Sorry about this, but all the similar stuff I have read does not solve my problem.
I have Windows 7 Professional on these two machines, and they are networked as public. The sharing is set to file sharing, discovery, etc. - all opened up. Windows Explorer is fine, and I can see the network great and the shared folders. I can go to a command prompt (as Administrator) and ping the other machine using the IP address.
I CANNOT ping it using its name. I want to do that to use Remote Desktop Connection. The workgroup names are the same, and I am a user and administrator on both machines with the same password.
I have tried with the Windows firewall down on both machines and the antivirus software down on both. I am using a Belkin router with WAN ping blocking but no LAN options. Both machines show just fine on the router.
Three days have passed, and I cannot crack this problem. Last year I used Windows XP, and it navigated by name perfectly. Is it Windows 7 Professional doing something differently?
Diagnostics results
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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C:\Windows\system32>ping phoenix
Pinging phoenix.Belkin [198.105.251.24] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 198.105.251.24:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : october7
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : Belkin
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 6C-62-6D-69-B4-6B
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a815:ffa0:1230:86fc%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.10(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, July 23, 2013 5:08:44 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, August 29, 2149 11:47:41 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 292315757
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-48-BC-21-6C-62-6D-69-B4-6B
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.Belkin:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Belkin
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6ab8:34e2:129c:b8ad:7db(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::34e2:129c:b8ad:7db%11(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
ipconfig /all
from both machines? You have a problem with name resolution.