setting up a wireless home network to share files

[D4\/!d]

Hello folks,

My main computer is wired to the router running windows xp pro sp 2 it has a floppy drive.

My laptop (called dellaptop) has a wireless link to the router and running xp home sp2 and has no floppy drive. (It gets Internet fine.)

When I try to set up the network connections it prompts me to write a floppy disk to insert in the laptop. Is there a way I can do this without a floppy drive?

It also gives me the option to use the windows xp setup disk I did that option created a workgroup on pc called dbhome and then did the same with laptop called it dbhome aswell.

When I go to network places on the laptop I see the files I wish to share (network places>ms windows network>dbhome>dellaptop) with my main computer I cannot get at 'em.

On the PC, when I try to click on network places>ms windows network>dbhome, it takes an age thinking about it, then up pops the error message telling me: dbhome is not accessible. you might not have permission to use this network resource. go see your administrator :(

Any help on this will be greatly appreciated :)

[Scarecrow Man]

You shouldnt need the Network Setup Disk.

What you do need, is make sure both are on the same Workgroup, Both have different IP Addresses, and both have administrator access.

I have 3 computers, one with ICS sharing an internet connection. I have noticed that it is easier to use a manual IP address, like 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 and so on.

Perhaps Windows can help - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/n...up/default.mspx

[D4\/!d]

... make sure both are on the same Workgroup, Both have different IP Addresses, and both have administrator access.

Hello Scarecrow Man,

Yeah, all that seems to be ok, thanks :)

The big problem is that I keep getting this error message.

Workgroup (DBHOME) 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.

I've googled and read up as much as I can yet nothing I've tried has helped :(

[cozofdeath]

Do you have File and Print services running on your network connection? Also I believe the Server service must be running, maybe even the netbios helper service. You can do a Start, run, services.msc to see if its running. You could also try pinging the ip address and name to see if your name resolution is working. If all of these check out it may be a setting in the registry. What do you get for Node Type when running an ipconfig /all from a command prompt?

[D4\/!d]

Hello cozofdeath,

Here are some answers

File and Print services running: Yes

Server service: Auto

TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper: Started

Node Type: Hybrid

Not sure about how to do this, or what I am looking for

"try pinging the ip address and name to see if your name resolution is working."

Is it this...ping 168.192.1.2

if so the results are:

req times out

req times out

bytes=32 time=42 TTL=128

bytes=32 time=68 TTL=128

second try:

bytes=32 time=117 TTL=128

bytes=32 time=36 TTL=128

bytes=32 time=55 TTL=128

bytes=32 time=79 TTL=128

Huh

thanks,

[cozofdeath]

Sorry, I meant pinging the name of the computer.

[D4\/!d]

I am getting nowhere with this :(

I can see the files from the laptop, ok. Not the desktop. It still gives me this error message:

Workgroup (DBHOME) 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

Have you got any bright ideas, please :)

[cozofdeath]

1. It could be your router is not allowing netbios broadcasts. That would explain why you can ping the ip but not see the files. 2. It could be a name resolution problem were the computer can not turn the name into an ip address. 3. Or something more complex.

1. While the desktop is trying to connect to a share, go to the laptop open a command prompt and type netstat. If you see your desktop in the list connecting to a local port of 135-139 then you know its not the router. If it is the router you must allow them ports through (port forwarding/triggering)

2. This is about the same as 1, so fixing 1 if its the problem would most likely solve this too.

3. Could be a master browser problem. Make sure Master browser service is on. Could also be some registry setings, but try these others first. Also, make sure the laptop has folders to share and the right permissions on them files/folders.

I'm not really an expert I'm just trying to help you out as much as possible while I'm on here. I know how frustrating a computer problem can be. I hope something here helps.

[D4\/!d]

This is inconsistent. I cannot understand the logic with all this.

Now, I cannot see the desktop from the laptop - I could yesterday!

I ran net start on the laptop and it gave me an alpha list of the services running - nothing about port, nor lemon for that matter..!! LOL. Nevermind. Thanks for trying, cozofdeath.

[cozofdeath]

Sure. I'm sorry, we tried though. *the program is "netstat", its useful to know. That way you will know who is connected to what port.