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Network Neighborhood icon
Name: Wade Date: January 1, 2001 at 11:59:01 Pacific
Comment:
I'm trying to set up a network and on one of the computers there is no network neighborhood icon and the two machines will not "see" each other. Appreciate any help, thanks.
Name: LLL Date: January 1, 2001 at 12:38:48 Pacific
Reply:
Is the NIC installed and working?
Is TCP/IP installed and configured?
Can you ping the NIC with IP address 127.0.0.1?
Are the PC names and workgroups names correct under the identification tab in Networking?
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Response Number 2
Name: Wade Date: January 1, 2001 at 12:50:08 Pacific
Reply:
My NIC's are working and the pc names and workgroups are the same but I would like some info. on pinging.
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Response Number 3
Name: Big D Date: January 1, 2001 at 21:29:41 Pacific
Reply:
your PC names cannot be the same, they must be unique
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Response Number 4
Name: LLL Date: January 2, 2001 at 18:32:16 Pacific
Reply:
You can verify that TCP/IP is installed and bound to the NIC by typing
PING 127.0.0.1 at a command prompt
You should get four responses showing the time of response. FYI - 127.0.0.1 is the internal loopback address. Next ping the IP address for the other PC and see if it works.
The workgroup name has to be the same and the PC names unique. You should use IP addresses such as
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