It could be the 3rd party software. Start it with clean boot.
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"jonkers" <jonkers.39tikj@no.email.invalid> wrote in message
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> Robert L. \(MS-MVP\);669434 Wrote:
>> Can you ping each other by IP?
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> Yes. By ip and computer name. It worked again today for a bit but is
> now not working again.
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