The Semaphore timeout period has expired

[Guest]

Dear Sir
I have P4 Machine. Recently I bought IBM Laptop. I can use PC's share from
laptop. However, I cannot use Laptop from my PC. It displays an error
message.

“\\COMP" is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact system Administrator. The Semaphore timeout period
has expired."

However, I can Ping laptop with ping 192.168.0.5 from Desktop. It shows no
packet loss. Even I Disable the FIREWALL on Laptop. But nothing will happens

MY Configuration is -
Desktop-P4, WinXP (NO service packs & online Updates)-
Adaptor-SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
(IP Address 192.168.0.1/ 255.255.255.0) NetBIOS name-ANIRUDDHA

Laptop-IBM 1860A35 Thinkpad Windows XP SP2 Pre-installed
Adaptor-Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
(IP Address 192.168.0.5/ 255.255.255.0) NetBIOS name-COMP
1 D-Link 10 Base T Ethernet HUB (8 Ports) and 2 CAT 5 cables

Plz give me the solution
Has anyone seen similar behavior?

Thank you in advance for your assistance
E-mail (e-mail address removed)

 

[Chuck]

Dear Sir
I have P4 Machine. Recently I bought IBM Laptop. I can use PC's share from
laptop. However, I cannot use Laptop from my PC. It displays an error
message.

“\\COMP" is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
network resource. Contact system Administrator. The Semaphore timeout period
has expired."

However, I can Ping laptop with ping 192.168.0.5 from Desktop. It shows no
packet loss. Even I Disable the FIREWALL on Laptop. But nothing will happens

MY Configuration is -
Desktop-P4, WinXP (NO service packs & online Updates)-
Adaptor-SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
(IP Address 192.168.0.1/ 255.255.255.0) NetBIOS name-ANIRUDDHA

Laptop-IBM 1860A35 Thinkpad Windows XP SP2 Pre-installed
Adaptor-Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet
(IP Address 192.168.0.5/ 255.255.255.0) NetBIOS name-COMP
1 D-Link 10 Base T Ethernet HUB (8 Ports) and 2 CAT 5 cables

Plz give me the solution
Has anyone seen similar behavior?

Thank you in advance for your assistance
E-mail *email_address_deleted*

Aniruddha,

First, posting your email address openly will get you more unwanted email, than
wanted email. Learn to munge your email address properly, to keep yourself a
bit safer when posting to open forums. Protect yourself and the rest of the
internet - read this article.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-to-post-on-usenet-and-encourage.html#Munging>

Now, one of the most common causes of this problem would be a misconfigured or
overlooked personal firewall, but there are other possibilities too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

There are several articles referencing the semaphore error. See if any apply to
you.
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325122
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325487
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817069

If no help yet, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, so we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

 

[Guest]

Hi Aniruddha,
This is happens beacuse might be the file sharing is not enabled between the
computers to do this.
Right click on the network icon at taskbar, Explore it then click on create
new connection wizard follow the instructions, Sure that file sharing
enabled. Then close the wizard. Shud down the firewall on both systems and
then try to connect.

Regards
Sarit M