Problem w/ file and printer sharing on Win XP Pro SP2

[Guest]

I am using a Linksys BEFVP41 ver. 2 router. I am networking 3 PCs using Win
XP Pro SP2. I already had this network up and running for quite a while using
SP2, so I am quite sure this has nothing to do with that. What happened was
that I accidentally reset my router, and now only the DSL connection work. I
cannot share my files nor printers. When I view workgroup computers and click
on one of the other PC's, I get the error message: "\\backroom_workst is not
accessible. Contact the adminitrator of this server to find out if you have
access permissions. The network path was not found." Any help is greatly
appreciated. Thanks in advance. Andrew

 

[Chuck]

I am using a Linksys BEFVP41 ver. 2 router. I am networking 3 PCs using Win
XP Pro SP2. I already had this network up and running for quite a while using
SP2, so I am quite sure this has nothing to do with that. What happened was
that I accidentally reset my router, and now only the DSL connection work. I
cannot share my files nor printers. When I view workgroup computers and click
on one of the other PC's, I get the error message: "\\backroom_workst is not
accessible. Contact the adminitrator of this server to find out if you have
access permissions. The network path was not found." Any help is greatly
appreciated. Thanks in advance. Andrew

Andrew,

Do you have internet connectivity on all computers?

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 operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.

From each computer, test connectivity and name resolution with each computer,
including itself:
1) Ping computer #1 by name.
2) Ping computer #1 by ip address.
3) Ping computer #2 by name.
4) Ping computer #2 by ip address.
5) Ping computer #3 by name.
6) Ping computer #3 by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
6) Ping the router.
Report success / exact error displayed in each test (24 tests total).

Cheers,
Chuck
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