Network Sharing

[Guest]

I have a Compaq Presario 2100 laptop running xp home and I have 3 other pcs on xp home on a linksys wired router
I can ping by name and by ip address. The laptop can access all pcs and view files on them. But the other 3 pcs can't access the laptop. They can see the name but can't access. All are not firewalled and the laptop has folders being shared. By the way 2 weeks ago all was fine. But there was a problem pinging. The network did work while pinging was not right. Which leads me to believe that something i downloaded changed something and now is blocking access. Also I have a program called 3m post-it notes (office). and 2 weeks ago it wouldn't work. Thats when networking was fine. I went on vacation and came back and plugged my laptop in. Thats when my problem started. I reset the router and the dsl modem. Also I uninstalled norton internet security. And that fixed the post-it problem but not the networking one. I've tried a few things concerning the registry and ad and spyware. Another thought after tcp/ip version 6 was installed it caused a yellow flag (that will be my next project) in device manager when i uninstall it the flag goes away. Could that have caused my problem by leaving something there to block access

 

[Chuck]

I have a Compaq Presario 2100 laptop running xp home and I have 3 other pcs on xp home on a linksys wired router.
I can ping by name and by ip address. The laptop can access all pcs and view files on them. But the other 3 pcs can't access the laptop. They can see the name but can't access. All are not firewalled and the laptop has folders being shared. By the way 2 weeks ago all was fine. But there was a problem pinging. The network did work while pinging was not right. Which leads me to believe that something i downloaded changed something and now is blocking access. Also I have a program called 3m post-it notes (office). and 2 weeks ago it wouldn't work. Thats when networking was fine. I went on vacation and came back and plugged my laptop in. Thats when my problem started. I reset the router and the dsl modem. Also I uninstalled norton internet security. And that fixed the post-it problem but not the networking one. I've tried a few things concerning the registry and ad and spyware. Another thought after tcp/ip version 6 was installed it caused a yellow flag (that will be my next project) in
device manager when i uninstall it the flag goes away. Could that have caused my problem by leaving something there to block access.

Racsan,

In addition to Norton Internet Security, are you using Norton Antivirus? I
advised in one case where un install of NAV (after un install of NIS) was
necessary to get file sharing working.

You also might consider installing NIS again, activating it, then either
configuring it or un installing it. If NIS was un installed while disabled, it
might not have un installed properly.

If this is a wired network, I recommend you install and activate NIS, then
configure it properly with your subnet defined in the Local / Trusted Zone. If
necessary, you then need to open ports TCP 139, 445 and UDP 137, 138, 445 for
Local Zone only.

IPV6 is another challenge. I'd definitely un install that until file sharing is
working.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Guest]

----- Chuck wrote: ----

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 17:06:02 -0700, Racsan <[email protected]
wrote

I have a Compaq Presario 2100 laptop running xp home and I have 3 other pcs on xp home on a linksys wired router
I can ping by name and by ip address. The laptop can access all pcs and view files on them. But the other 3 pcs can't access the laptop. They can see the name but can't access. All are not firewalled and the laptop has folders being shared. By the way 2 weeks ago all was fine. But there was a problem pinging. The network did work while pinging was not right. Which leads me to believe that something i downloaded changed something and now is blocking access. Also I have a program called 3m post-it notes (office). and 2 weeks ago it wouldn't work. Thats when networking was fine. I went on vacation and came back and plugged my laptop in. Thats when my problem started. I reset the router and the dsl modem. Also I uninstalled norton internet security. And that fixed the post-it problem but not the networking one. I've tried a few things concerning the registry and ad and spyware. Another thought after tcp/ip version 6 was installed it caused a yellow flag (that will be my next project) i
device manager when i uninstall it the flag goes away. Could that have caused my problem by leaving something there to block access

Racsan

In addition to Norton Internet Security, are you using Norton Antivirus?
advised in one case where un install of NAV (after un install of NIS) wa
necessary to get file sharing working

You also might consider installing NIS again, activating it, then eithe
configuring it or un installing it. If NIS was un installed while disabled, i
might not have un installed properly

If this is a wired network, I recommend you install and activate NIS, the
configure it properly with your subnet defined in the Local / Trusted Zone. I
necessary, you then need to open ports TCP 139, 445 and UDP 137, 138, 445 fo
Local Zone only

IPV6 is another challenge. I'd definitely un install that until file sharing i
working

Cheers
Chuc
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing


Thanks for responding Chuck. Yes I had NAV installed
And I tried everything you had said and nothing worked
I even took Norton security and Anti Virus completel
out and it still doesn't work.

 

[Chuck]

Thanks for responding Chuck. Yes I had NAV installed.
And I tried everything you had said and nothing worked.
I even took Norton security and Anti Virus completely
out and it still doesn't work.

Racsan,

OK, let's try some diagnosis.

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify each ipconfig with OS name and version.

From each computer, verify connectivity:
1) Ping the other by name.
2) Ping the other by ip address.
3) Ping itself by name.
4) Ping itself by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
6) Ping the router.
Report success / failure of each of 12 pings.

Did you follow all of Symantec un install procedures? Did you try re
installing, enabling, and configuring as specified?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Guest]

----- Chuck wrote: ----

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 00:51:03 -0700, Racsan <[email protected]
wrote

And I tried everything you had said and nothing worked
I even took Norton security and Anti Virus completel
out and it still doesn't work

Racsan

OK, let's try some diagnosis

Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the comman
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post
Identify each ipconfig with OS name and version

From each computer, verify connectivity
1) Ping the other by name
2) Ping the other by ip address
3) Ping itself by name
4) Ping itself by ip address
5) Ping 127.0.0.1
6) Ping the router
Report success / failure of each of 12 pings

Did you follow all of Symantec un install procedures? Did you try r
installing, enabling, and configuring as specified

Cheers
Chuc
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing

Windows IP Configuration

Windows XP Hom

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : JERRY

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybri

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : N

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : N


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection


Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controlle

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-1F-46-AE-D

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Ye

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Ye

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 166.102.165.1

166.102.165.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 29, 2004 5:50:15 A

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 30, 2004 5:50:15 A

Windows IP Configuratio

Windows XP Hom

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Racsa

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybri

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : N

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : N


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection


Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : National Semiconductor Corp. DP83815/816 10/100 MacPhyter PCI Adapte

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0B-CD-18-58-3

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Ye

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Ye

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.10

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 166.102.165.1

166.102.165.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:02:25 A

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, April 30, 2004 10:02:25 A

Windows IP Configuratio

Windows XP Hom

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Sine

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybri

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : N

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : N


Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection


Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controlle

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0D-56-67-86-C

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

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.102

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

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 166.102.165.11

166.102.165.13

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:16:58 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, April 29, 2004 11:16:58 PM

From each computer, verify connectivity:
1) Ping the other by name. ------OK
2) Ping the other by ip address. ------OK
3) Ping itself by name. ------OK
4) Ping itself by ip address. ------OK
5) Ping 127.0.0.1. ------OK
6) Ping the router. ------OK
Report success / failure of each of 12 pings.

Did you follow all of Symantec un install procedures? ------OK Did you try re
installing, enabling, and configuring as specified? ------OK

 

[Chuck]

From each computer, verify connectivity:
1) Ping the other by name. ------OK
2) Ping the other by ip address. ------OK
3) Ping itself by name. ------OK
4) Ping itself by ip address. ------OK
5) Ping 127.0.0.1. ------OK
6) Ping the router. ------OK
Report success / failure of each of 12 pings.

Did you follow all of Symantec un install procedures? ------OK Did you try re
installing, enabling, and configuring as specified? ------OK

Racsan,

Which is the problem laptop? Jerrys, Racsan, Sines? Do you have shares setup
on all laptops?

What error do you get when you "can see the name but can't access"?

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Guest]

Racsan is the Laptop PC that only the name can be seen. All other PC's are desktops
Yes I am sharing one folder on the laptop and its not under c its under a different drive
Laptop firewall is shut off. The error I get is "\\Racsan is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have access permission. Access is denied

Thanks Chuc
----- Chuck wrote: ----

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:46:07 -0700, Racsan <[email protected]
wrote

1) Ping the other by name. ------O
2) Ping the other by ip address. ------O
3) Ping itself by name. ------O
4) Ping itself by ip address. ------O
5) Ping 127.0.0.1. ------O
6) Ping the router. ------O
Report success / failure of each of 12 pings
installing, enabling, and configuring as specified? ------O

Racsan

Which is the problem laptop? Jerrys, Racsan, Sines? Do you have shares setu
on all laptops

What error do you get when you "can see the name but can't access"

Cheers
Chuc
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing

 

[Chuck]

Racsan is the Laptop PC that only the name can be seen. All other PC's are desktops.
Yes I am sharing one folder on the laptop and its not under c its under a different drive.
Laptop firewall is shut off. The error I get is "\\Racsan is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have access permission. Access is denied.

Racsan,

What firewall is on Racsan? Was that NIS? Did you shut it off, or did you un
install it? Did you un install it while it was shut off? Try re installing
then configuring it.

Check your Guest password on all computers - make it identical and non-blank.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Guest]

Chuck

There is no firewall on Racsan. I had NIS in and had it configured still no luck left it on and uninstalled it still no luck
As far as the Guest goes if you mean in control panel users. All PC's in network have Guest shut off. And before
wrote this to you I turned Racsan's on and still no luck

----- Chuck wrote: ----

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:31:01 -0700, Racsan <[email protected]
wrote

Yes I am sharing one folder on the laptop and its not under c its under a different drive
Laptop firewall is shut off. The error I get is "\\Racsan is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have access permission. Access is denied

Racsan

What firewall is on Racsan? Was that NIS? Did you shut it off, or did you u
install it? Did you un install it while it was shut off? Try re installin
then configuring it

Check your Guest password on all computers - make it identical and non-blank

Cheers
Chuc
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing

 

[Guest]

Where did you go Chuck
Ro

----- Racsan wrote: ----

Chuck

There is no firewall on Racsan. I had NIS in and had it configured still no luck left it on and uninstalled it still no luck
As far as the Guest goes if you mean in control panel users. All PC's in network have Guest shut off. And before
wrote this to you I turned Racsan's on and still no luck

----- Chuck wrote: ----

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 13:31:01 -0700, Racsan <[email protected]
wrote

Yes I am sharing one folder on the laptop and its not under c its under a different drive
Laptop firewall is shut off. The error I get is "\\Racsan is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this resource. Contact the administrator of the server to find out if you have access permission. Access is denied

Racsan

What firewall is on Racsan? Was that NIS? Did you shut it off, or did you u
install it? Did you un install it while it was shut off? Try re installin
then configuring it

Check your Guest password on all computers - make it identical and non-blank

Cheers
Chuc
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing

 

[Chuck]

Chuck:

There is no firewall on Racsan. I had NIS in and had it configured still no luck left it on and uninstalled it still no luck.
As far as the Guest goes if you mean in control panel users. All PC's in network have Guest shut off. And before I
wrote this to you I turned Racsan's on and still no luck.

Racsan,

Did you use the Symantec un install tools for removing NAV and NIS?

On the chance that you did download something that damaged your network
software, download and try LSP-Fix and WinsockXPFIx from
<http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>.

I did myself install IPv6 on one of my computers; I ended up removing it (don't
remember why), but as I recall it un installed with no after effects.

Try swapping router ports (and network cables) with another computer.

Checkout your pinging ability. Get Ping Plotter (free) from
http://www.pingplotter.com/. Install it on the problem computer, and on one of
the others. Make them ping each other.

See if the static route tables offer any clue. Please provide static route
tables for the problem computer, and for one of the others.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "route print >c:\route.txt" into the command window -
Open c:\route.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.

On the chance that you downloaded something that you shouldn't have, do a
spyware check.

First, download CWShredder from <http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html>.

Next, close all Internet Explorer and Outlook windows, then run CWShredder.
Have it fix all variants.

Now check for, and remove, spyware. Get HijackThis
<http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155> and Spybot S&D
<http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download>. Both free.
1) Install and run Spybot. First update it ("Search for updates"), then run a
scan ("Check for problems"). Trust Spybot, and make all recommended deletions.
2) Install and run HijackThis. Do NOT make any changes immediately. Save the
HJT Log.
3) Have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the following
forums (and post it here):
<http://forums.net-integration.net/>
<http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/>
<http://forums.tomcoyote.org/>
<http://www.wilderssecurity.com/>

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Guest]

Chuck

Still waiting for a reply. Thanks for hanging in there

Racsa
----- Chuck wrote: ----

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 15:06:02 -0700, Racsan <[email protected]
wrote

Chuck
As far as the Guest goes if you mean in control panel users. All PC's in network have Guest shut off. And before
wrote this to you I turned Racsan's on and still no luck

Racsan

Did you use the Symantec un install tools for removing NAV and NIS

On the chance that you did download something that damaged your networ
software, download and try LSP-Fix and WinsockXPFIx fro
<http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm>

I did myself install IPv6 on one of my computers; I ended up removing it (don'
remember why), but as I recall it un installed with no after effects

Try swapping router ports (and network cables) with another computer

Checkout your pinging ability. Get Ping Plotter (free) fro
http://www.pingplotter.com/. Install it on the problem computer, and on one o
the others. Make them ping each other

See if the static route tables offer any clue. Please provide static rout
tables for the problem computer, and for one of the others
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "route print >c:\route.txt" into the command window
Open c:\route.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post

On the chance that you downloaded something that you shouldn't have, do
spyware check

First, download CWShredder from <http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4086.html>.

Next, close all Internet Explorer and Outlook windows, then run CWShredder
Have it fix all variants

Now check for, and remove, spyware. Get HijackThi
<http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=3155> and Spybot S&
<http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=download>. Both free
1) Install and run Spybot. First update it ("Search for updates"), then run
scan ("Check for problems"). Trust Spybot, and make all recommended deletions
2) Install and run HijackThis. Do NOT make any changes immediately. Save th
HJT Log
3) Have your HJT log interpreted by experts at one or more of the followin
forums (and post it here)
<http://forums.net-integration.net/><http://www.spywareinfo.com/forums/><http://forums.tomcoyote.org/><http://www.wilderssecurity.com/

Cheers
Chuc
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing