[H] Need a network guru

[Winterlight]

I am still trying to troubleshoot my WD Live! which works in every 
way except when trying to browse network shares. It can see media 
libraries. I can access and manage files on  the USB drives connected 
to the WD Live. But the WD Live can not see LAN members when 
attempting to connect to network shares except for the one Windows 2k 
VM I always run on the computer that I need the WD Live to connect to.

This is the only clue I have..why does it see the VM,  but not the VM 
host computer? This is a new problem ... it worked for years before 
this problem appeared. Does this make any sense to one of our network 
pros. thanks