Re: XP Network doesn't allow new computer to access
- From: "Ron Lowe" <ron-msng@{d.e.l.e.t.e}lowe-family.me.uk>
- Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:10:25 +0100
>I have 3 desktops - one is brand new (configured today) - and all run XP
> Prof. I have a wireless router - one computer uses wireless, other two
> (including the new one) use ethernet. I'm working from the new machine so
> ethnet card/cable clearly work.
>
> I set up the new machine with option connect through hub or other
> computer.
> From this machine, no other machines are visible in My Network Places. I
> see
> "Mshome" but when I select it I get this message:
>
> "Mshome is not accessible. You do not have permission to use this network
> resource. ...
> The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available."
>
> From other machines, I can see this machine but when I click on it I get:
> "\\New_computer ...
> The network path was not found."
>
> Some of the things I've tried include powering everything down, including
> the router, and then powering up. I've mucked around with the firewall -
> turned it off and on and it made no difference.
>
> I just killed 2 hours on the line with Dell and on their web site and they
> wanted to sell me a $300 helpdesk service. Absurd...
>
> I'm sure this is something simple but I haven't a clue as to how to solve
> it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> "The most formidible weapon against errors of every kind is reason." -
> Thomas Paine, THE AGE OF REASON
Are you sure you chose the right option in the Network Setup Wizard?
The symptoms are consistent with choosing the wrong option, and you
mentioned a hub...
You need to choose the second one,
'Connect through a Residential Gateway or other computer'
Your router is a 'Residential Gateway'.
Do **Not** choose the option Other - > via a Hub.
Re-run it if you are not sure.
Re-run it even if you are sure, it won't hurt.
Then check the machine name is OK, and re-set the workgroup name to whatever
your workgroup name is. The default MSHOME is OK, if that's what your other
machnes are using. Change it to match your existing workgroup name
otherwise.
You are then offered the choice to enable File and Print sharing.
Enable this.
Then, don't bother with the disk, just close the wizard.
Enabling F+P sharing in this way should have done several things.
For starters, it should have configured the Windows Firewall to
permit File and Print sharing. Check this.
Go to the Windows Firewall, -> Exceptions tab.
Ensure F+P sharing exception is checked.
It should also have started the browser service.
Check this.
Start | run | services.msc
Look for 'Computer Browser'.
Is it started?
Now, check that it's NetBIOS name resolution is configured correctly.
Go to a command prompt, and issue the command
ipconfig /all
Ensure the Node Type is not set to Peer-to-Peer.
If it is, let us know and we can fix it.
Now, do some tests from the command line.
Ensure the machine can be pinged by both name and IP address from another
machine, eg:
ping 192.168.0.x
ping new-pc
Ensure this machine can ping other machines by both name and IP address, eg:
ping 192.168.0.x
ping other-pc
Check tosee if both machines can retrieve the browse list:
net view
Check to see if each machine can enumerate the shares on the other.
( do this on each machine):
net view \\new-pc
net view \\other-pc.
The results of these tests will tell us a lot.
--
Best Regards
Ron Lowe
MVP - Windows Networking
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