Hi all -
I've been told that Win2k can share folders to an XP Home
system. I've created identical users on both systems;
they ping each other fine; both systems appear under their
respective workgroup window; both running netbios over IP;
running SP4 on the win2k and SP1 on the XP Home machine; 2
total systems connected thru a linksys router.
When I select the target win2k system from the XP machine
in the workgroup window, I get this:
"[computername] is not accessible. You may not have
permission to use this network resource. Contact the
admin...blah.
Using the map drive command, with either netbios names or
ip address doesn't work either. Path not found.
Any ideas? Thanks. Ed.
Answered my own question, with some help from Steve. You
must run Netbui for this to work, and can only install it
manually from the XP cd - there is a microsoft how to
article under the XP KBase. Very simple.
I'm glad that you got the network to work, Ed, and I'm not suggesting
that you change anything.
However, nothing in Windows networking requires NetBEUI in order to
work properly. If it did, Microsoft wouldn't have dropped support for
NetBEUI in Windows XP, exiled it to an obscure folder on the CD, and
made it hard to install. Microsoft has certainly done some dumb
things, but they wouldn't knowingly do something like that.
If adding NetBEUI got your network going, then something is wrong with
the TCP/IP configuration. TCP/IP is all that's needed to network any
version of Windows with any other version.
Here's are some things to check when TCP/IP doesn't work:
1. Permanently disable XP's built-in Internet Connection Firewall on
the local area network connection -- 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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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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