Networking Problem, please help

[Dusan Simic]

Hi,
Ive got 3 computers at home:
- Win2000
- WinXP pro, and
- WinXP pro SP1.
I have a Netgear RP614v2 router, which works fine, in terms of the Internet
connection. The problem is that I cannot get access to the WinXP pro SP1,
from other computers, while all other connections work fine. To me it looks
like a sign of a firewall. I stopped Black Ice, and nothing. I went through
each and every process, none of it seems to be a type of firewall. My best
guess is, it must be an SP1 problem, because the other XP computer has the
same network settings and it works fine.
Has anyone had this problem before? Better yet, does anyone know how to
solve it? Ive run out of ideas.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

You have to manually share the XP files/drives by right clicking on them and
picking Sharing and Security. You might also have to turn off the Windows
Firewall.

 

[Malke]

Hi,
Ive got 3 computers at home:
- Win2000
- WinXP pro, and
- WinXP pro SP1.
I have a Netgear RP614v2 router, which works fine, in terms of the
Internet connection. The problem is that I cannot get access to the
WinXP pro SP1, from other computers, while all other connections work
fine. To me it looks like a sign of a firewall. I stopped Black Ice,
and nothing. I went through each and every process, none of it seems
to be a type of firewall. My best guess is, it must be an SP1 problem,
because the other XP computer has the same network settings and it
works fine. Has anyone had this problem before? Better yet, does
anyone know how to solve it? Ive run out of ideas.

Thanks in advance.

When you say you can't get access to the XP SP1 box from the other
computers, do you mean sharing? Have you a) created identical user
accounts and passwords on all 3 boxen; b) made sure all 3 boxen are in
the same workgroup; 4) shared out resources on the SP1 computer?

Malke

 

[Dusan Simic]

Yes, I meant sharing. I can see all computers in Network Neighbourhood from
all three. Im sharing local disks (C&D), Simple File Sharing (all can read
and modify). Ive tried every method, none of it worked so far.

 

[Malke]

Yes, I meant sharing. I can see all computers in Network Neighbourhood
from all three. Im sharing local disks (C&D), Simple File Sharing (all
can read and modify). Ive tried every method, none of it worked so
far.

Please be more precise. What does "tried every method" really mean? Have
you created the identical user accounts/passwords? Are you sure they
are all in the same workgroup, with no typos? Are all computers on the
same subnet?

Malke

 

[Dusan Simic]

The router assigns the IP automatically. Ive even reserved local IP
addresses. Subnet is the same with all of them. User accounts are the same.
Workgroup is the same. No typos! I have fair networking knowledge, but this
one is hard to crack. Both XP systems have Black Ice set to ignore each
other (Ive tried with them switched off), the major difference is that the
XP SP1 has Norton antivirus (which I switched off as well), and some NVidia
services.

 

[Malke]

The router assigns the IP automatically. Ive even reserved local IP
addresses. Subnet is the same with all of them. User accounts are the
same. Workgroup is the same. No typos! I have fair networking
knowledge, but this one is hard to crack. Both XP systems have Black
Ice set to ignore each other (Ive tried with them switched off), the
major difference is that the XP SP1 has Norton antivirus (which I
switched off as well), and some NVidia services.

Then without seeing the computers, I'm sorry but I'm stumped. Try
posting in one of the networking groups. Try a different router. Swap
out cables. Check your nics. Enable the Guest Account. Check your hosts
files for hijacks. I'm not sure. I do know there normally isn't any
problem in creating a mixed network like you've described. NAV and
Nvidia should not affect networking at all.

Malke