Re: Networking woes.

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All appears to be good advice; however, here's a simple "is it plugged in"
kind of question for you:

HAS the printer been set to be shared on your son's machine? If the printer
is connected to his computer directly and doesn't connect directly to the
router/switch/whatever, I believe you have to set the printer as shared.

Assuming only the printer is at issue:
Start; Printers and Faxes; highlight the printer and RIGHT-click, choose
properties. There should be a "sharing" tab on that window. If your system
is different, you somehow have to get to your printer's Properties dialog
and set it to Share the Printer. Otherwise only that computer can use the
printer.

After that, firewall logs are usually my next choice, and pretty much what
the previous poster listed here.

HTH
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Brian A wrote:
Can your sons machine connect and share to the other machines?

Have you checked any firewall rules on your machines to make sure
the other machines aren't being blocked and are configured for access
in the FWs Trusted Zone?
Have you checked to make sure all machines have a different IP in
the same subnet?
Some of the below may not be applicable depending on how your
network is setup. Right click My Network Places on the Desktop.
Click Properties.
Right click Local Area Connection.
Click Properties.

Under "This connection uses....."
Click "Client for MS Networks".
Click Properties.
Select "Windows Locator" from the dropdown box.
Click Ok.

Scroll to and select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
Click Properties.

Under the General tab make sure "Obtain an IP address automatically"
is selected. Click the Advanced button.

Under the DNS tab:
Selected "Append Primary and Parent DNS suffixes.
Register this connections address in DNS"

Under the WINS tab > NetBIOS:
Selected Default.
Ok out of MNP.
Reboot if required.

Test connectivity:
Open a command prompt, click Start > Run, type in: cmd and press
Enter. At the prompt type each command below and press Enter after each.
**Note: Command noted by =, Space noted by ^. Do not type the = or
^.
=ping ^ 192.168.1.1 *Routers IP, change as necessary.
If it times out then there is no communication between the router and
machine. If not then the machine communicates with the router.

=ping ^ google.com
If it times out then there is no connection to the net.
If not then net connection is established and all is well.

ping 127.0.0.1
If it fails it may be a TCP/IP stack problem.

Ping each computer from the other using the UNC:
=ping ^ computername
If it fails either way there's an IP or Name resolution problem.

If pinging times out on any address, to see if the machines IP is
correct along with other settings.
= ipconfig ^ /all
If anything isn't correct, at the prompt type and press Enter after
each command:
=ipconfig ^ /release
=ipconfig ^ /flushdns
=ipconfig ^ /renew
=ipconfig ^ /registerdns
=exit
If that fails reopen the command prompt, run release and flushdns
only and exit.
Shut down the machine.
Pull the power from the router.
Pull the power from the modem.
Wait approx 30 secs.
Apply power to the modem and wait for it to finish synchronizing with
the cable. Apply power to the router and wait for it to finish
synchronizing with the modem. Power up the machine.
The machine should now be assigned a new IP from the router.
Run ipconfig or attempt net connection to test.


"Ross M Greenberg" <greenber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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It has to be the other way around; if you want to use his printer,
you need to have an account on his machine with matching
credentials and permission to use the printer.


So I tried exactly that: no password on my account on my son's
machine, no password on my account on my machine, file and printer
sharing turned on on both machines, I'm an administrative user on
both machines, and the printer is shareable. I still get the same error
message after a considerable delay in My
Network Places. The odd thing is my wife's machine is sitting right
next to my son's machine and I have full access to her machine and
its directories and files through My Network Places.

I've never been good with networking -- and this is one I simply
cannot figure out. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Ross



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