I have 2 PC's uning XP. I have setup the desktop to be a host PC. I am using a LinkSys Wireless router. Network works ok in wired configuration but will not as a wireless netowrk. My laptop will find and connect the access point but will not connect to the host and share files. I get the error message, "network is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network...."
Any ideas?
Dave
Check the laptop's IP address: right click the wireless connection and
click Status | Support. If the IP address is 169.254.x.x, it
indicates a failure to communicate with the router. In that case,
check the wireless settings (SSID, encryption, etc). I usually
disable encryption while setting up a wireless network and enable it
as soon as everything is working.
If the laptop has a proper IP address, see if it can ping the router's
IP address, which is usually 192.168.1.1. Open a command prompt
window and enter:
ping 192.168.1.1 (or the router's actual IP address)
If the ping succeeds, try these tips to troubleshoot network access:
1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
local area network connections -- it's for use only on a direct modem
connection to the Internet. Disable and un-install all other
firewalls while troubleshooting. Details here:
Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/ic_firewall.htm
2. Use only one protocol for File and Printer Sharing. If the network
needs more than one protocol, unbind File and Printer Sharing from all
but one of them. Details here:
Windows XP Network Protocols
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_protocols.htm
3. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers.
Details here:
Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/netbt.htm
4. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the
beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should
actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the
computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a
peer-to-peer network for NetBIOS name resolution.
If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key:
HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parameters
and delete these values if they're present:
NodeType
DhcpNodeType
Reboot, then try network access again.
If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD
value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for
"Mixed".
For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:
Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;160177
TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314053
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