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I have three computers hooked up on a Linksys Wireless-G 2.4 Ghz router all running windows XP Pro. Sp2.
They all connect to the Internet fine.
One computer has allowed me access to it normally.
But the other Computer I can see it on the network but I cannot access it.
All I am getting is the message:
"You might not have permission to use the network resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found".
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks is enabled.
In Windows Firewall under the Exceptions tab, Programs and Services:
File and Printer Sharing is checked.
Change Scope settings are:
My network (subnet) only is selected
"net view \\laptopipaddress"; you should see the share visible.
Then try this:
Open "My documents"
Go to tools menu.
Select "Map Network Drive"
Type "smb:\\ipaddresslaptop\sharename"
Fill in the ip address and the sharename.
FYI:
Without a WINS server, it can take up to 45 minutes for a computer name to be visible, but I would like to establish connectivity in a different way first.
When I type "net view \\laptopipaddress" on my desktop I get this error message:
System error 53 has occurred.
The network path was not found.
I get this same message when my laptop is wireless or wired.
When I type "net view \\desktopipaddress" on my laptop I get this error message:
System error 5 has occurred.
Access is denied.
As far as mapping a newwork drive, that doesn't work either.
I downloaded some stuff from Microsoft's website yesterday but haven't had a chance
to try it yet. If I ever do get this to work I definetly will let you know.
In the mean time I will certainly take all the help you are willing to give me as I appreciate it very much.
You'll have to go to the computer you want to access and enable some shares, right click on the folder you want to share and click on "Sharing and Security"
As has already been mentioned, make sure that all of the computers are part of the same Workgroup name.
Second, as far as browsing by name goes, each computer must be enabled for NetBIOS in the TCP/IP configurations. It is not likely that your DHCP server is going to properly handle NetBIOS configurations since you do not have Dynamic DNS or a WINS server. Thus the default settings for using the DHCP setting will not work for you.
Go to your LAN Adapter configuration and select the TCP/IP Properties. Then go the Advanced tab and select the WINS configuration. At the bottom, select Use NetBIOS over TCP/IP. This will enable your Workgroup Browsing so that the computer names will be recognized with the IP address.
Lastly, in order for a computer to be able to access a share on another computer, Share Permissions must be granted as well as File Permissions. It is best to allow Full Control for Everyone in the Share Permissions and control access to files and folders with File Security. This also must be granted to the user accounts or groups or they will only be able to access the share but none of the contents.
navigate to Local computer policy > computer configuration > windows settings > security settings > local policies > user rights assignment.
then, on the right side, open up "access this computer from the network".
if you're ok with the general security of your internal private network, add "everyone", "anonymous", and any accounts you added for the other machines...
also, in the same screen, look at "DENY access to this computer from the network" and remove anything in there
also, under "security options" (just below 'user rights assignment'), look for "network access: let everyone permission apply to anonymous users". set this to ENABLED.
note that these settings mentioned here do NOT take priority over "deny" type file/share permissions... those are still valid... this above allows the initial connection to happen.
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