no logon servers available to service the logon request

[Gene Weber]

Hi,

I'm trying to setup a wireless home network to share
drives and a printer. I'm using a Belkin 802.11b wireless
router. I don't yet have broadband and was planning to
simply use it for a wireless connection for now.

My desktop is a Windows 98 PC, The Ethernet card in that
PC is connected to a LAN port on the back of the router.
My work laptop is a Windows 2000 machine with a wireless
PCMCIA card. When I set it all up, if I access the router
(via an internet browser using it's IP address), both
machines are listed in its DHCP client list and have been
assigned IP addresses. From the laptop and the desktop I
can ping the other machine.

However, I can't find the 98 machine in the 2000 machines
neighborhood network or vise versa. I set the C drive up
on the 98 desktop for sharing, but when I try to mount it
on the 2000 laptop I get the error: "The mapped network
drive could not be created because the following error
occurred: There are currently no logon servers available
to service the logon request".

Windows 98 setup:
Using TCP/IP
Seem to need to use "Client for Microsoft Networks" as
the "Primary Network Login"
File and Print Sharing is set (as is sharing the "C" drive
itself)
DNS is enabled. Host: "XYZ" Domain "Belkin"
Bindings are - "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File
and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks"
IP Address is set to "Obtain an IP address automatically"
WINS Configuration is set to "Disable WINS Resolution"
Gateway is blank

Windows 2000 setup: (a bit more of a mystery)
There is a domain and no workgroup. It is all set up by
administrators at work, and last time I messed with it, I
could no longer logon to the laptop until they reset
stuff ;-)

Thanks in advance for your help.

Gene Weber

 

[ph_hiker]

What you can do is setup a local account in your win2k professional server
that has the same login account in your Windows 98 PC. After that try this
on your windows 98 machine - net use z: \\windows2000machinename\c$ , if
this is successful then you are properly connected.

You can also try to create a new profile when you are not at the office and
instead of domain, create a workgroup that you can use at home. When it
says domain in your win2k prof. machine it means you are using the local
cached profile. Hope this helps.

JSN