Cyril
Mon Jun 30 06:36:45 PDT 2008
Malke wrote:
> Cyril N. Alberga wrote:
>
>> I have two machines running XP Pro, hard-wired to a Linksys router. I'm
>> trying to network them, but I'm clearly doing something dumb.
>>
>> If on the first machine I go to:
>> My Network Places\Entire Network\Micorsoft Windows Network\Mshome
>> I see both computers listed.
>>
>> But when I go to Sharing and Security for a second harddrive and try to
>> add a new "share" the Permissions window only displays one (the current)
>> machine in the locations list.
>>
>> What must I do to get the second machine to display?
>
> For XP, start by running the Network Setup Wizard on all machines (see
> caveat in Item A below).
>
> Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally caused
> by 1) a misconfigured firewall or overlooked firewall (including stateful
> firewalls in a VPN); or 2) inadvertently running two firewalls such as the
> built-in Windows Firewall and a third-party firewall; and/or 3) not having
> identical user accounts and passwords on all Workgroup machines; 4) trying
> to create shares where the operating system does not permit it.
>
> A. Configure firewalls on all machines to allow the Local Area Network (LAN)
> traffic as trusted. With Windows Firewall, this means allowing File/Printer
> Sharing on the Exceptions tab. Normally running the Network Setup Wizard on
> XP will take care of this for those machines.The only "gotcha" is that this
> will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a
> third-party firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm
> Protection" (like Norton 2006/07) which acts as a firewall, then you're
> fine. With third-party firewalls, I usually configure the LAN allowance
> with an IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you
> would substitute your correct subnet. Do not run more than one firewall. DO
> NOT TURN OFF FIREWALLS; CONFIGURE THEM CORRECTLY.
>
> B. For ease of organization, put all computers in the same Workgroup. This
> is done from the System applet in Control Panel, Computer Name tab.
>
> C. Create matching user accounts and passwords on all machines. You do not
> need to be logged into the same account on all machines and the passwords
> assigned to each user account can be different; the accounts/passwords just
> need to exist and match on all machines. DO NOT NEGLECT TO CREATE
> PASSWORDS, EVEN IF ONLY SIMPLE ONES. If you wish a machine to boot directly
> to the Desktop (into one particular user's account) for convenience, you
> can do this. The instructions at this link work for both XP and Vista:
>
> Configure Windows to Automatically Login (MVP Ramesh) -
>
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/Autologon.htm
>
> D. If one or more of the computers is XP Pro or Media Center, turn off
> Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab).
>
> Malke
Okay, guys, I still have a problem.
Machine A can now see the HD on Machine B, via the "My Network Places" directory
tree, and has permission to look at, and modify the files there.
Machine B can see the existence of HDs on Machine A, but doesn't have permission
to access them.
On Machine A however, if I try to "share" a HD with Machine B the "share"ing
dialog box DOESN'T see Machine B at all. When I open the "Select Users or
Groups" DB Machine B is not seen when "Locations" is clicked, nor are any of the
users on Machine B displayed when I click "Advanced" and then "Find Now".
So, on Machine A, Machine B is listed in "My Network Places", but not in the
list of entities that can be granted permissions.
What can I do now?
Cyril N. Alberga