I am retarded I'm certain-----question about Network Config with Recent Cable install

[Oakenfold]

Okay, I'm just not getting this, hoping that someone here may be able to educate me.
I just switched from Bellsouth which is a PPPoE network to Comcast Broadband.
Previously I manually config'd my IP address on my home Lan and had a DNS to enter.
Now I'm told I have to run DHCP( YUCK ) on my PC's.
Okay no biggie, I've got internet access on all my machines, I just can't see them on the network on any machine.
What gives?
I've tried running xp's network setup, wants to give it a bridge? Uh no that can't be right.
This should be a gateway as my config is

modem-------------------Router---------Pc----------PC-------PC

I've got Windoze firewall turned off, the router is a wireless WRT54G, all pc's have linksys G cards in them.
Any suggestions on where I'm missing this? Maybe i'm just used to manually configuring my IP and don't see the solution here.
Suggestions?
TIA!

Now I do have netbios disabled over TCP/IP, could that be it?

Okay enabling Netbios over TCP/IP did allow me to see the current machine I'm able to see itself on the network, now to try the other machines.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

DHCP is good, not bad. Yes, if you disable NETBIOS over TCP/IP, you also disable network browsing.

 

[Oakenfold]

Originally posted by: gunrunnerjohn
DHCP is good, not bad. Yes, if you disable NETBIOS over TCP/IP, you also disable network browsing.

OOoo lesson learned, do NOT let any technician from an ISP work on your machine before asking them what they are doing.


YUP that was it, wasted my whole day because of one radio button...
INSANE>
I still don't like Dhcp
Course I've never had to configure more than 3 boxes at a time either.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Once you've worked on a larger network that has all fixed IP assignments, you'll really appreciate DHCP! I have a client with about 30 machines, their previous network consultant thought fixed IP addresses were a good idea. I spend an entire day sorting that out and getting DHCP configured on everything.

 

[Oakenfold]

Originally posted by: gunrunnerjohn
Once you've worked on a larger network that has all fixed IP assignments, you'll really appreciate DHCP! I have a client with about 30 machines, their previous network consultant thought fixed IP addresses were a good idea. I spend an entire day sorting that out and getting DHCP configured on everything.

Eww really 30 boxes all manually config'd?
Yuck.
I thought I was stubborn.
Thanks for your help Gunrunnerjohn!