Network sharing

by sgt_spike Jul 1, 2007 3:43AM PDT

I have XP on three PCs. I have a deskotp hooked to a dsl modem/router. I also have two wireless notebooks connecting to the same modem/router. The problem I'm having is I can't access the shared folders on the two wireless PCs. I can, however, access the desktop from the wireless PCs. IS there any reason behind this?

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2 possible reasons

by MarkFlax Former Forum moderator Jul 1, 2007 3:47AM PDT

1] Look at your firewalls. They all need to know the network connections of the others.

2] Each XP machine must have accounts for the other two, the same as those other two. EG, if computer 1 has an account name Bloggs, then the other two must also have accounts for Bloggs. And so on.

Mark

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Please explain

by sgt_spike Jul 1, 2007 6:55AM PDT

My firewall for all three is not on. I use the firewall from the dsl modem.

As for the accounts, do you mean user accounts or workgroups?

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Sorry, I mean both

by MarkFlax Former Forum moderator Jul 1, 2007 7:58PM PDT

Each computer must be in the same workgroup, and if you are networking XP then each computer must have an account that exactly matches, (username and password), the other two. Perhaps having one existing account, the main account on your primary XP Computer, with the same account on the other two.

By the way, did you run the XP Networking Setup Wizard on each computer? You run it on the one computer, then copy the files it creates onto the other two.

This forum discussion may give more guidance;
http://forums.techguy.org/networking/536966-networking-2-xp-pro-computers.html

Mark

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