Re: Workgroup not accessible
From: nutnug (nutnug.1cahc5_at_mail.mcse.ms)
Date: 09/08/04
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Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:59:17 -0500
check the node type under ipconfig/all, make sure it is not peer-peer.
I had to change mine to hybrid and then it worked fine.
Mauricio Diaz wrote:
> *Hi,
>
> I just bought a new D-Link router to share my Internet connection
> between my
> desktop and my laptop.
>
> The desktop is running Win2K Pro and is connected to the router using
> an
> Ethernet cable; the laptop runs WinXP Pro and connects to the router
> wirelessly.
>
> I managed to set up the router to share the Internet connection and
> wanted
> to set up file sharing, but I'm having trouble with the XP box.
>
> Currently, both computers belong to the same workgroup and have
> different
> names and different IPs. They both have NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled.
> They
> both have Guest accounts disabled.
>
> The 2K box has no trouble connecting to the workgroup and accessing
> files in
> the XP box. However, the XP box cannot see the 2K box's files and
> printer,
> it can, however conntect to the 2K box's HTTP and FTP servers. Pings
> in both
> directions are also successful.
>
> When I click on "View workgroup computers" in "My Network Places", I
> get the
> following error:
>
> "[Workgroup] is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
> this
> network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find
> out if
> you have access permissions."
>
> The network path was not found."
>
> I have been able to determine that the workgroup's Browser Master is
> the 2K
> box and that the XP box, although it can't access it, does recognize
> the 2K
> box by its name (the computer's name is correctly associated to the
> IP).
>
> Although I don't really understand what it means, I have also found
> out that
> when listing the transports bound to each computer's browser (using
> Browstat) I get one single transport from the XP box, but 7 from the
> 2K box.
> Could this have something to do with my problem?
>
> All I have been able to determine so far is that whenever the 2K box
> is
> Browser Master, it will not allow the XP box to access the workgroup.
> If the
> XP box is Browser Master, it can access the workgroup, but it can't
> access
> the files on the 2K box.
>
> I have discovered that using the "net send" command I can
> successfully send
> a message to the 2K box.
>
> Any ideas, suggestions, tests I could run? Thanks in advance,
>
> Mauricio Diaz *
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