is there a firewall running on the 59 machine...?
{which may be blocking icmp echo request}
if so, that can be part of the problem.


"James W. Long" <JamesLong@wowway.com> wrote in message
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> "James W. Long" <JamesLong@wowway.com> wrote in message
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>> do you see traffic on the icon in the tray?
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> gw is pingable, router is up. 60 is up. 59 no answer.
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> in this order:
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> are you SURE the 59 Machine is actually connected to the switch??
> move the cable to a different port on the switch. they DO go bad.
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> check the cable- any heavy marks kinks etc which make it suspect?
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> got a spare known good cable ?
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> wouldnt hurt to do a repair on the connectoid in network (59) machine
> (right click -> repair)
> it will flush the dsn cache and reinit the connection assuming it can be.
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> might be a setting in the router has erroneously excluded the 59 machine
> from access.
> check this.
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> and if that doesnt work
> delete the connectoid on the 59 machine
> and make a new one. that will set all the data structures in the registry
> straight again.
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>> "cameronjpu" <cameronjones******.com> wrote in message
>> news:c805a824-73e0-44d7-8bde-6960f94994a2@y21g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>>I am an independent admin helping out a client of mine. They have a
>>> network with only two computers, the router is outside the office (in
>>> the basement). We have a switch inside the office. IP addresses are
>>> manually assigned. Both computers have no firewall but the windows xp
>>> firewall.
>>>
>>> They share a folder that is hosted on one of the computers, and
>>> everything has worked fine for a long time. Suddenly late last week,
>>> the remote system could no longer access the host system's shared
>>> files. Can't get to the workgroup even. The weirdest thing is that
>>> neither computer can even ping the other, but the internet never
>>> stopped working perfectly.
>>>
>>> The two computers' ipconfig/all outputs are below:
>>>
>>> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>>> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>>>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Susan Stolov>ipconfig/all
>>>
>>> ***************************************REMOTE
>>> COMPUTER************************
>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>
>>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Station01
>>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
>>> Network Connecti
>>> on
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-76-8A-37-EB
>>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.37.59
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.37.57
>>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.25.98
>>> 64.52.192.98
>>>
>>> ***************************************SERVER
>>> COMPUTER************************
>>>
>>> Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
>>> (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
>>>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Susan Stolov>ipconfig/all
>>>
>>> Windows IP Configuration
>>>
>>> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : WIPMaster
>>> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
>>> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
>>> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
>>>
>>> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>>>
>>> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
>>> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
>>> Network Connecti
>>> on
>>> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-76-8A-37-EB
>>> Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
>>> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.37.60
>>> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.248
>>> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.37.57
>>> DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 66.7.25.98
>>> 64.52.192.98
>>>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Susan Stolov>
>>>
>>> Computers have been rebooted. Switch reset. Tried DHCP but IP
>>> addresses could not be obtained. I'll see if I can access the network
>>> room, it's a building-provided service so that could be tricky.
>>>
>>> Any clue about where to start looking?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
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