On 24 Dec 2005 07:36:22 -0800, "Martin Cleaver" <martin.cleaver@gmail.com>
wrote:

>I have several PCs connected in an XP Pro home network (with a Linux
>file server) through a Linksys (wireless) router. They are all in a
>workgroup. Yet some of the machines don't seem to be communicating
>easily. They can all access the file server and wired network machines,
>but for some reason some of the wirless machines can't communicate with
>each other.
>The only difference I can see on one difficult laptop machine (with
>ipconfig /all) is that IP routing enabled is set to "yes" while on the
>rest it is set to "no". Not that I would know how to change this
>setting (can't find instructions anywhere under help).
>Does anyone have a great miraculous answer to this silly problem?
>Rgds
>Martin

Martin,

One of my XP computers has IP routing enabled, and the others don't. No problem
in my workgroup.

I'd bet your problem is more basic than that. Asymmetrical access / visibility
is a common problem with workgroups. It's usually caused by a misconfigured /
overlooked personal firewall, but there are other possibilities too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html

If no help, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer,
and we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and
follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp

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