At 11:12 AM 09/28/1999 , Gerald Rasmussen wrote:
>Hi gang,
>I have been requested to provide assistance for a networking problem
>involving three
>computers networked together with a 10-port hub.  One computer is a laptop,
>one a Dell PC and the third a Gateway PC.  The client says that the network
>was working fine for about three months when one day the Dell couldn't see
>any drives shared on the network.  The client remapped the drives and things
>were ok until the next time the Dell was rebooted.  This is the current
>situation:
>The laptop and Gateway can see each other in their respective Network
>Neighborhoods, but neither can see the Dell.  The Dell can see the other two
>computers and attach drives, but cannot see itself in its own Network
>Neighborhood.  I have never heard of this situation.
>The client claims that he has uninstalled Windows networking on the Dell and
>reinstalled it.  He has reinstalled the LAN drivers that came with the NIC
>in the Dell.  He has both NETBUI and TCP/IP protocol stacks loaded in all
>three computers and all have drives available for sharing (Windows
>file/print sharing).
>TIA,

The one thing you did not mention in your question, was my first thought.

Do they have the drive "shared" in the problem computer??  I know you mentioned
they have sharing enabled in the Network protocols, but they also must enable
sharing on the hard drive on this machine.


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