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| Thread ID: 44400 | 2004-04-18 01:12:00 | network problem | karent (5222) | Press F1 |
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| 230206 | 2004-04-18 08:39:00 | The network is already set up. By the way, it seems I was wrong. We have two out of three machines working properly. There is something crook with the setup of only one of them, not two as stated in my original post. Would still like to get to the bottom of it... | karent (5222) | ||
| 230207 | 2004-04-18 15:51:00 | > > I saw you at the CHCH library (in the city) ... > > just a few minutes ago in fact ... forgive me for not > > introducing myself but you looked like you we busy > > typing. > How did you know it was Graham? Was he the only one > busy on the PF1 page? :D <snip > Errr ... well, I was searching for a book by Robert Jordon and next to me there was this bloke who was typing in a reply on the Pressf1 forum and, well ..., I kinda peeked and saw his username :8}. Okay I know. I should be ashamed of myself and I am, well kinda. |
aNtzy (4070) | ||
| 230208 | 2004-04-18 16:05:00 | > The network is already set up. By the way, it seems I > was wrong. We have two out of three machines working > properly. There is something crook with the setup of > only one of them, not two as stated in my original > post. Would still like to get to the bottom of it... Is the network mask the same on all the machines? |
aNtzy (4070) | ||
| 230209 | 2004-04-18 22:26:00 | Network mask ?:| I have no idea what you're talking about (but I am willing to learn). Cheers P.S: Don't you ever sleep? |
karent (5222) | ||
| 230210 | 2004-04-18 23:06:00 | Good morning. This is an update/correction of my original post on this. We have 3 networked PCs running XP Pro. One of them can see the other two. However, two of them can't see the other one. An error message on one of these two says: "<pcname> is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact ths administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. Logon failure: user account restriction. Possible reasons are blank passwords not allowed, logon hour restrictions or a policy restriction has been enforced." The other one asks for a password to the third PC. We have not set up passwords on any of the machines. Part of the difficulty is, we're not even sure which PC has the problem. Although everything appears sweet with one (it can see the others) could it be something to do with permissions or whatever on that PC, or is the problem somewhere with the other two? Grateful for any assistance - but please not too technical, if possible. Meantime, enjoy your day. The weather in the capital is fantastic today.:) |
karent (5222) | ||
| 230211 | 2004-04-19 05:22:00 | > Network mask ?:| I have no idea what you're talking > about (but I am willing to learn). Cheers I'm wondering if you are able to ping your machines. Use the PC that can see the other two PCs (lets call them PC2 & PC3 for now). You will need the ip address of both PC2 & PC3. I maybe way of base here but here goes. I'm not sure if you know how to do this so I'll go through the steps. If you do know the steps then ignore. Do for both PC2 & PC3: 1. go to start 2. click run (right hand side) 3. type in cmd and hit enter. 4. in the command prompt type in ipconfig then hit enter. For each PC (PC2 & PC3) note down the IP address. While you're at it note down the Subnet mask (for all the PCs it should be 255.255.255.0). Using PC1 repeat steps 1 -3. This time type in: 5. ping IP Address of PC2 (the address you jotted down). 6. repeat step 5 but this time replace IP Address of PC2 with IP Address of PC3. When you pinged PC2 and PC3, what did it say? Are your subnet mask the same for all PCs? > P.S: Don't you ever sleep? Yep, I sleep :) |
aNtzy (4070) | ||
| 230212 | 2004-04-19 05:54:00 | Have you checked the share's on all the pc's. I think there is an option in the shares area to grant access with password or without password ("access type" if a password is entered into there, that maybe where the password request is coming from) to check right click on the hard drive or folder you are trying to share and select sharing.. then the sharing tab check the options within there | beama (111) | ||
| 230213 | 2004-04-19 06:12:00 | Provided they can all ping each other and localhost, then you can try this: On both computers that cannot be accessed by the odd one out; 1) Go to Tools --> Folder Options --> View then down the bottom, make sure that the Use simple file sharing (recommended) check box is unticked . 2) Go to share any file/drive . In the share tab, there will be a drop down list beside Share Name, make sure it is not $ then the name of the drive/folder . (I . E . If sharing C drive, make sure that it does not say $C ) . If it does, use the drop down menu to select one that doesnt . If there is no other option, then click "New Share" . Fill our a share name, and dont worry about the user limit . Click OK . Back on the Share Tab of the folder properties screen, make sure that you have the share you just made gighlighted in the drop down menu beside "share name" . Click Permisson . Make sure that the only entry there is "Everyone", and that underneath that all the boxes under "Allow" are ticked . Click OK, Apply, OK . 3) Go back to Tools --> Folder Options --> View then down the bottom, make sure that the Use simple file sharing (recommended) check box is ticked . 4) Go all the way back to the properies of the folder / drive you wish to share (like you did in step 3) . Now, under the Sharing tab, down the bottom, make sure you have clicked all the underlined blue sentences (these come up as warnings to stop you from going too far, in this case, you want to . ie . It may say "If you understand the risks . . . . "etc etc at the top . Click it) necessary to be able to see something that says Share this folder on the network . Make sure the box beside it is checked . Click OK ^ That has worked for many with same symptoms, give it a try . In most cases, as Graham L pointed out, you need to keep the same accounts on all computers . |
Growly (6) | ||
| 230214 | 2004-04-19 06:14:00 | Sorry . . havent slept for three days (oh the irony) . . . *out *highlighted *permissons |
Growly (6) | ||
| 230215 | 2004-04-19 09:42:00 | There are rather excellent pdfs on networking. It explains about network protocols as well as subnet masks, etc. It's very easy to read and understand with ample of diagrams. I'm not saying it will solve your current problem but it will help you in understanding certain concepts. If you are interested in reading the pdfs click here (www.techyon.co.nz). | aNtzy (4070) | ||
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