Re: small office sharing & blocking computer folders

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Hi Steve,

I was thinking that it might be a computer firewall issue but I didn't think
much of it until you mentioned it. I just wanted to make sure you knew I did
ping to IP and not netbios name.

The routing table is the same as it was a few posting ago after I switched
the settings and you said it looked good. So if you think changes need to be
made I'm all ears. or in this case all eyes.

I can't thank you enough. It certainly has been an education. I sure hope
all of our postings will help someone else in a similar situation.
--
Tbrox


"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

In article <EADB72EF-F0F3-4102-B0D6-E0F8FF053685@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, tbrox
<tbrox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I did the ping test from the main router to a computer on one of the old
routers and all the pings timed out.

The MFM is a Toshiba eStudio T352 and it just says error sending file. It
is setup to scan to a file and save on \\computer name\shared folder that is
located behind one of the old routers that is on 192.168.0.3 This is also
the IP that I tried to ping.

I tried adding a new static route and switching the destination and gateway
IP addresses but the gateway feild would not except a "0" for the last octate.

The printer is in a different subnet than the computers, so it can't
access them using their computer names. Use their IP addresses, e.g.
\\192.168.0.3\shared folder

For the same reason, pinging by computer name won't work. Ping the
computers using their IP addresses.

So, all of the computers must have static IP addresses.

I will go into the office next week and give that a try but when I was on a
computer on the main router. 192.168.5.xxx and I issued a ping command to
192.168.0.3 I got timed out replies.

I typed: ping 192.168.0.3 "enter" from a command prompt.

I think that pings will have to work before the printer will be able
to access shared folders.

Double check the routing table on the main router. Configure
firewalls on all of the computers to allow full access by the
192.168.5.0/255.255.255.0 subnet.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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