Re: 2 different networks at the same time?

Before I tried to diagnose the problem with "browstat status", I looked at
the situation on both computers one more time. I understand your statement
about separating the problem into visibility and accessibility. Focusing on
visibility, I took a look at My Network Places on both computers one more
time. As I looked at each computer again, I concluded that I could see the
shared folders on each computer. However, they looked different from each
other.

When I left clicked on My Network Places on the work computer, the items I
saw included "Entire Network", the server at work, and the shared documents
folder on the home computer (Chuck, because I can't attach anything to this
message, I'm e-mailing these screenshots directly to you). When I click on
"Entire Network", eventually the home computer appears in the shared
documents appear. While it didn't do this last time, when I clicked on the
shared documents folder either after "Entire Network" or directly after left
clicking on My Network Places, this time a window popped up and asked me for
my username and password. Just for the heck of it, I put in an account on the
home computer that didn't match an account on the work computer. It accepted
that account, and I could view the files in the shared folders on the home
computer from the work computer.

When I left clicked on My Network Places from the home computer, the shared
folders from my work computer appeared. I wasn't able to access any files on
my work computer from my home computer. This is unchanged from before.

Thus, I believe both computers are visible to each other, but in different
ways.


"Chuck" wrote:

On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 04:50:01 -0700, Ken W <KenW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've created a workgroup name on the
home computer with the same name as the domain of
the work computer. I've created an administrator account
on the home computer with the same name and password
as the account on the work computer. However, I
simply renamed an existing account on the home computer to
match the account on the work computer. I have the
following observations:

Home computer:
• when I left click on my network places, I can see
the shared folders on the work computer, but none
are accessible
• when I click on workgroups from the home computer,
the work computer is not visible (however, I don't
know if it should be)

Work computer:
• The shared folder on the home computer is
accessible, but I never did anything to allow it
beyond running the Network Setup Wizard. Is the
folder simply available to anybody?
• What I left click on my network places-entire
network-Microsoft windows network-(workgroup)-(home
computer) appears

In summary, 1) I can access the shared folder on the
home computer from my work computer just fine, but
I'm concerned that anybody has access to that folder. I
don't think it's any big deal for the home network,
but I am concerned about potential problems from the
internet. I really don't know anything about
workgroup security. Also, 2) shared folders of the work
computer are visible on the home computer, but are
inaccessible.

Ken,

We need to discuss this in two separate tasks - visibility and accessibility.

Visibility involves getting the browser system to work (I'm not discussing
Internet Explorer here). If the workgroup (on the home system) is identical to
the domain membership (on the laptop), then you make sure that one and only one
computer is running the browser. Read about the browser please:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html

Let's look at "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and "net
config workstation", from each computer, with both computers online together, so
we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

Once we get visibility working, we'll tackle accessibility.

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

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