Win 2K SP3 issues

[mep]

I just loaded a new computer with Win 2K. It was working fine and could access my other computers through my router. I decided to load Service Pack 3 to get all of the security updates. After the install I am unable to access the other machines (Win 2K SP2).

I made sure the workgroup name was correct and nothing.

Does anyone have any ideas on what is wrong??

Thanks,
MEP

 

[Teq]

SP3 has been known to scramble network setups. Check all your networking settings against your other machines, probably something stupid has happened... an IP erased, a dot that became a comma... that kind of thing.


--->It ain't better if it don't work<---

 

[mep]

I forgot to mention that the new machine can still access the internet through the router. Its set to acquire IP addresses and DNS server addresses automatically. I thought is was weird that it could access the internet but not the other computer.

Thanks,
MEP

 

[jlanka]

what exactly do you mean by "unable to access"? Can you ping them?

<i>It's always the one thing you never suspected.</i>

 

[mep]

I was using network neighborhood to try to access a drive on the old machine. Network neighborhood timed out trying to find the machine.

I used your advice and checked ipconfig on the new machine and it couldn't find a default gateway. I gave it a ip address and the same gateway as the old machine and they can now see each other in the network neighborhood.

THANKS!!
MEP