Hi,



I just bought a new D-Link router to share my Internet connection between my

desktop and my laptop.



The desktop is running Win2K Pro and is connected to the router using an

Ethernet cable; the laptop runs WinXP Pro and connects to the router

wirelessly.



I managed to set up the router to share the Internet connection and wanted

to set up file sharing, but I'm having trouble with the XP box.



Currently, both computers belong to the same workgroup and have different

names and different IPs. They both have NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled. They

both have Guest accounts disabled.



The 2K box has no trouble connecting to the workgroup and accessing files in

the XP box. However, the XP box cannot see the 2K box's files and printer,

it can, however conntect to the 2K box's HTTP and FTP servers. Pings in both

directions are also successful.



When I click on "View workgroup computers" in "My Network Places", I get the

following error:



"[Workgroup] is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this

network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if

you have access permissions."



The network path was not found."



I have been able to determine that the workgroup's Browser Master is the 2K

box and that the XP box, although it can't access it, does recognize the 2K

box by its name (the computer's name is correctly associated to the IP).



Although I don't really understand what it means, I have also found out that

when listing the transports bound to each computer's browser (using

Browstat) I get one single transport from the XP box, but 7 from the 2K box.

Could this have something to do with my problem?



All I have been able to determine so far is that whenever the 2K box is

Browser Master, it will not allow the XP box to access the workgroup. If the

XP box is Browser Master, it can access the workgroup, but it can't access

the files on the 2K box.



I have discovered that using the "net send" command I can successfully send

a message to the 2K box.



Any ideas, suggestions, tests I could run? Thanks in advance,



Mauricio Diaz

The Win2k machine must have a user account which matches the user name and

password used to log onto the XP machine.  That user account or some group

of which it is a member must have rights to a share on the Win2k machine.



Doug Sherman

MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP



"Mauricio Diaz" <mdiaz@swissonline.ch> wrote in message

news:%23GJpD79gEHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

> Hi,

>

> I just bought a new D-Link router to share my Internet connection between

my

> desktop and my laptop.

>

> The desktop is running Win2K Pro and is connected to the router using an

> Ethernet cable; the laptop runs WinXP Pro and connects to the router

> wirelessly.

>

> I managed to set up the router to share the Internet connection and wanted

> to set up file sharing, but I'm having trouble with the XP box.

>

> Currently, both computers belong to the same workgroup and have different

> names and different IPs. They both have NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled. They

> both have Guest accounts disabled.

>

> The 2K box has no trouble connecting to the workgroup and accessing files

in

> the XP box. However, the XP box cannot see the 2K box's files and printer,

> it can, however conntect to the 2K box's HTTP and FTP servers. Pings in

both

> directions are also successful.

>

> When I click on "View workgroup computers" in "My Network Places", I get

the

> following error:

>

> "[Workgroup] is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this

> network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if

> you have access permissions."

>

> The network path was not found."

>

> I have been able to determine that the workgroup's Browser Master is the

2K

> box and that the XP box, although it can't access it, does recognize the

2K

> box by its name (the computer's name is correctly associated to the IP).

>

> Although I don't really understand what it means, I have also found out

that

> when listing the transports bound to each computer's browser (using

> Browstat) I get one single transport from the XP box, but 7 from the 2K

box.

> Could this have something to do with my problem?

>

> All I have been able to determine so far is that whenever the 2K box is

> Browser Master, it will not allow the XP box to access the workgroup. If

the

> XP box is Browser Master, it can access the workgroup, but it can't access

> the files on the 2K box.

>

> I have discovered that using the "net send" command I can successfully

send

> a message to the 2K box.

>

> Any ideas, suggestions, tests I could run? Thanks in advance,

>

> Mauricio Diaz

>

>

>

Thanks for your answer.



Both computers have an account with the same user name and password, which

belongs to the Administrators group.



At one moment I thought that maybe having the user logged in both computers

at the same time might be the problem, but I have switched users in the 2K

box and the XP box still acts the same.



Thanks again for your answer, and please don't hesitate if you have new

ideas.



MD





"Doug Sherman [MVP]" <dsherman@nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message

news:%23t68Np%23gEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...[vbcol=seagreen]

> The Win2k machine must have a user account which matches the user name and

> password used to log onto the XP machine.  That user account or some group

> of which it is a member must have rights to a share on the Win2k machine.

>

> Doug Sherman

> MCSE Win2k/NT4.0, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

>

> "Mauricio Diaz" <mdiaz@swissonline.ch> wrote in message

> news:%23GJpD79gEHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... 

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check the node type under ipconfig/all, make sure it is not peer-peer.  I had to change mine to hybrid and then it worked fine.




	
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				Originally posted by Mauricio Diaz 

Hi,



I just bought a new D-Link router to share my Internet connection between my

desktop and my laptop.



The desktop is running Win2K Pro and is connected to the router using an

Ethernet cable; the laptop runs WinXP Pro and connects to the router

wirelessly.



I managed to set up the router to share the Internet connection and wanted

to set up file sharing, but I'm having trouble with the XP box.



Currently, both computers belong to the same workgroup and have different

names and different IPs. They both have NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled. They

both have Guest accounts disabled.



The 2K box has no trouble connecting to the workgroup and accessing files in

the XP box. However, the XP box cannot see the 2K box's files and printer,

it can, however conntect to the 2K box's HTTP and FTP servers. Pings in both

directions are also successful.



When I click on "View workgroup computers" in "My Network Places", I get the

following error:



"[Workgroup] is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this

network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if

you have access permissions."



The network path was not found."



I have been able to determine that the workgroup's Browser Master is the 2K

box and that the XP box, although it can't access it, does recognize the 2K

box by its name (the computer's name is correctly associated to the IP).



Although I don't really understand what it means, I have also found out that

when listing the transports bound to each computer's browser (using

Browstat) I get one single transport from the XP box, but 7 from the 2K box.

Could this have something to do with my problem?



All I have been able to determine so far is that whenever the 2K box is

Browser Master, it will not allow the XP box to access the workgroup. If the

XP box is Browser Master, it can access the workgroup, but it can't access

the files on the 2K box.



I have discovered that using the "net send" command I can successfully send

a message to the 2K box.



Any ideas, suggestions, tests I could run? Thanks in advance,



Mauricio Diaz