trying to set up a home network (wired)
one is a desktop pc
windows home w/ sp2
one is laptop
windows media center w/ sp2
using a dlink router DI- 704P
i ran network wizard on both computers
- enabled file & printer sharin on both (do i have to?)
- made sure both computers are joining same workgroup (both computers can see each other but only one can access the other, desktop to laptop)
- made sure both computer ip addess is different (192.168.0.XXX)
- made sure both computer are named differently
i only see each computer through workgroup computers
i can only access stuff from desktop to laptop, my laptop can only see itself =(
note: my desktop has DMZ enabled in dlink router settings and my desktop is in lan 1, laptop in lan 3
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Make sure file and printer sharing is configured/allowed in your firewall on the laptop (if not third party firewall, Windows Firewall)(Start>control panel)
Also try accessing the desktop from the laptop this way
Start>run>//desktopname -
If you can access each computer under workgroup, then they are networked. Try this: my network place -> add network place -. choose another network location -> browse -> entire network -> windows network then select the folders
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i do not have third party firewall, both computer has windows firewall enabled, checked exception, they are the same, but laptop can't see desktop but desktop could see laptop
yes i do have folders shared on the desktop =P the shared folder is shared and a folder on desktop is shared -
what error do you get when you try to access from start>run>//deskname ?
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\\deskname is not accessible. you might not have permission to use this network resource. contact admin of this server to find out if you have acess permissions. access is denied.
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Setup on the Desktop the same user/pass that you login with the laptop and then try it - You must have matching user/pass with permissions to access the shares from the pc - A work around this is my having the same administrator password on each machine, but for now make sure it works with the same user / pass and go from there.
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i must be doing something wrong, it does not work, i even restarted both computers
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you are sharing something from the desktop right? Setup a new user account on each pc named test with no password - log into both and shared a folder on each, and both should work -
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fixed it by going into the xp home and doing this
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\LSA\
RestrictAnonymous:REG_DWORD:"1"
double click this key and change the setting from "1" to "0" If it was initally set to "1," this should fix your problem.
Files/Folders Not Appearing
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Snakeiz, Feb 5, 2007.