Re: One computer can't access the network
From: Ed Still (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/05/04
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Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 15:19:06 -0700
Your question about firewall reminded me that I had not
reconfigured the Norton Personal Firewall. I did and I
can get to the network now.
Thanks.
>-----Original Message-----
>On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:41:23 -0700, "Ed Still"
><anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>I am running Win XP on a Dell Inspiron 8200 (the
machine
>>with the new hard disk). It uses a Belkin 54g wireless
>>notebook card. The router is a Belkin 54g wireless
>>router connected to the Internet via a BellSouth cable
>>modem.
>>
>>For some strange reason (on both machines) Start | Run
>>ipconfig ... does not work. The DOS box pops up and
>>disappears so quickly I cannot read its text, and there
>>is no ipconfig.txt on the hard disk.
>
>Ed,
>
>OK, try Start - Run - "cmd". Then "ipconfig /all
>c:\ipconfig.txt". Open
>c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your
next post.
>
>Any software firewalls (ICF or third party)? Ever? On
either computer?
>
>XP Home or Pro?
>
>Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and
File and Printer Sharing
>for Microsoft Networks, on both machines? Do you have
shares setup on both?
>
>Make sure the browser service is running. Control
Panel - Administrative Tools
>- Services. Verify that the Computer Browser service is
started.
>
>If XP Pro, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control
Panel - Folder Options -
>View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With
XP Pro, you need to have
>the SFS settings the same on each computer.
>
>If SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy
(Control Panel -
>Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security
Options, look at
>"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure
it's set to "Classic -
>local users authenticate as themselves".
>
>If you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only",
make sure that the Guest
>account is enabled, and has an identical, non-blank,
password on all computers.
>If "Classic", setup and use a common account with
identical, non-blank, password
>on all computers.
>
>Cheers,
>Chuck
>Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily
a bad thing.
>.
>
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