I this *exact* issue-- directly mapping the drives of another machine on my home
LAN worked, but seeing the machine itself in network neighborhood didn't work.
This is not a problem with setting "allow to share files" on, etc., b/c mapping
the drives does work. The problem is with network neighborhood not being able to
resolve the UNC's.

For me, this was a problem with the IP's-- you need to have all the machines in
your LAN in the same 'dotted-triplet' as the gateway, and with each other.

This didn't work:
gateway:     9.9.9.9
subnet:    255.0.0.0
machine1:    1.1.1.1
machine2:    2.2.2.2

-but-
This *did* work:
gateway:    9.9.9.9
subnet:    255.0.0.0
machine1:    9.9.9.1
machine2:    9.9.9.2

For NT, 98, 95, disable WINS, and do use a gateway.

Again, the first example of IP's & gateway *did* allow sharing of drives [albiet
sometimes resolution was slow, esp. on boot], but did *not* work in Network
Neighborhood.


Hope this helps.

daVe



Patrick Black wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Try checking  to see if the patch cable had gone bad. Also, try switching
> the cable with a different port on the hub, that particular port could be
> going bad.  Check to see if file and printer sharing are indeed check in the
> Network Control Panel, you may have installed it, but for got to enable and
> share your drives!
>
> --Patrick Black
> http://webpages.marshall.edu/~black27/
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jerry Rasmussen <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 1:12 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Computer won't recognize self in Network Neighborhood
>
> > 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,
> >
> > Gerald Rasmussen
> > Rasmussen & Bucklin Associates
> > Coral Springs FL
> > [log in to unmask]
> > (954)345-9129    FAX: (954)345-7889
> >
> >                          PCBUILD's List Owner's:
> >                       Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
> >                        Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
>
>                          PCBUILD's List Owner's:
>                       Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
>                        Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>

--

Thanks.

David

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