Re: Unable to setup home network sharing

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From: jeffrey (jeffrey_at_nospam.okinawa.com)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 14:01:06 +0900

Hi,

How are you connecting the two computers with the Ethernet cable? Are you
doing direct connection or through a Router or a switching hub?

Jeff

"Dave G" <dave@aneda.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23PCiCjq0EHA.3448@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>I hope someone may be able to offer a (probably simple) explanation why I
>cannot network my pc and laptop. I am just trying to use an ethernet cable
>to connect the 2 computers, internet connection sharing works fine on the
>client laptop, but I cannot access any shared drives or printers on the
>other computer.
>
> When I go to "My Network Places" then "View Workgroup Computers" I get the
> following message on both computers (after about 60 seconds of waiting)
> .....
>
> Mshome 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 list of servers for this workgroup is not
> currently available.
>
> Any help would be most appreciated as it is becoming tiresome having to
> email stuff from one computer to the other.
>

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