On Master go to DOS prompt and type winipcfg, write down the IP number.
Go to the machine you're having problems with and then go to a DOS prompt and see if you can PING the ip number of the MASTER machine. Example: Master machine has an IP number os 172.24.128.80 I would go to the problem machine and go to a DOS prompt and type in:
ping 172.24.128.80
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>ping 172.24.128.80
Pinging 172.24.128.80 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 172.24.128.80: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=125
Reply from 172.24.128.80: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=125
Reply from 172.24.128.80: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=125
Reply from 172.24.128.80: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=125
Ping statistics for 172.24.128.80:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 2ms
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You will see I got a response from all - do you get the same? I am trying to prove your network is operating correctly first befoer we start to work out about the config of Windows ME.
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