Home networking

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Have a home network setup this way:

1 PC - Workgroup "MSHOME"
3 Laptops - Workgroup "MSHOME"

PC wired into a wireless router. Laptops connected wirelessly to router. All
machines can "see" each other, but cannot get to any shared folders or
Printers. All machines running XP sp2. Get error about not having
permission to access this network resource. I am quite good at domain
based networks but not workgroups. What did I miss ???

TIA

 

[Dan DiNicolo]

First, ensure that all of the Windows XP systems have the exception for File
and Printer sharing enabled in Windows Firewall. Next, you'll need to check
your Sharing settings - assuming that you've inidividual folders, you'll
need to be sure that "everyone" has been granted permission (on Windows XP
Professional). For Windows XP Home, I suggest you take a browse through the
Sharing files and folders overview in Help and Support Center. It provides a
step-by-step breakdown of how to get network sharing set up with these
systems - totally different than in domain environments.

Good luck,
Dan

 

[Guest]

Someone shoot me down, gently if possible if I am wrong but with a domain
based network, permissions are controlled by the domain controller.
Effectively giving you permission to access those resources that you are
authorized to access. A home network, if the resource you're connecting to
is on a password protected machine, must recognize you as a user for that
machine in order to gain access to it especially over the lan. I went to the
4 machines that I had networked together and added myself under the cp applet
as a user for that resource.

 

[Mark Delaney]

Have a home network setup this way:

1 PC - Workgroup "MSHOME"
3 Laptops - Workgroup "MSHOME"

PC wired into a wireless router. Laptops connected wirelessly to router.
All
machines can "see" each other, but cannot get to any shared folders or
Printers. All machines running XP sp2. Get error about not having
permission to access this network resource. I am quite good at domain
based networks but not workgroups. What did I miss ???

In a workgroup, your four computers are totally independent from each other.
Each computer will need to have the credentials (user ID and password) of
users asking for shared resources (shared folders) in each of the computers
that are sharing the resources..

In practical terms, if you want to access the "Christmas lists" folder on
your desktop PC from your laptop #2, you need to respond to the dialog box
asking for your credentials with a userID and a password the desktop PC
itself will acknowledge. This can be done best by creating new users on
each computer/laptop that shares folders and printers, in this case, the
desktop PC, so when prompted on Laptop #2 to give a userID and password, you
will be recognized by the local computer (desktop PC) and the "Christmas
lists" folder will open if you have sufficient permissions.

To create new users: Start -> Control Panel -> Settings ->Administrative
Tools -> Computer Management -> Local Users and Groups -> Users. Click New
User... from the Action menu.

To add sharing permissions for the new users (this should be done for each
shared resource): right-click the shared folder, select Properties and
select the Sharing tab. Click on the Permissions button to see the list of
users with permissions for the given folder. You should be able to add the
new users you created and give them Read and/or Write permissions as you see
fit.

*** another way to access shared folders quickly:
If you are the user of both computers, the PC where the "Christmas lists"
folder is located, and the laptop #2, answer the dialog box asking for
credentials with the userID and password of any user on the desktop PC who
has access to the "Christmas lists" folder. However, it is not a good idea
to ask their password to other people in the house to make sharing easier.

There is a bit more to know about file sharing, but this is a start. Consult
Windows Help and Support from the Start menu to learn more about it.

Christmas is a time for sharing, so have fun.

Mark Delaney, MCT

 

[Guest]

fairly new to this networking lark, i've just set up a network same config as
you. one wired one wireless and i had the same problem, i had norton internet
security installed on both computers, after racking my brain to find a
solution for a few hours i finally found the problem. on both computers i ran
the networking wizard within norton firewall and it detected and unblocked
the ip's on the other computers. hope this helps

GT