Networking shares problem!!

[BigAl.NZ]

Hi Guys,

There is a simple solution to this i am sure.

There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No
Domain controller etc.

Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as
a file server is on WORKGROUP.

All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \
\p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data.

Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant
access the share.

I can ping the file server ok.

When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the
workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc"

Anyone have any ideas why not? It seems like a fairly simple setup.

-Al

 

[Malke]

Hi Guys,

There is a simple solution to this i am sure.

There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No
Domain controller etc.

Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as
a file server is on WORKGROUP.

All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \
\p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data.

Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant
access the share.

I can ping the file server ok.

When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the
workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc"

Anyone have any ideas why not? It seems like a fairly simple setup.

Did you add the laptop's user account/password to the pseudo-server?
This needs to be done.

Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally
caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall; or 2) inadvertently running two
firewalls such as the built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party
firewall; and/or 3) not having identical user accounts and passwords on
all Workgroup machines; 4) trying to create shares where the operating
system does not permit it.


Malke

 

[BigAl.NZ]

Ofr course - That probably it Malke.

I was going to use the command net share \\server\share /user:name
password, but the file server has one account user which doesnt have a
password.

I will create the "laptop account" on the file server.

Cheers

-Al

 

[Kelly A.]

Hi Guys,

There is a simple solution to this i am sure.

There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No
Domain controller etc.

Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as
a file server is on WORKGROUP.

All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \
\p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data.

Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant
access the share.

I can ping the file server ok.

When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the
workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc"

Anyone have any ideas why not? It seems like a fairly simple setup.

-Al

Might also want to try setting all the machines to use the same workgroup,
like HOME, MSHOME, or whatever suits you. Then reboot to finalize the
changes.