Still can’t get two XP Pro PCs in same Workgroup to see each other

On PC A I access the Internet via Comcast cable using an SMC Cable modem gateway (Router A). PC B is connected to a router, Linksys WRT54GS (Router B), which is connected to Router A which is hooked to PC A. Both PCs can access the Internet with no problem. Both PCs are Dell running Windows XP Pro using TCP/IP.

PC A Ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : OBandRServer
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Gig Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : wp.comcast.net Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-10-18-0B-21-43
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.110
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:56:44 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:56:44 PM

PC B Ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOPC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Wireless-G PCI Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-66-1D-D4-7D
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.10.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, August 10, 2004 7:56:59 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, August 11, 2004 7:56:59 PM

Firewalls have all been shutdown. Ports are all open everywhere.

Any help would greatly be appreciated.

Thanks, OBandR

Which machine/router is handing out ip addresses? Are there two that act as DHCP?

How about you make sure that the computers have IP addresses on the same subnet? At the moment, one computer has 192.168.1.100 and the other has 10.1.10.110. I would guess that this is due to the two DHCP servers on the two routers giving out different ranges. You should only have the one DHCP server on the network, so disable the DHCP server for the router which isn't connected to the Internet.

Yes, DHCP is turned on in both routers. I'll try turning DHCP off on the router that is not directly connected to the internet cable. I'll let you know how that goes. Thanks for the input.

Well, I disabled DHCP on the Linksys router and still I can't get my two pcs to find each other in the same workgroup.

Are there other parameters that I may need to change besides disabling DHCP. For example, in the Linksys router, under advanced routing, the book recommends specifying “router” as the operating mode if the router goes through another router to get to the internet. When I specify “router” I can’t get to the Internet or the other pc. When I specify “Gateway” I can get to the Internet and ping the other pc but can’t find the other pc in my home workgroup.

Man this is confusing. I’m at the point of calling Geeks on Call.

Is there any other information I can share that will shed some more light?

Thanks for your help in advance. OBandR

If you can ping the other computer, that's a good sign and I presume they both have IP addresses on the same subnet now. What happens if you type in \\computernameA into the address bar of Windows Explorer from computer B (where computernameA is the name of computer A)?