Progress at last ! The Vista machines can finally see each other's Public
folders.

During the day of testing it became apparent that the most serious problem
was Vista seeing Vista. This got me to thinking about an MS knowledge base
article I ran across about Vista having trouble finding IP addresses with
certain DHCP servers that do not support the Broadcast flag in DHCP
discovery packets. I was pretty sure my router did support the Broadcast
flag, but I tried the fix and it solved the problem.

Now we'll see if I can backup my laptops over the network to a network HDD,
now that IP recognition is smoother


"Warren" <fakeaddress@fakemail.com> wrote in message
news:uOC0StGEJHA.2072@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Well I seem to get into lots of touble creating static IP's so i'll stay
> away from that.
>
> But this computer browser sounds pretty hairy. I hope MS doesn't expect
> the average Joe to understand this stuff.
>
> I need some direction, not just left on my own to figure this thing out.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" <findemail@chicagotech.net> wrote in message
> news:%23e3hzc1DJHA.4800@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> It could be name resolution or computer browser issue. You may try to
>> access each other using IP address, net use h:
>> \\remotepcipaddress\sharedfodlername.
>> Computer Browser
>> You may try to use browstat.exe from NT resource kit to check the
>> master browser status. Or stop computer browser on w2k/xp. ...
>> www.chicagotech.net/browser.htm
>>
>>
>> --
>> 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
>> "Jean" <fakeaddress@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ulZafAuDJHA.528@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> I've just set up first network with one WIN98SE PC, one network storage
>>> adapter connecting USB HDD, two Vista laptops and a Gaming Bridge
>>> connecting a satellite TV receiver. I can share files between all
>>> computers, share the scanner & printer direct wired to my WIN98SE PC and
>>> surf the Internet at fantastic speed on all three computers. The
>>> network HDD and WIN98SE PC are wired to router while the Gaming Bridge
>>> and two Vista laptops use wireless G.
>>>
>>> Sounds good doesn't it, but it's not. It takes forever to get these
>>> different devices talking to each other (15-30 minutes) with lots of
>>> error messages about "no such devive name". The exception is router
>>> access to the Internet is excellent from all PC's with no delay.
>>>
>>> What is wrong and how do I fix this problem with peer-to-peer
>>> connectivity ? I have configured all firewalls to permit file sharing
>>> etc and have even shut all firewalls off on all machines but the peers
>>> are still very slow to recognize each other.
>>>
>>> Anyone got any ideas on what is wrong, or is this typical for home
>>> networks ?
>>
>