may
>> posts concerning it and followed the directions in each if they seemed
>> relevant.
>> Most of them deal with client-server systems and so do not pertain to me
>> and my
>> peer-to-peer setup. Is there a definitive step by step procedure, however
>> long,
>> to go through and in so doing root out the problem, whatever it may be?
>> Thank You,
>> -plh
>>
>>
>> --
>> Where are we going and why am I in this HAND BASKET??
>

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Re: Vista laptop wireless can ping other computers but not see them in Network window

Posted: 11-04-2007, 03:09 PM

net view \\192.168.0.102.

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http://www.ChicagoTech.net
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http://www.HowToNetworking.com

"plh" <plh_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:fgjbus0qb5@drn.newsguy.com...

> Hello Bob Lin,
> I have no heard of that one before, is it a command I put in the cmd
> window like
> this?
> net view (two words)
> or
> netview (one word)
> so then I would type in
> netview\\192.168.0.102
> or some such ip address?
> Thank You,
> -plh
>
> In article <49585C63-F83B-4C53-8A03-82AC069C1708@microsoft.com>, MS-MVP\
> says...
>>
>>What's the system error if you use net view command, for example net view
>>\\ipaddress?
>>
>>--
>>Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>>http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>>How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>>http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>>
>>
>>"plh" <plh_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message
>>news:fgifgu0239l@drn.newsguy.com...
>>> Hello all you MVPs,
>>> Let me add another plea for help to the mountain of mail about Vista
>>> networking
>>> problems.
>>> In my case a Vista laptop (Dell Inspiron 1521, AMD Turion 64, Vista Home
>>> Basic)
>>> can ping other computers in wireless mode (even one running Win98) but
>>> not
>>> see
>>> them in Network window. I waited the requisite 15 minute (more like an
>>> hour
>>> actually) because I had heard the appearance my be that slow, but still,
>>> nada.
>>> This is a peer-to-peer system using a D-Link DI-624 purchased at least
>>> two
>>> years
>>> ago, maybe three or four. It is 802.11g and the D-Link version is 2.28
>>> if
>>> that
>>> helps. But this should not matter since I ran the Internet connectivity
>>> Evaluation Tool found on
>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx and it
>>> reports to
>>> me "Congratulations! Your router supports new advanced..." etc.
>>> I have also carefully followed all the directions found in in
>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/l.../bb727037.aspx including all
>>> the
>>> Firewall UDP and TCP port allowances.
>>> So what I am asking is this: How can I address this problem? I have read
>>> may
>>> posts concerning it and followed the directions in each if they seemed
>>> relevant.
>>> Most of them deal with client-server systems and so do not pertain to me
>>> and my
>>> peer-to-peer setup. Is there a definitive step by step procedure,
>>> however
>>> long,
>>> to go through and in so doing root out the problem, whatever it may be?
>>> Thank You,
>>> -plh
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Where are we going and why am I in this HAND BASKET??
>>
>
>
> --
> Where are we going and why am I in this HAND BASKET??

plh

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Re: Vista laptop wireless can ping other computers but not see them in Network window

Posted: 11-05-2007, 03:25 AM

Hello Bob Lin,
I don't get any system errors when I do that. When I run it on the Vista machine
it successfully reports back the computer description (from My Computer>System
Properties>Computer Name>Computer description) and a list of the shared folders
that exist thereon. This is true of any computer that is turned on, both XP and
Win98.
Thank You,
-plh

In article <49585C63-F83B-4C53-8A03-82AC069C1708@microsoft.com>, MS-MVP\ says...

>
>What's the system error if you use net view command, for example net view
>\\ipaddress?
>
>--
>Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>
>
>"plh" <plh_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message
>news:fgifgu0239l@drn.newsguy.com...
>> Hello all you MVPs,
>> Let me add another plea for help to the mountain of mail about Vista
>> networking
>> problems.
>> In my case a Vista laptop (Dell Inspiron 1521, AMD Turion 64, Vista Home
>> Basic)
>> can ping other computers in wireless mode (even one running Win98) but not
>> see
>> them in Network window. I waited the requisite 15 minute (more like an
>> hour
>> actually) because I had heard the appearance my be that slow, but still,
>> nada.
>> This is a peer-to-peer system using a D-Link DI-624 purchased at least two
>> years
>> ago, maybe three or four. It is 802.11g and the D-Link version is 2.28 if
>> that
>> helps. But this should not matter since I ran the Internet connectivity
>> Evaluation Tool found on
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx and it
>> reports to
>> me "Congratulations! Your router supports new advanced..." etc.
>> I have also carefully followed all the directions found in in
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/l.../bb727037.aspx including all the
>> Firewall UDP and TCP port allowances.
>> So what I am asking is this: How can I address this problem? I have read
>> may
>> posts concerning it and followed the directions in each if they seemed
>> relevant.
>> Most of them deal with client-server systems and so do not pertain to me
>> and my
>> peer-to-peer setup. Is there a definitive step by step procedure, however
>> long,
>> to go through and in so doing root out the problem, whatever it may be?
>> Thank You,
>> -plh
>>
>>
>> --
>> Where are we going and why am I in this HAND BASKET??
>

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Re: Vista laptop wireless can ping other computers but not see them in Network window

Posted: 11-06-2007, 05:17 PM

Hello Bob Lin,
I don't get any system errors when I do that. When I run it on the Vista machine
it successfully reports back the computer description (from My Computer>System
Properties>Computer Name>Computer description) and a list of the shared folders
that exist thereon. This is true of any computer that is turned on, both XP and
Win98.
Thank You,
-plh
In article <637A94DA-3523-4769-80DF-5DC0D4DAB0EB@microsoft.com>, MS-MVP\ says...

>
>net view \\192.168.0.102.
>
>--
>Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>
>
>"plh" <plh_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message
>news:fgjbus0qb5@drn.newsguy.com...
>> Hello Bob Lin,
>> I have no heard of that one before, is it a command I put in the cmd
>> window like
>> this?
>> net view (two words)
>> or
>> netview (one word)
>> so then I would type in
>> netview\\192.168.0.102
>> or some such ip address?
>> Thank You,
>> -plh
>>
>> In article <49585C63-F83B-4C53-8A03-82AC069C1708@microsoft.com>, MS-MVP\
>> says...
>>>
>>>What's the system error if you use net view command, for example net view
>>>\\ipaddress?
>>>
>>>--
>>>Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>>>Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>>>http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>>>How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>>>http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>>>
>>>
>>>"plh" <plh_member@newsguy.com> wrote in message
>>>news:fgifgu0239l@drn.newsguy.com...
>>>> Hello all you MVPs,
>>>> Let me add another plea for help to the mountain of mail about Vista
>>>> networking
>>>> problems.
>>>> In my case a Vista laptop (Dell Inspiron 1521, AMD Turion 64, Vista Home
>>>> Basic)
>>>> can ping other computers in wireless mode (even one running Win98) but
>>>> not
>>>> see
>>>> them in Network window. I waited the requisite 15 minute (more like an
>>>> hour
>>>> actually) because I had heard the appearance my be that slow, but still,
>>>> nada.
>>>> This is a peer-to-peer system using a D-Link DI-624 purchased at least
>>>> two
>>>> years
>>>> ago, maybe three or four. It is 802.11g and the D-Link version is 2.28
>>>> if
>>>> that
>>>> helps. But this should not matter since I ran the Internet connectivity
>>>> Evaluation Tool found on
>>>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/usi...d/default.mspx and it
>>>> reports to
>>>> me "Congratulations! Your router supports new advanced..." etc.
>>>> I have also carefully followed all the directions found in in
>>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/l.../bb727037.aspx including all
>>>> the
>>>> Firewall UDP and TCP port allowances.
>>>> So what I am asking is this: How can I address this problem? I have read
>>>> may
>>>> posts concerning it and followed the directions in each if they seemed
>>>> relevant.
>>>> Most of them deal with client-server systems and so do not pertain to me
>>>> and my
>>>> peer-to-peer setup. Is there a definitive step by step procedure,
>>>> however
>>>> long,
>>>> to go through and in so doing root out the problem, whatever it may be?
>>>> Thank You,
>>>> -plh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Where are we going and why am I in this HAND BASKET??
>>>
>>
>>
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>> Where are we going and why am I in this HAND BASKET??
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