On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 13:28:04 -0800, stufff wrote:

>An interesting problem here. I have four computers on my network, three
>desktops and one laptop. My laptop can see the other computers on the
>network, ping them, browse them, and in general interact with them. The other
>computers, however, can not see my laptop. I can not browse my laptop's files
>from another computer, when I ping my laptop (by hostname and even IP
>address) the request times out. So, my laptop can interact with all the other
>computers on my network, but the other computers can not interact with my
>laptop, even when using IP instead of the laptop's hostname.
>
>I don't have a software firewall, nor do I have Windows firewall turned on.
>I thought maybe I had disabled an essential service on my laptop, but it is
>now running all the same services as my desktop and there is still no change.
>All computers are in the same workgroup and the same subnet (192.168.2.10X).
>I can't think of anything else, to do, so if anyone has any suggestions I
>would really apreciate it.
>
>I have a 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 11g Cable/DSL Router with all the
>latest firmware.

Check http://winhlp.com/ for possible solutions.

Hans-Georg

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