"workgroup" is not accessible.

[Stew]

"You might not have permission to use this network
resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find
out if you have access permissions. The network path was
not found."

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

 

[Rob]

-----Original Message-----
"You might not have permission to use this network
resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find
out if you have access permissions. The network path was
not found."

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!
.
I am having the same problem with the following setup:

54G router set to Mixed a for Ethernet connections on one
PC and 811.b on the other.
What vexes me is I am logged in as a admin on both.
I was able to map a drive on the Ethernet box, but can't
get past creating a share on the other.

 

[Stew]

-----Original Message-----

54G router set to Mixed a for Ethernet connections on one
PC and 811.b on the other.
What vexes me is I am logged in as a admin on both.
I was able to map a drive on the Ethernet box, but can't
get past creating a share on the other.
.
DAMN!!! Same exact setup, same exact result! I tried

talking to Linksys about it but i went 0 for 3 with them.
Don't bother wiping out your network and starting from
scratch. That doesn't work either. I tried reconfiguring
the whole network, wireless and everything. Dind't
help. Let me know if you find out anything. I'll do the
same. good luck!

 

[Less Than 0]

Alright, this problem is plauging me and keeping me up nights. Im
basically in charge over about 60 computers. All running XP pro. So
ive worked here about 6 months, everything is fine. I go home one day,
we have a power outage. Our servers are hooked to a UPS and it wasnt
off for that long so i dont even know if that has something to do with
it. But, i come back and every single computer now cannot browse
workgroup and comes up with this error:

"Workgroup is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to
find out if you have access permissions.

the list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available."

Ive researched and ive tried everything and the kitchen sink. Ive
restarted the computer browser service and the server service. But the
real kicker is i got it to work for about 10 seconds using someones
suggestion. Then i use a totally different suggestion and it works for
about 5 seconds. But really what i need is an understanding of why it
doesnt work. And how i can permanently fix it. We have no firewalls
except getting out of the building. There are none enabled on any of
the 60 machines.

Its been suggested that maybe every computer is acting as a server and
is holding an election to find the master browser to serve out the
list of computers? I havent set them up as servers. They can ping the
computers just fine, they can even put in UNC paths and get to them.
But they cannot browse the workgroup. I reaaallyyy would apreciate
help with this one. Because ill admit right now im clueless.

 

[Eric Cross]

Try Enabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP on all computers.

______________
Eric

 

[Less Than 0]

Try Enabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP on all computers.

I would love to, except for the fact that we have no WINS server and
NetBIOS broadcasts consume quite a bit of bandwidth. I dont think the
boss would be to happy if i slow his network down that much just to
browse something he can already get to through UNC paths. Furthermore
i searched the microsoft knowledge base and found only 1 article as a
resolution to my problem. And i already had that solution in place. To
no avail, it doesnt work. So that wasnt to comforting either. Thank
you for the suggestion though.

 

[Less Than 0]

Well, i have fixed the problem atleast for the moment. And it worked
more than 10 seconds go figure? And guess how i did it? Changed the
workgroup name. Nothing more, nothing less. Maybe it has to do with
having the workgroup name "Workgroup" maybe it doesnt. Not sure why it
helped but it seemed to have fixed the problem.

 

[Less Than 0]

I think our problem has to do with the routers somehow getting
disrupted during a power outage and started to filter out anything
that was workgroup. Because any other name works fine besides
workgroup.

 

[Guest]

I have tried everything suggested, disabling firewalls, changing workgroup names, etc, etc. I still get the same friggin' message "You might not have permission to use this network
resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find
out if you have access permissions. The network path was
not found."
Can't someone from Microsoft fess up and admit there is a problem? Better yet, how about a solution that works?!?!

----- Stew wrote: ----

"You might not have permission to use this network
resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find
out if you have access permissions. The network path was
not found."

Any help is appreciated. Thank you

 

[Guest]

Yo, "less than"... can you help the rest of us out and reference thos
solutions you've attempted so others won't tread the same ground

I too have run into this problem and I doubt your fix will be permanent
I do think the order in which you define, add computers and initialize th
router has something to do with it. But I don't have a permanent fix an
have encountered this problem several times

----- Less Than 0 wrote: ----

I think our problem has to do with the routers somehow gettin
disrupted during a power outage and started to filter out anythin
that was workgroup. Because any other name works fine beside
workgroup

 

[sanketmohite]

Solution for Workgroup Browsing problem

"You might not have permission to use this network
resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find
out if you have access permissions. The network path was
not found."

Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

Solution to the above probelm for WinXP SP2 machine:
1. Make sure that you are able to ping both the machines from both the machines. If not check TCP/IP
properties and firewall to enable ICMP.
2. 'enable NETBIOS over TCP/IP' in TCP/IP properties.
3. Disable firewall or configure it to allow ports 137,138 and 139. (netbios-ssn) because this is essential
for windows file sharing.
4. Computer browser service should be set to 'Automatic' start up on all the machines in your
workgroup.
5. Open 'Network Connections' module from Control Panel. Goto Advanced--Optional Networking
Component--Choose details of Networking Services---Select Peer to Peer. Click on next to finish the
wizard.
6. Restart the machine. You will be able to browse through your own workgroup as well as other
workgroups also. This has definately worked on my WinXP SP2 machine.

 

[aakburns]

I am going to solve this issue for you all. This is how I completely fixed the problem on my home network.

In rough detail. I had 3 computers networked, I was able to view anything I shared. I changed something and suddenly I could not view things from one of the machines. This machine being the "server" Here is the fix.

To view things simply, goto the manager menu when right clicking my computer. Look at user accounts. Enable the guest account. Now you need to find one of your shared folder, any will do, goto the security tab. Now you need to hit advanced. Once in here press add. Type Guest in the object box. Say ok. You should be all good to go now.

took me many hours of retracing whatever I was doing to mess it up.

Hope this helps, this should be the REAL solve of this issue.

NOTE: Under user account the Guest discription is ' Built-in account for guest access to the computer/domain.

Thanks
-Arik