Sharing problem on XP Home

[Guest]

We have 3 laptops running a mix of XP Home SP1 and SP2 sitting on a wireless
network.

Laptop1 (Wireless card) can see Laptop2 (Wirless card) and Laptop3 (Ethernet
cable) in My Network Places (they are all named and members of the same
workgroup) but Laptop1 can only access the shared folder on Laptop2, not
Laptop3.

Laptop2 can see Laptop1 and Laptop3 in My Network Places but cannot access
the shared folders on either.

Laptop3 can only see itself in My Network Places.

I am in the process of ensuring all machines are up to date with SP2 and any
security/critical updates.

All Laptops have Client for Microsoft Networks, File & Printer Sharing, QOS
Scheduler and TCP/IP Protocol installed with the same settings. IP addresses
are DHCP from the router and all Laptops can access the internet.

I have tried everything mentioned in the newsgroups and nothing has worked.

Any more suggestions gratefully received.

 

[Roberto]

We have 3 laptops running a mix of XP Home SP1 and SP2 sitting on a
wireless
network.

Laptop1 (Wireless card) can see Laptop2 (Wirless card) and Laptop3
(Ethernet
cable) in My Network Places (they are all named and members of the same
workgroup) but Laptop1 can only access the shared folder on Laptop2, not
Laptop3.

Laptop2 can see Laptop1 and Laptop3 in My Network Places but cannot access
the shared folders on either.

Laptop3 can only see itself in My Network Places.

I am in the process of ensuring all machines are up to date with SP2 and
any
security/critical updates.

All Laptops have Client for Microsoft Networks, File & Printer Sharing,
QOS
Scheduler and TCP/IP Protocol installed with the same settings. IP
addresses
are DHCP from the router and all Laptops can access the internet.

I have tried everything mentioned in the newsgroups and nothing has
worked.

Any more suggestions gratefully received.

You don't say, but have you checked the firewall settings to allow a
PCs in the ranged given out by your DHCP router [192.168.1.1 -254 for
example]

rgds
Roberto

 

[Malke]

We have 3 laptops running a mix of XP Home SP1 and SP2 sitting on a
wireless network.

Laptop1 (Wireless card) can see Laptop2 (Wirless card) and Laptop3
(Ethernet cable) in My Network Places (they are all named and members
of the same workgroup) but Laptop1 can only access the shared folder
on Laptop2, not Laptop3.

Laptop2 can see Laptop1 and Laptop3 in My Network Places but cannot
access the shared folders on either.

Laptop3 can only see itself in My Network Places.

I am in the process of ensuring all machines are up to date with SP2
and any security/critical updates.

All Laptops have Client for Microsoft Networks, File & Printer
Sharing, QOS
Scheduler and TCP/IP Protocol installed with the same settings. IP
addresses are DHCP from the router and all Laptops can access the
internet.

I have tried everything mentioned in the newsgroups and nothing has
worked.

This is most commonly caused by a misconfigured firewall. Run the
Network Setup Wizard on all computers, making sure to enable File &
Printer Sharing, and reboot. The only "gotcha" is that this will turn
on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party
firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like
Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. If you have
third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the Local Area
Network traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an
IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would
substitute your correct subnet.

If that doesn't work for you, here is an excellent network
troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it
and it will usually pinpoint the problem area(s) -
http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm

Malke

 

[Guest]

Like the other guys said probably firewall issue. Norton 2006 internet
security gave me a run for my money when I first tried setting it up. To help
identify the problem (if it were misconfigured Norton settings for example)
just stop protection on all computers for 5 minutes or however long and see
if you can get to folders on your network. If you can then it's just a matter
of playing with protection settings to get that network connection up and
running.

 

[Guest]

A combination of editing the registry to allow anonymous connections and
deleting the dhcptype key means that all machines can now see all machines.

Thanks anyway guys.