Re: Laptop has no access to home network
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Date: 06/20/04
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Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 09:25:06 -0700
Chuck,
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try them out this
morning. And thanks for the advice on munging my email
address. Very much appreciated.
Van
>-----Original Message-----
>On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 20:41:09 -0700, "Van"
<*email_address_deleted*> wrote:
>
>>Hi there,
>>
>>I've got a wireless home network set up with my
desktop,
>>a wireless router, and my laptop. When first set up,
it
>>seems like everything was running smoothly. However, I
>>haven't used my laptop in a while for no particular
>>reason. When I fired it up today, I found that I
>>couldn't seem to access my home network. I get an
error
>>message to the effect that I may not have permission to
>>access the network. However, I do have Internet access
>>still.
>>
>>I'm trying to make certain files and programs that are
on
>>the desktop accessible over the network so I can use
them
>>from the laptop. From the desktop, I can access any
>>folders on the laptop that I've made available on the
>>network, but not vice versa.
>>
>>I've got Windows XP Home Edition running on both
>>machines. They're both HP Pavilions. I'm not sure
what
>>other information to give. If anyone has any ideas on
>>what I should check, I would be grateful. Thanks!
>>
>>
>>Van
>
>Van,
>
>For XP Home, make sure that the Guest account is
enabled, thru Local User
>Manager (Start - Run - "lusrmgr.msc"), on each computer.
>
>Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF or
third party)? If so,
>you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening
ports TCP 139, 445 and
>UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other
computers as present in the
>Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a
very common cause of
>(network) browser, and file sharing, problems.
>
>And Van, please don't contribute to the spread and
success 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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