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Re: [OM] (OT) XP Printer advice.

Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) XP Printer advice.
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 11:57:12 -0400
Sounded promising but is already disabled on both systems.

Chuck Norcutt


On 8/1/2011 9:05 AM, WayneS wrote:
> In this thread: http://www.anetforums.com/posts.aspx?ThreadIndex=42837
>
> They mention a service called "Routing and Remote Access"
>
> If you right click on My Computah and select "Manage" then go to services
> and see if it is running. If so, disable it. you may need to restart the 
> computer.
>
> Wayne
>
>
> At 7/31/2011 09:45 AM, you wrote:
>> Thanks for the reminder about the router password.  I did reset the
>> router but forgot about the password so I'll need to change it back.
>>
>> After resetting the router and replugging cables the last digit of the
>> laptop's IP address changed from 2 to 4.  However, both machines were
>> and are able to resolve the computer's name to the correct IP address
>> both before and after the reset and cable replugging.
>>
>> But nothing else has changed.  Whether it's ping or tracert the
>> computer's name is resolved to the correct IP address, works from the
>> desktop to the laptop but fails with a timeout from the laptop to the
>> desktop.  And maddeningly, even though the desktop knows the laptop's
>> name and can ping it by name that's all it can do.  Trying to map a
>> drive still elicits "The network path xxxxxxxxx could not be found."
>>
>> Both machines correctly point to the gateway as 192.168.x.1.  I don't
>> understand much of this stuff but I assume they have to be talking to
>> the gateway (router) in order to get to the net and to resolve the
>> computer's names to IP addresses and to recognize the change in address.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/31/2011 9:03 AM, WayneS wrote:
>>> It seems there must be a basic mis-configuration somewhere. What
>>> gateway does the laptop point to? It should point to the router,
>>> if not, then it won't resolve local addresses correctly. It would allow
>>> you to connect to the internet fine, but not local machines.
>>>
>>> You can also try, from a command prompt:
>>>
>>> tracert 192.168.x.1, 2 and 3
>>>
>>> and see where it hangs. This command returns more information than Ping.
>>> You can also run trace route from the router config page.
>>>
>>> One other desperate move is to push the reset button on the router,
>>> assuming you don't have a lot of configured settings you need to re-enter.
>>>
>>> I'm sure you have probably set a router password, but if not, routers these
>>> days are easily hackable, ...for the more paranoid minded.
>>>
>>>
>>> At 7/30/2011 09:31 PM, you wrote:
>>>> Well, it's been a totally frustrating day.
>>>>
>>>> The desktop can ping the laptop by name which gets translated to the
>>>> correct address and all 3 trials are successful.
>>>> The laptop can ping the desktop by name, which gets translated to the
>>>> correct address but the ping is not successful.  It times out on all 3
>>>> trials.  Yet we know that both machines have internet connectivity
>>>> through the router since the internet is working fine.
>>> ...
>>>
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