Before you got the router, could you share files? Do you have a software
firewall on either computer?
How many computers are we talking about? What OS - XP Home? XP Pro?
Combination? Other? This makes a difference.
More about file sharing, between all different versions of Windows:
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...db-aef8-4bef-925e-7ac9be791028&DisplayLang=en>
Are you running both Client for Microsoft Networks, and File and Printer
Sharing
for Microsoft Networks (Local Area Connection - Properties), on each
computer?
Do you have shares setup on each?
Are you running NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (Local Area Connection - Properties -
TCP/IP
- Properties - Advanced - WINS) on each computer?
On any XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control
Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With
XP Pro,
you need to have SFS properly set on each computer.
On XP Pro with SFS disabled, check the Local Security Policies (Control
Panel -
Administrative Tools). Under Local Policies - Security Options, look at
"Network access: Sharing and security model", and ensure it's set to
"Classic -
local users authenticate as themselves".
On XP Pro with SFS disabled, if you set the above Local Security Policy to
"Guest only", enable the Guest account, using Start - Run - "cmd" - type
"net
user guest /active:yes" in the command window. If "Classic", setup and
use a
common non-Guest account on all computers. Whichever account is used,
give it
an identical, non-blank password on all computers.
On XP Home, and on XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that
the
Guest account is enabled, on each computer. Enable Guest, with Start -
Run -
"cmd", then type "net user guest /active:yes" in the command window.
Ensure
that the password for Guest is blank, with Start - Run - "control
userpasswords2"; select Guest, click Reset Password, click OK without
entering a
new password.
On XP Pro, if you're going to use Guest authentication, check your Local
Security Policy (Control Panel - Administrative Tools) - User Rights
Assignment,
on the XP Pro computer, and look at "Deny access to this computer from the
network". Make sure Guest is not in the list. Look at "Access this
computer
from the network", and make sure that Everyone is in this list.
Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF / WF, or third
party)? If
so, you need to configure them for file sharing. Firewall configurations
are a
very common cause of (network) browser, and file sharing, problems.
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Cheers,
Chuck
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