Networking shares problem!!

[BigAl.NZ@gmail.com]

Hi Guys,

There is a simple solution to this i am sure.

There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No
Domain controller etc.

Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as
a file server is on WORKGROUP.

All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \
\p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data.

Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant
access the share.

I can ping the file server ok.

When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the
workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc"

Anyone have any ideas why not? It seems like a fairly simple setup.

-Al

 

[Malke]

BigAl.NZ@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> There is a simple solution to this i am sure.
>
> There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No
> Domain controller etc.
>
> Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as
> a file server is on WORKGROUP.
>
> All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \
> \p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data.
>
> Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant
> access the share.
>
> I can ping the file server ok.
>
> When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the
> workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc"
>
> Anyone have any ideas why not? It seems like a fairly simple setup.

Did you add the laptop's user account/password to the pseudo-server?
This needs to be done.

Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally
caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall; 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.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[BigAl.NZ@gmail.com]

Ofr course - That probably it Malke.

I was going to use the command net share \\server\share /user:name
password, but the file server has one account user which doesnt have a
password.

I will create the "laptop account" on the file server.

Cheers

-Al

Malke wrote:
> BigAl.NZ@gmail.com wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > There is a simple solution to this i am sure.
> >
> > There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No
> > Domain controller etc.
> >
> > Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as
> > a file server is on WORKGROUP.
> >
> > All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \
> > \p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data.
> >
> > Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant
> > access the share.
> >
> > I can ping the file server ok.
> >
> > When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the
> > workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc"
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas why not? It seems like a fairly simple setup.
>
> Did you add the laptop's user account/password to the pseudo-server?
> This needs to be done.
>
> Problems sharing files between computers on a network are generally
> caused by 1) a misconfigured firewall; 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.
>
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

 

[Kelly A.]

<BigAl.NZ@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1185240787.322483.251170@g12g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Guys,
>
> There is a simple solution to this i am sure.
>
> There is a network with about 5 PC's on it connected to a router. No
> Domain controller etc.
>
> Most of the PC's are set to workgroup MSHOME, and one PC which acts as
> a file server is on WORKGROUP.
>
> All the PC's can access the share on the file server called \
> \p4server. The full name of the share is \\p4server\Data.
>
> Now for some reason we have added a laptop to the network, and cant
> access the share.
>
> I can ping the file server ok.
>
> When I try to map the network drive with net use , or by browsing the
> workgroup, I get "Workgroup MSHOME is not accessable etc etc"
>
> Anyone have any ideas why not? It seems like a fairly simple setup.
>
> -Al
>

Might also want to try setting all the machines to use the same workgroup,
like HOME, MSHOME, or whatever suits you. Then reboot to finalize the
changes.