can ping but cant see

i can ping from the computer but i cannot see other computers on the network or even the network itself. It is just a workgroup and ihave tried recreating the network settings on the puter any suggestions.

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i can ping from the computer but i cannot see other computers on the network or even the network itself. It is just a workgroup and ihave tried recreating the network settings on the puter any suggestions. It used to work, not sure what happened?
 
thanks
 
RF
 
oh and all pcs are running xp pro

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Can you ping by using Netbios name? Or just IP address?

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sounds like you have a master browser conflict. I get the same problem on my local network whenever I reboot my server. You can check which machine is the master browser by typing nbtstat -n in a command prompt. The way to correct this is to stop and start the computer browser service on your server.

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okie dokie done that......
i get this.....
 
Network Bridge (Network Bridge):
Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.229] Scope Id: []
 
NetBIOS Local Name Table
 
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
PCTOOLBOX <00> UNIQUE Registered
HOMENET <00> GROUP Registered
PCTOOLBOX <20> UNIQUE Registered
PCTOOLBOX <03> UNIQUE Registered
HOMENET <1E> GROUP Registered
PCTOOLBOX <01> UNIQUE Registered
 
when i run it on my machine but i have no idea what it all means
 
could someone help?
 
thanks
 
oh homenet is the nework and my computer is pctoolbox

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Also when i run that command on the server i get the following
C:\>nbtstat -n
 
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.1] Scope Id: []
 
NetBIOS Local Name Table
 
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
SERVER <00> UNIQUE Registered
HOMENET <00> GROUP Registered
SERVER <20> UNIQUE Registered
HOMENET <1E> GROUP Registered
SERVER <03> UNIQUE Registered
ADMIN <03> UNIQUE Registered
 
ADSL PCI Modem:
Node IpAddress: [xx.xx.xx.xx] Scope Id: []
 
NetBIOS Local Name Table
 
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
SERVER <00> UNIQUE Registered
HOMENET <00> GROUP Registered
SERVER <20> UNIQUE Registered
HOMENET <1E> GROUP Registered
 
any help?
thanks
 
RF