Wireless Networking Problem

[Guest]

I've recently got a BT Voyager 2110 ADSL Router and have connected it to both
my pcs in the house. They both recieve an internet connection from it so the
actual wireless connection is not a prolem, but they cant connect to each
other properly. With Computer A i can see both computers in the workgroup
section, but cannot access the shared files of Computer B (or printers
e.t.c), and from Computer B when i try to access the workgroup this message
comes up.
'Workgroup not accessible. You might not have permmission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this servor to see if you have
access permissions.
The list of servers for this workgroup is not available at this time.'
Both computers detect the router fine, but not each other.
Please help, anything will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Chuck]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:57:17 -0700, Crazy Tom <Crazy

I've recently got a BT Voyager 2110 ADSL Router and have connected it to both
my pcs in the house. They both recieve an internet connection from it so the
actual wireless connection is not a prolem, but they cant connect to each
other properly. With Computer A i can see both computers in the workgroup
section, but cannot access the shared files of Computer B (or printers
e.t.c), and from Computer B when i try to access the workgroup this message
comes up.
'Workgroup not accessible. You might not have permmission to use this
network resource. Contact the administrator of this servor to see if you have
access permissions.
The list of servers for this workgroup is not available at this time.'
Both computers detect the router fine, but not each other.
Please help, anything will be greatly appreciated.

Hi Tom,

This is a pretty well known scenario. One of the most common causes of this
problem would be a misconfigured or overlooked personal firewall, or other
security component, but there are several others too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

You might look at "browstat status", "ipconfig /all", "net config server", and
"net config workstation", from each computer, and diagnose the problem. Read
this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions precisely (download
browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp