Loosing the will to live - Windows XP and setting up a home networ

[Guest]

Hi
This has driven me nuts. I have 3 computers and 2 printers and 1 dsl router.
we also have voip phones and 1 pc and 1 laptop is connected by ethernet to a
voip phone which in turn is connected by ethernet cable to the router. 1 pc
is connected direct to the router and the other printer is connected by
ethernet to the router.

I want to put them on a network with the other printer shared
through a pc usb. I have followed the wizard to the letter, I have had
friends who do this for a living give me advice and I have read a book on
setting this up. All file sharing etc. is set up. it seems I am close but
not close enough.

On both pc's, only 1 of which is connected through voip to router, when I go
to 'My Network Places' and then click'View Workgroup Computers', I can see
the name of the network and the name of that particular printer plus the name
of the laptop, but when I click on the icon for them I get an error saying
'NAME COMPUTER is
not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
Contact the administrator............' . On the other remaining computer, the
laptop, I can only see the name of the network nt the other computers. When
I click on this I get a similar error 'NAME NETWORK is not accessible. You
might not have permission to use this network to use this network resource.
Contact the
administrator............'

I have tried every troubleshoot link, re done the wizard countless times but
all to no avail.

Is the problem the router? Who is the administrator? Why doesn't this work?

I posted this on another newsgroup and have since found other people with
the same problem but no solutions to date. One piece of advice I got was to
add all the computer user accounts to each computer although this hasn't
solved the problem.
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...-us-ms-winxp&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1)
Thanks a million.

 

[C.Wilder]

Hi
This has driven me nuts. I have 3 computers and 2 printers and 1 dsl
router. we also have voip phones and 1 pc and 1 laptop is connected
by ethernet to a voip phone which in turn is connected by ethernet
cable to the router. 1 pc is connected direct to the router and the
other printer is connected by ethernet to the router.

To add VOIP to a network you plug the VOIP router into an output from your
DSL router where normally another computer would go. Then connect the phone
to the VOIP router. If you have all your computers and printers connect to
the DS L router there should be no problem.

Do you have computers all connected to the same router?

 

[Lem]

Hi
This has driven me nuts. I have 3 computers and 2 printers and 1 dsl router.
we also have voip phones and 1 pc and 1 laptop is connected by ethernet to a
voip phone which in turn is connected by ethernet cable to the router. 1 pc
is connected direct to the router and the other printer is connected by
ethernet to the router.

I want to put them on a network with the other printer shared
through a pc usb. I have followed the wizard to the letter, I have had
friends who do this for a living give me advice and I have read a book on
setting this up. All file sharing etc. is set up. it seems I am close but
not close enough.

On both pc's, only 1 of which is connected through voip to router, when I go
to 'My Network Places' and then click'View Workgroup Computers', I can see
the name of the network and the name of that particular printer plus the name
of the laptop, but when I click on the icon for them I get an error saying
'NAME COMPUTER is
not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
Contact the administrator............' . On the other remaining computer, the
laptop, I can only see the name of the network nt the other computers. When
I click on this I get a similar error 'NAME NETWORK is not accessible. You
might not have permission to use this network to use this network resource.
Contact the
administrator............'

I have tried every troubleshoot link, re done the wizard countless times but
all to no avail.

Is the problem the router? Who is the administrator? Why doesn't this work?

I posted this on another newsgroup and have since found other people with
the same problem but no solutions to date. One piece of advice I got was to
add all the computer user accounts to each computer although this hasn't
solved the problem.
(http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/...-us-ms-winxp&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=en-us&m=1&p=1)
Thanks a million.

You need to take a step back and regroup.

Networking can be, but doesn't have to be, complicated. Approach things
in a methodical manner, and accomplish one task before going on to the next.

Your problems may be as simple as needing to properly configure
firewalls on one or more of the computers, but I suspect that there are
other issues. Do you have any firewalls turned on in any of the
computers? This includes not just Windows Firewall, but any third party
firewalls or antivirus applications with "internet worm protection" or
the like. Do any of the computers have nVidia network adapters?

For purposes of getting things going, turn off ALL firewalls.

What router do you have?

Is it a combination router/modem or do you have a separate DSL modem?
I assume that, at least, you are not trying to set up a wireless
network. Correct?

What VoIP phone(s) do you have?

Some VoIP phones are also routers. It sounds as if yours is
one of these. Thus, you have two routers in one network, which leads to
problems.

Rather than having some of your computers connected to the router and
others connected to the VoIP phone, they should all be connected to the
router. Moreover, it is likely that your VoIP phone manual recommends
that it be connected directly to your DSL modem, and not to the router.
What is the reason you have connected things the way you have?

What make/model printer do you have connected to the router? Is it a
so-called "network ready" printer or do you have some sort of print
server device. If the latter, what make/model?

You have one of your printers connected to a computer via USB.
Which computer is the printer connected to? Is the printer set to be
shared? What brand/model printer is it?

 

[RalfG]

Lem's advice is pretty thorough. WRT software firewalls particularly, "Safe
Zones" notwithstanding some of them still block File and Printer Sharing and
you may have to open those ports or disable the specific rules blocking them
in the firewall software.

 

[Guest]

thanks, I got there in the end

Lem's advice is pretty thorough. WRT software firewalls particularly, "Safe
Zones" notwithstanding some of them still block File and Printer Sharing and
you may have to open those ports or disable the specific rules blocking them
in the firewall software.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Lem for the detailed reply, I have finally cracked it by switching the
nodes to broadcast

 

[Guest]

thanks for your help, I have it sorted

To add VOIP to a network you plug the VOIP router into an output from your
DSL router where normally another computer would go. Then connect the phone
to the VOIP router. If you have all your computers and printers connect to
the DS L router there should be no problem.

Do you have computers all connected to the same router?