wireless workgroup

Jon

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hey,

me and a friend set up a wireless workgroup at my house yesterday so my laptop can access my files and printer on the desktop and it works fine everythings great.

but today i went to a differant friends house to help him set a wireless workgroup for the same thing at his house, but for some reason when we try to access the desktop over the network it says not allowed etc... yes i know this normally means conflicting ip addresses or whatever or firewall... but this is with the firewall off even though ive set the ip addresses in the firewall (ZA)

anyway the thing that i do not understand at all is that the printer that is attached to his computer works over the network!!!!!!!??!!!

i dont know how this can be possible!!

does anyone know why it should not be letting us access the network other than printer.

and also the network works if u access the files on the laptop from the desktop so this is weird.

please help :)
 
Is he using the Windows Zero Config for his wireless network?

When I was using the Belkin one, I had the same problem. But a swift change to Windows Zero Config sorted all that.:)
 
Is he using the Windows Zero Config for his wireless network?

When I was using the Belkin one, I had the same problem. But a swift change to Windows Zero Config sorted all that.:)


what is windows zero config?

no they are both running windows xp home
 
It is the standard wireless networking utility by Microsoft. If he is not using it then somewhere in the utility he is using it should give you the option to change to the Windows one.
 
i just set it up by putting both work groups to HOME putting the ip addresses in to the firewalls and sharing the files.

its weird because it lets him use the printer but not access the files!
 
Do all the computers show up in the workgroup computers screen?

The computer that he wants to access files from has to be turned on.
 
yeh when he clicks on show workgroup computers it shows he other computer but if he clicks on it it comes up with the error message.

yes the files he wants are shared, and if he searches for a printer that works fine.

any ideas?
 
I had a problem with my home network that was similar. I could see all computers on my network and transfer files except my main computer couldn't be accessed by any other on the network. It would always ask for a password witch didn't exsist. I fought it for months, Reading forums and rechecking everything i could think of. I finally found that one of my kids setup another user for the computer and i couldn't delete it. Long story..short, I reformatted my computer and problem was solved.
 
yes ive done the wizard as well but it hasnt helped him. its so weird though as he can acces the printer but not files.
 
few pointers

Make sure all clients are on the same work group. For example my workgroup at home is Vallhalla, so every client has that as their work group

Now, you can try the following steps to see where the problem is

1) Get all the ips of your clients by going to start > run > cmd > ipconfig

2) Now from the client that is not conencting go to start > run > cmd > ping <ip of client> and see if you can even ping it. If you can ping it go to next step, if you can't try repairing your network connection and other various troublehsooting steps

3) go to start > run > and type this \\<ip of client you just pinged> and see if it pulls up the shares via windows explorer

Now if for some reason they are all on different subnets that is also a problem. Make sure your router is set up to give all clients the same ip scheme and same sub net.

If the problem still persists you could have issues with your OS. Try booting into the recovery console and use this command

chkdsk /r


Oh and also make sure that they have actually shared some resources on their machines first. By right clicking on a folder and going to properties, and then the sharing tab.
 
right thanks tlarkin,

he did all of the things you said.

His laptop can ping the desktop and it is succesfull

he can see the shared folder that is on his desktop from while on his laptop, but if he clicks on it it says access denied.

this is weird do you have any idea why it is denying him access to the folder?

thanks
 
right thanks tlarkin,

he did all of the things you said.

His laptop can ping the desktop and it is succesfull

he can see the shared folder that is on his desktop from while on his laptop, but if he clicks on it it says access denied.

this is weird do you have any idea why it is denying him access to the folder?

thanks

if the folder is password protected or encyrpted (private) other clients can not have access to it. Make sure he did not make any folders private.
 
i dont think he has made it private, but how could he make sure it is not?

there is no password.

this is so annoying

thanks
 
is any of you using norton virus protection, if you are , access the internet worm protection and disable it (it will work even if you disabled the whole auto protect), just another fine product from symantec!
 
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