Networking:

[Bryan Martin]

I am helping a small company add new pc's to a new network. Setup looks
like this.... Wireless network with a cheap linksys router giving DHCP
addresses. NO wins server involved. Everyone is getting a 192.168.1.X
address automatically assigned. NO internet access. Pinging box to box
works throughout this whole sinking ship.

WindowsXP Media Center Edit running as server system. This box has their
accounting program database directory shared with everyone access. This box
also has a HP all-in-one trashcan hooked to it and shared to everyone.
Guest account is enabled on this box. I originally had this machine setup
and moved to the next "winxp home" laptop. Mapped the drive, connected to
the printer, tested everything and proceeded to move to the next pc. As im
hooking up the next box I am told the laptop will not print. Knowing I
already checked this I figure client problem and proceed to check what they
might be doing wrong. Turns out printer will not respond to printing from
the laptop or the xp box its hooked into. I proceed to reboot both boxes
assuming something hiccupped with the network. After everything comes up I
check from the pc serving the printer and printing goes as expected. I then
turn my attention back to the laptop. I proceed to check printing... no go.
Nothing appears to be happening. I go into the "printers-n-faxes" and
remove the printer figuring I will just reinstall the darn thing. I remove
it successfully and proceed to surf to the xp box using the ole internet
explorer \\myserver. It pukes. Ok so next I figure I will go through the
entire network view and get it. I get to where all the computers in the
workgroup show and the "server" shows as expected. I attempt to double
click on it and get thrown a access denied. I figure ok so something
screwed up with the sharing on the "server" so I proceed to check it again.
I tried to un-share re-share, remove/reinstall "file and print sharing" for
the adapter and every other thing I can think of. Next I figure I will try
to map the drive directly. Low and behold this works. I CAN map the drive
successfully using the command prompt "net use X: \\server\dir".

Can anyone shed some light here?

Tried:
unshare / share
remove / reinstall "file and print sharing"
made sure guest account enabled
Pinging by name successfully works as expected

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

I believe you have cross-posted to every Microsoft newsgroup except for
the one most relative to your inquiry. Please visit:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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|I am helping a small company add new pc's to a new network. Setup looks
| like this.... Wireless network with a cheap linksys router giving DHCP
| addresses. NO wins server involved. Everyone is getting a 192.168.1.X
| address automatically assigned. NO internet access. Pinging box to box
| works throughout this whole sinking ship.
|
| WindowsXP Media Center Edit running as server system. This box has their
| accounting program database directory shared with everyone access. This box
| also has a HP all-in-one trashcan hooked to it and shared to everyone.
| Guest account is enabled on this box. I originally had this machine setup
| and moved to the next "winxp home" laptop. Mapped the drive, connected to
| the printer, tested everything and proceeded to move to the next pc. As im
| hooking up the next box I am told the laptop will not print. Knowing I
| already checked this I figure client problem and proceed to check what they
| might be doing wrong. Turns out printer will not respond to printing from
| the laptop or the xp box its hooked into. I proceed to reboot both boxes
| assuming something hiccupped with the network. After everything comes up I
| check from the pc serving the printer and printing goes as expected. I then
| turn my attention back to the laptop. I proceed to check printing... no go.
| Nothing appears to be happening. I go into the "printers-n-faxes" and
| remove the printer figuring I will just reinstall the darn thing. I remove
| it successfully and proceed to surf to the xp box using the ole internet
| explorer \\myserver. It pukes. Ok so next I figure I will go through the
| entire network view and get it. I get to where all the computers in the
| workgroup show and the "server" shows as expected. I attempt to double
| click on it and get thrown a access denied. I figure ok so something
| screwed up with the sharing on the "server" so I proceed to check it again.
| I tried to un-share re-share, remove/reinstall "file and print sharing" for
| the adapter and every other thing I can think of. Next I figure I will try
| to map the drive directly. Low and behold this works. I CAN map the drive
| successfully using the command prompt "net use X: \\server\dir".
|
| Can anyone shed some light here?
|
| Tried:
| unshare / share
| remove / reinstall "file and print sharing"
| made sure guest account enabled
| Pinging by name successfully works as expected

 

[Bryan Martin]

Thanks for the response Carey. It is not crossposted in there as well

Ideally there would have been a m.p.w.networking group.

Also I would like to add that I did uncheck xp's "firewall" feature.

 

[GTS]

The appropriate group for general network issues is
microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web

The problem you are seeing is due to the fact that XP HOME does NOT
automatically connect/reconnect to shares. It is widely understood that XP
Home cannot function as a domain member, but there is a great deal of
confusion about this issue, which impairs it's use even on a workgroup. See
the 'Tech and Downloads' page item I recently put on my web site for one
solution.
http:// (Remove anti spam spaces) www. gtscomputerservice. com
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[Bryan Martin]

Thanks for your help GTS,

However the problem I am experiencing is not related to "enter / reenter"
password. I know what your talking about and that can be fixed numerous
ways. The sharer has guest/everyone access enabled and both the directory
and printer permissions are set to allow guest/everyone. With this setup
you wont get a enter user / password. Again the shared directory works if
your connecting using "net use". The problem is I cant connect to the
shared printer. I also cannot browse to the computer using the "view
workgroup computers". I can see the computer using "view workgroup
computers" but any attempt to connect yields a "access denied".