Thanks for the reply, sorry if I've introduced confusion but Master refs to the Main PC on the network, all user files are stored here. The upgrade was simply a better processor/mb and disk drive etc. No changes to the lan.
Not sure what has happened but after trying multiple times this morning and re-booting both machines a number of times without success, it looks like it's all working properly????? Maybe the reports below will confirm this. Networking has always been for me a bit of a nightmare and seems ridiculously complicated. Anyway whatever you can glean from this and tell me would be appreciated. Thanks again.
Results for XP PC,
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Bob>ipcofig /all
'ipcofig' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Documents and Settings\Bob>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : CNC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1E-90-79-9D-8A
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.5
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 15 April 2015 09:31:06
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 16 April 2015 09:31:06
C:\Documents and Settings\Bob>ping Bob-pc
Pinging Bob-pc [192.168.0.13] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.13: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.13: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.13: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.13: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.0.13:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\Documents and Settings\Bob>
Results for Win 7 PC,
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>ipcofig /all
'ipcofig' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Bob-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : BC-5F-F4-F3-2E-F4
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::a0ac:f410:47ca:f9a0%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.13(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 15 April 2015 13:31:45
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 16 April 2015 13:31:46
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 247226356
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1C-66-54-77-BC-5F-F4-F3-2E-F4
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{904D2AAF-8FA8-483B-9B54-4F0C8AB592E4}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
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. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:9d38:6abd:3c6f:1a3a:aee0:9909(Pref
erred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c6f:1a3a:aee0:9909%13(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
C:\Windows\system32>ping CNC
Pinging CNC [192.168.0.5] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Ping statistics for 192.168.0.5:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms
C:\Windows\system32>