My machine refuses to share!

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One of my machines running on XP pro and is the gateway
refuses to share files with the network. It can read and
manipulte files from other machines fine, and the internet
connection sharing runs without any noticeable problems.
Every other machine can share files with each other.

I've made sure that the NETbios is enabled, that I have
the "Mixed" node type, that the subnet is the same for all
machines and that I have disabled any firewalls.

This problem has been there since installation and is
driving me crazy.

The ip settings:

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : AMD-ATHLON

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ADMtek AN983
based ethernet adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-08-A1-3D-BA-
58

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :



PPP adapter pldt:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP)
Interface

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-
00

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 210.5.103.51

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 210.5.103.51

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 203.172.17.200

203.172.17.204
 
Kit said:
One of my machines running on XP pro and is the gateway
refuses to share files with the network. It can read and
manipulte files from other machines fine, and the internet
connection sharing runs without any noticeable problems.
Every other machine can share files with each other.

I've made sure that the NETbios is enabled, that I have
the "Mixed" node type, that the subnet is the same for all
machines and that I have disabled any firewalls.

This problem has been there since installation and is
driving me crazy.
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What OSs are the other computers running? I wouldn't think that you'd need
to have NETBios running at all at least if your other OSs are at least
semi-modern. I certainly don't have it installed on my mixed W2K and WXP
network and I'm able to share files, resources, and WAN access without it.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
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I'm running a gamut of XP(pro and home), 98 and ME. 3 of
my pcs are on XP and two of them are sharing with each
other and the network just fine, but the gateway machine
just isn't sharing. I just turned on the netbios in the
hopes that it might help. But still no sharing here.
-----Original Message-----
Kit said:
One of my machines running on XP pro and is the gateway
refuses to share files with the network. It can read and
manipulte files from other machines fine, and the internet
connection sharing runs without any noticeable problems.
Every other machine can share files with each other.

I've made sure that the NETbios is enabled, that I have
the "Mixed" node type, that the subnet is the same for all
machines and that I have disabled any firewalls.

This problem has been there since installation and is
driving me crazy.
Click to expand...
snip...

What OSs are the other computers running? I wouldn't think that you'd need
to have NETBios running at all at least if your other OSs are at least
semi-modern. I certainly don't have it installed on my mixed W2K and WXP
network and I'm able to share files, resources, and WAN access without it.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com


.
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Hi.
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).


I'm running a gamut of XP(pro and home), 98 and ME. 3 of
my pcs are on XP and two of them are sharing with each
other and the network just fine, but the gateway machine
just isn't sharing. I just turned on the netbios in the
hopes that it might help. But still no sharing here.
-----Original Message-----
Kit said:
One of my machines running on XP pro and is the gateway
refuses to share files with the network. It can read and
manipulte files from other machines fine, and the internet
connection sharing runs without any noticeable problems.
Every other machine can share files with each other.

I've made sure that the NETbios is enabled, that I have
the "Mixed" node type, that the subnet is the same for all
machines and that I have disabled any firewalls.

This problem has been there since installation and is
driving me crazy.
Click to expand...
snip...

What OSs are the other computers running? I wouldn't think that you'd need
to have NETBios running at all at least if your other OSs are at least
semi-modern. I certainly don't have it installed on my mixed W2K and WXP
network and I'm able to share files, resources, and WAN access without it.
--
John McGaw
[Knoxville, TN, USA]

Return address will not work. Please
reply in group or through my website:
http://johnmcgaw.com


.
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John McGaw said:
snip...

What OSs are the other computers running? I wouldn't think that you'd need
to have NETBios running at all at least if your other OSs are at least
semi-modern. I certainly don't have it installed on my mixed W2K and WXP
network and I'm able to share files, resources, and WAN access without it.
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Hi John,

I am having similar problem. I am particularly interested in your
configuration case of W2K and WXP. I have one W2K Pro and one WXP
home. My problem is I can not see WXP from w2k, but I can see wxp from
w2k. Both machine can ping each other. Firewall is disabled on WXP.
MacAfee anti-virus has no firewall installed on wxp. On w2k norton
anti-virus installed. no firewall enabled. Both machine has identical
account created. Both machine has independent dial-up internet
connection, which works fine. Run ipconfig on w2k

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : home2000
Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-ba
er (10/100)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-C9-0A-E2
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.225.16
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter {15481672-AC5B-46E8-AD85-39060EA17CC6}:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 4.250.6.94
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.25
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 4.250.6.94
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 64.136.28.120
64.136.28.133

Run ipconfig on wxp:

Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Home2004

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE
Network Connection

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0C-F1-9A-02-59

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.181.142

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

Does the the difference of NodeType really matter?
I am just as crazy now. Your pointing is greatly appreciated. I was
told it was probably the wxp home to blame and am preparing to upgrade
to wxp pro. Is this really necessary? Thanks.

- David
 
Another MS guy said that the problem lies with having
your node type be point-to-point or peer-to-peer, but
everything else is fine.
 
You need to tell us what you mean by "refuses to share files."

1. Check Event Viewer for errors.

2. Check the Services applet and make sure the Server service is started.

3. What happens if you go to another machine and run \\AMD-ATHLON\c$

4. If #3 doesn't work, what about \\<IPadressofXPmachine>\c$


Doug Sherman
MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP
 
I have one W2K Pro and one WXP
home. My problem is I can not see WXP from w2k, but I can see wxp from
w2k. Both machine can ping each other. Firewall is disabled on WXP.
MacAfee anti-virus has no firewall installed on wxp. On w2k norton
anti-virus installed. no firewall enabled. Both machine has identical
account created. Both machine has independent dial-up internet
connection, which works fine. ...
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David,

please have a look at http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

I would try to change the node type as described there.

Hans-Georg
 

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