Unable To Map Network Drive

[Tom]

Win XP Pro on desktop
Win XP Home on laptop
Netgear MR 814 Wireless router

I can ping all ways with or without ZA Pro on.
I checked workgroup name, guest account is on, folder sharing is on,
browser service is enabled. What's left to check ?

Thanks Tom

 

[Chuck]

Win XP Pro on desktop
Win XP Home on laptop
Netgear MR 814 Wireless router

I can ping all ways with or without ZA Pro on.
I checked workgroup name, guest account is on, folder sharing is on,
browser service is enabled. What's left to check ?

Thanks Tom

Tom,

On the XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Home
and Pro together, you need to have SFS properly set. In your case, you should
enable SFS. And enable Guest thru lusrmgr!

With XP Pro, if SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (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".

With XP Pro, if you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure
that the Guest account is enabled, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc"), and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers. If
"Classic", setup and use a common non-Guest account, with identical, non-blank,
password on all computers.

For XP Home, OR for XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled (for XP Pro, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc")), on each computer.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so,
you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and
UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the
Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of
(network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[Tom]

Tom,

On the XP Pro computer, check to see if Simple File Sharing (Control Panel -
Folder Options - View - Advanced settings) is enabled or disabled. With XP Home
and Pro together, you need to have SFS properly set. In your case, you should
enable SFS. And enable Guest thru lusrmgr!

With XP Pro, if SFS is disabled, check the Local Security Policy (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".

With XP Pro, if you set the Local Security Policy to "Guest only", make sure
that the Guest account is enabled, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc"), and has an identical, non-blank, password on all computers. If
"Classic", setup and use a common non-Guest account, with identical, non-blank,
password on all computers.

For XP Home, OR for XP Pro with Simple File Sharing enabled, make sure that the
Guest account is enabled (for XP Pro, thru Local User Manager (Start - Run -
"lusrmgr.msc")), on each computer.

Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so,
you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and
UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the
Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of
(network) browser, and file sharing, problems.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.

Did all that already.
ICF is off and I use ZA Pro. It is set up correctly having 192.168.0.0
/ 255.255.255.0 in the Trusted zone, but I shut it down for troubleshooting.
I'm using my laptop now with a remote connection, so the wireless
network part is ok. Any other ideas ?
Thanks again, Tom

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

ICF is off and I use ZA Pro. It is set up correctly having 192.168.0.0
/ 255.255.255.0 in the Trusted zone, but I shut it down for troubleshooting.
I'm using my laptop now with a remote connection, so the wireless
network part is ok. Any other ideas ?

Tom,

perhaps you can find the cause of the problem in
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxNetwork.htm.

Hans-Georg

 

[Chuck]

Did all that already.
ICF is off and I use ZA Pro. It is set up correctly having 192.168.0.0
/ 255.255.255.0 in the Trusted zone, but I shut it down for troubleshooting.
I'm using my laptop now with a remote connection, so the wireless
network part is ok. Any other ideas ?
Thanks again, Tom

Tom,

What error / symptom are you referring to when you say "Unable To Map Network
Drive"?

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?

From each computer, test shares visibility (use actual name / address of each
computer as appropriate):
Start - Run then:
1) \\ThisComputerByName
2) \\ThisComputerByIPAddress
3) \\OtherComputerByName
4) \\OtherComputerByIPAddress
Report visibility of shares / error displayed in each test (8 tests total).

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.