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Title: Computers on LAN cant see each other
Post by: Liam on January 08, 2003, 05:46:40 AM

Hi
I have an SME server distributing IP addresses to my LAN. IT is also the gateway. The problem - I cant see the other PC on the network. I cannot ping the other machines. Only the SME server can ping all the machines so its not a wins or dns problems. I am only pinging the IP addresses here. Which makes me wonder if it has something to do with the firewall. IE: 192.168.0.1 is my SME server and 192.168.0.10 cant talk to 192.168.0.11 but they both have net connection. The sme is set to the gateway on these machines. So it probably a rule I need to add into IP chains? I dont know how to use IP chains...
Could someone please help me?
Thanks

Title: Re: Computers on LAN cant see each other
Post by: Cyrus Bharda on January 08, 2003, 06:07:10 AM

Are all your computers on the same workgroup?
Are they all logging onto the same domain?

can you see them by trying \comp_name or \192.168.0.10 from other machines?

Sounds like you have the same problem as the one:

http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=6387.msg22910#msg22910

Cyrus Bharda

Title: Re: Computers on LAN cant see each other
Post by: Liam on January 08, 2003, 03:18:30 PM

mmmm arent i dumb. Sorry everyone I had the windows xp firewall turned on. Something small and stupid I failed to look at.

Thanks anyway

Title: Re: Computers on LAN cant see each other
Post by: TimH on January 08, 2003, 03:20:05 PM

on one of the clients, open a dos window and type:

ipconfig /all (for nt/2000)

winipcfg (for w95/98)

What output does this show for the client network config - ipaddress/subnet/default gateway etc?