I could buy into something like this if networking was totally dead when this
problem occurs. I have no problem browsing the Internet from PC1. Only peer
to peer is dead....
"RalfG" wrote:
Quote:
> I found that scenario was fairly common when using wireless connections even
> with WinXP. Your NICs periodically renegotiate their connections, one or
> another may sometimes connect to other people's unsecured routers or access
> point and your LAN connections get screwed up. Intermittent RF interference
> from other sources can also cause problems.
>
>
> "Thumper" <Thumper@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:59A2FAB3-057C-4CA0-9381-523657B93A7D@xxxxxx Quote:
> >I have 2 Vista boxes (PC1 and PC2) with sharing properly enabled. I am
> > logging on with the same user account name and password on both. From PC
> > 1 I
> > have persistent mapped drives to 2 external drives on PC 2. I able to
> > access
> > these shares for a *few* days and they go off-line (Red X) unreachable. I
> > am
> > also unable to reach any regular file shares on PC 2 from PC 1. There is
> > also a printer that is shared off PC 2 that I am unable to reach.
> >
> > Here is the kicker: I am able to browse the net fine from PC 1 so
> > networking
> > is working in a way. I have already reloaded PC 1 thinking there was a
> > corrupt file causing this and within a few days I was back in the same
> > shape.
> > Unable to reach shares or printer on PC 2 from PC 1 .
> > Both machines use wireless NICs so I am going to try and use a different
> > NIC
> > in Box 1 and see what happens.
> >
> > Other suggestions???
> >
> > What the heck is going on????
>