Problem with TCPIP in Windows XP

[surd615]

I have a problem with my home PC. I'm running Windows XP professional on it. I can get to the internet through my SMC Barricade router without any problem. I can also use a printer that is installed on the printer port of the router, so TCPIP is installed and functioning, but I cannot ping the local machine - I get the error 'Request timed out'. I can ping the router though.

I have tried everything that I could find to fix this, to no avail. Thanks for your suggestions

 

[FatesWebb]

this may sound weird, but why are you having to ping the box? I wonder if XP firewall can disable the pong response... is it required that you get a ping response, or you were just wanting to test the ping out? just curious if it is a fatal problem in any way IE programs that need a ping response dont get one etc... FatesWebb

if you do what I suggested it is not my fault...

 

[tlcscousin]

When you ping the local machine what are you using? The IP address given by the router,or 127.0.0.1

 

[surd615]

The reason I was trying to ping it was because I was trying to network it with 2 other PCs and I couldn't see them and vice versa. The other 2 systems ( 1 running XP pro and the other 2K pro), have no problems sharing files and printers with each other.

I used both 127.0.0.1 and the IP address given by the router. The XP firewall is disabled.

The system is in the same workgroup and has users/passwords identical to those on the other boxes, so that is not an issue.

 

[tlcscousin]

I found this on M$ site it discusses several fixes that might be what is needed.

http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q314067

 

[s0121]

lots of unanswered ???? on this network. dum dum du dum dum
1. the names should not be the same. and the IP #'s should not be the same. and which system is the master and which are the slaves? and which ips are associated with which computer. master or slave 1 or slave 2. for reference. and did u trun on sharing or not. and what is the hub/router ip #.

Frank Smith
s0121@starband.net
"SomeWhere in Kansas--"Near Dodge City"