Re: XP Home peer-to-peer network problem
From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 04/29/04
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Date: 28 Apr 2004 20:00:14 -0500
On 28 Apr 2004 16:25:20 -0700, *email_address_deleted* (Cwazee Yeti) wrote:
>Hello Chuck,
>
>Do you need to have identical ADMIN user names and passwords on BOTH
>XP Home machines for the file/printer sharing to work??? I thought
>that as long as they were both under the same workgroup, they should
>be able to share files.
>
>The strange part is that PC1 described in my original message can't
>even see itself in the HOMEBASE workgroup. Whereas PC2 can see PC1 but
>can't access the shares created on it.
>
>Does it matter if both PCs obtain their IP addresses via DHCP (from
>the router)?
Cwazee,
Whatever account you are using (logged on with) on computer A needs to be
duplicated (with identical non-blank password) on computer B. And vice versa.
You don't have to USE the account on the second computer - it just has to be
there.
Workgroup membership has nothing to do with security. That just determines what
shares get displayed directly under My Computer / My Network Places. If you
look under Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network, you will see all
computers in all workgroups anywhere visible to you (which comes as a shock to
new users of cable broadband internet).
Check your Zone Alarm Local (Trusted) Zone membership on each computer.
Membership in Trusted Zone affects visibility of computers to other computers.
DHCP use is fine for a wired LAN, with your subnet Trusted. For wireless, I
recommend fixed address assignment, and Trusted Zone setup by individual
assigned fixed ip address only, as a further defense against intruders.
And Cwazee, please don't contribute to the spread of email address mining
viruses. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a bit
safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - never post your address unmunged.
http://www.mailmsg.com/SPAM_munging.htm
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
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