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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Networking and Web / January 2006share/connect problem
I have two computers connected in a network via a Lynksys router. One computer is a Compaq EVO 800c running Windows Xp Professional Service Pak 2 It has an eithernet and a wireless adapter. The wireless adapter is inactive and the connection is via the eithernet adapter. The IPconfix and Browstat results for this computer are as follows: Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : IRA Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes Ethernet adapter Harrishome: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-08-02-6C-D8-B8 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 02, 2006 1:00:27 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 03, 2006 1:00:27 PM Status for domain WORKGROUP on transport \Device\NwlnkNb Browsing is active on domain. Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\IRA Master browser is running build 2600 1 backup servers retrieved from master IRA \\IRA There are 1 servers in domain WORKGROUP on transport \Device\NwlnkNb There are 1 domains in domain WORKGROUP on transport \Device\NwlnkNb Status for domain WORKGROUP on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0914E01F-A101-470E-87DE-FFFB26AA79C1} Browsing is active on domain. Master browser name is: IRA Master browser is running build 2600 1 backup servers retrieved from master IRA \\IRA There are 1 servers in domain WORKGROUP on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0914E01F-A101-470E-87DE-FFFB26AA79C1} There are 2 domains in domain WORKGROUP on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0914E01F-A101-470E-87DE-FFFB26AA79C1} Status for domain WORKGROUP on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx Browsing is active on domain. Master name cannot be determined from GetAdapterStatus. Using \\IRA Master browser is running build 2600 1 backup servers retrieved from master IRA \\IRA There are 1 servers in domain WORKGROUP on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx Unable to retrieve server list from IRA: 1231 The second computer is a Thinkpad T43P laptop also running windows XP Professional, service pak 2 It has three adapters. The bluetooth and eithernet adapters are not being used. The computer is connected to the router by a wireless adapter. The utility results are as follows: Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Ken Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-CE-9B-17-B5 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.2 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 02, 2006 12:51:28 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:51:28 PM Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 2: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-6C-E9-4E-73 Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth LAN Access Server Driver Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-A4-DF-C0-3F I have run set up many times and can find no problem. Yesterday I had the compter name Ira where it would see the computer named Ken and had Ira sharing data with folders on Ken. Using Ira, I could move files back and forth beteween the two computers. Ken could see the other computer and would not share any folders on Ira. When I tried to access Ira from Ken I got a message as follows: \\Ira is not accessable. You might not have peremision to use this network resource. Contact administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The network path was not found. Personal firewalls have been shut down on both machines. Last night I shut both computers and the router down. Today when I brought them up, the Ira computer could not see the Ken computer. I determined that the workgrouo which had been set as HARRISHOME when the computer was shut down had changed to Wprkgroup. I changed it back and rebooted. Now Ira can see Ken, but I get the same message is is quoted above on both computers. Questions - Why does that name of the workgroup change by itself at times and what am I doing wrong that prevents my being able to share folders on these 2 machines. Simple share has been disabled on both. Any assistance will be appreciated. Ken >I have two computers connected in a network via a Lynksys router. > [quoted text clipped - 136 lines] > >Simple share has been disabled on both. Ken, First, Simple File Sharing ("Simple share"?) is not relevant to visibility problems which you are having. You omitted "browstat status" from Ken. Diagnostics like "browstat status" are most useful when performed consistently. For my money, your problem comes from having IPX/SPX on Ira. Do you truly need IPX/SPX? Windows Networking works quite well with only NetBIOS Over TCP/IP. <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/fix-network-problems-but-clean-up.html What personal firewalls do you have on each computer (disabled or no)? What antivirus products? <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html  SignatureCheers, Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. Thanks for your response. I read your information page and made the following adjustments on both machines. 1. disabled all items from transportation list except the following. Client for Microsoft Networks. File and Printer Sharing For Microsoft Networks. QoS Packet Scheduler (QPS is optional, and has caused no known problems). Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). 2. NetBIOS Over TCP/IP was enabled Since the first message I discovered that the firewall I had disabled on Ira had been turned back on when I rebooted. I shut it down again and Ira can again share files with Ken. Nothing has changed as far as Ken's ability to access Ira. Fire walls - Ira Zone Alarm - disabled Ken - Windows firewall - Disabled The router is supposed to have a built in firewall. Anti Virus - Norton 2005 on both machines. In the first message I also failed to say that both machines are able to access the internet via the router. Browstate from Ken - before the changes Status for domain HARRISHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C6DD2A86-3D33-4517-9B4B-DD830601A890} Browsing is active on domain. Master browser name is: KEN Master browser is running build 2600 1 backup servers retrieved from master KEN \\KEN There are 2 servers in domain HARRISHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C6DD2A86-3D33-4517-9B4B-DD830601A890} There are 1 domains in domain HARRISHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C6DD2A86-3D33-4517-9B4B-DD830601A890} After the changes - Status for domain HARRISHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C6DD2A86-3D33-4517-9B4B-DD830601A890} Browsing is active on domain. Master browser name is: KEN Master browser is running build 2600 1 backup servers retrieved from master KEN \\KEN There are 2 servers in domain HARRISHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C6DD2A86-3D33-4517-9B4B-DD830601A890} There are 1 domains in domain HARRISHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{C6DD2A86-3D33-4517-9B4B-DD830601A890} It appears to be the same. Thanks Ken >>I have two computers connected in a network via a Lynksys router. >> [quoted text clipped - 164 lines] > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html >>>I have two computers connected in a network via a Lynksys router. >>> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>>It has an eithernet and a wireless adapter. The wireless adapter is >>>inactive and the connection is via the eithernet adapter. <SNIP> >>>I have run set up many times and can find no problem. >>> [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] >> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html> >> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html >Thanks for your response. > [quoted text clipped - 62 lines] >Thanks >Ken Ken, First, with Ken being in workgroup HARRISHOME, and Ira in Workgroup, you have a problem there. Second, if there is a firewall on the router, it only protects your computers from Internet traffic. The device connecting the computers on your LAN is just a switch - no routing there, and no firewall. But you do have Zone Alarm on Ira, which you say you have disabled. Zone Alarm is known for not accepting being disabled. Next, if you have Norton Antivirus 2005 on both computers, you have a problem. NAV 2005 includes worm protection, which is known to cause problems with file sharing. <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html SignatureCheers, Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking] http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/ Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience. My email is AT DOT actual address pchuck mvps org. Thanks for your response. Apparently I provided the wrong copy of browstat.txt from Ira. The correct data is as follows" Status for domain HARRISHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0914E01F-A101-470E-87DE-FFFB26AA79C1} Browsing is active on domain. Master browser name is: IRA Master browser is running build 2600 1 backup servers retrieved from master IRA \\IRA There are 2 servers in domain HARRISHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0914E01F-A101-470E-87DE-FFFB26AA79C1} There are 1 domains in domain HARRISHOME on transport \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0914E01F-A101-470E-87DE-FFFB26AA79C1} As I stated in my first post Ira seems to have changed from HARRISHOME to Workgroups by itself. I apparently ran Browstat before I changed it back. Both are on HARRISHOME. The device connecting the ADSL modem to the computers is a Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router (WRT54G) According to the manufacturer it is a combination Router, Switch, and Access Point and provides a SPI Firewall and WPA encryption. As for Zone Alarm, I could not find any way to just disable it so I shut it down. I know that Norton has the worm protection and while I was not certain if it would be a proble, I turned off that feature to be safe. I am aware that the router firewall only protects against internet traffic. Since the rounter has the encryption and both machines are in my home and my wife and I are the only ones here, internet trafic is all the protection I want from the firewall. Any more ideas will be appreciated. Ken >>>>I have two computers connected in a network via a Lynksys router. >>>> [quoted text clipped - 161 lines] > <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html> > http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html For information of any who are having a similar problem. I determined that the simple file sharing had been turned off on Ken, but not on Ira. I turned it off on Ira and the security tab appeared. Using it I gave myslef full permission on Ira and that resolved the problem. Both computers now can see and access files on the other. Ken > Thanks for your response. > [quoted text clipped - 204 lines] >> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html> >> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html |
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