Certain PC's cant see each other in my network.

[RRMcC]

**Please forgive me fo duplicating post. Wasnt sure where my post was supposed to go and I am in dire need of assistance. Thnx for patience.**

I have (4) computers: (1) Vista, (2) XP, (1) Win2k and (1) Printserver.
-The Vista cant see anybody but yet I have internet and printer sharing throught the router.
-One XP cant see anyone but has internet/printer sharing. When I try to access workgroup it says permission denied, doesnt belong to workgroup or domain even though it used to work perfectly. Firewall is off. File/Printer shatin is on, set to low securty (troubleshooting purposes) but to no avail. It uses wireless connection to router. Installed micorsoft patches to be be able to see vista.
-One XP can see everyone (all machines). It has a hard iwred connection to router.
-Win2k cant see anyone but printserver. Has internet/printer sharing.

Day before yesterday this was working perfectly to where everyone could see each other. I have tried to duplicate the permissions for the XP that can see all machines but I must be missing some permissions that lie in a area of XP I am not familar with. There isnt anything in the router settings that jump put at me. Can someone please save me from this most painful ordeal. Thanks in advance.

 

[Trevatwork]

Can u ping the machines you cant see?

Try pinging with name, if that fails ping with ip

good place to start troubleshooting

Trevor

 

[RRMcC]

The issue was resolved by another forum.

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1364768&page=1

Here is the link if anyone is interested. It goes into all the ping tests I performed. The long and short of it was a firewall issue within the router. I was so focused on firewalls within Windows OS and other software that the actual router was the issue. thanks.