Re: Can't fileshare between XP pro and Winn98

From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 11:37:47 -0600

In article <847429C1-B257-4FDB-9B40-779950490195@microsoft.com>,
"Wynn" <Wynn@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I have a WinXP-pro laptop and a Win98 desktop hooked up to a Netgear DG834G router/ADSL modem/firewall.
>Both m/cs can happily access the Web but cannot see shared folders on the other.
>On the laptop under “My Network Places/Entire Network/Windows Microsoft Network/” and under the “group” icon I see the folder I’m trying to serve but NOT any folders similarly shared to me by the Win98 m/c. It is just the same situation when viewed from the Win98 m/c.
>Internal firewalls are unused as the router covers that itself.
>Connection properties on the XP m/c are Client for MS Networks; F+P Sharing;
>NetBIOS and TCP/IP. No bridges…
>On the Win98 m/c the connection properties are the same except that NetBIOS does not appear in the protocol selection list. (But is “IPX/SPX-compatible protocol” the same thing?)
>All I really want to do is fileshare….can anyone help please ?
>Wynn.

IPX/SPX is a network protocol, and using more than one protocol can
cause problems. Since your network needs the TCP/IP protocol for
Internet access, remove IPX/SPX. If NetBEUI is there, remove it, too.

NetBIOS isn't a protocol and doesn't appear in the list of network
components.

If that doesn't solve the problem, try these tips:

1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem
connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other firewall
programs while troubleshooting. When un-installing a firewall
program, use the un-install procedure provided by the manufacturer .
Don't use Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs, which might not
completely un-install it.

For more information, see:

Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm

2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:

Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm

3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:

Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm

4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution.

If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:

   HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters

and delete these values if they're present:

   NodeType
   DhcpNodeType

Reboot, then try network access again.

If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".

For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177

TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053 

-- 
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see.  I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
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