Hi,

I have a laptop with wireless capability and a PC with a USB wi-fi adapter
both hooked up to a wireless router for Net access. The laptop is XP Pro and
the PC is XP Home Japan OS.

Using the wireless network setup wizard has given me the laptop in a
workgroup called 'workgroup' and the PC in a workgroup called 'Mshome'. Both
the workgroups are in Microsoft Windows Network.

I can see the list of available wireless network connections in the laptop
but not in the PC.

The network connection is 'security-enabled shared' but using the wizard
also changes that to 'open'.

I just want to share files/folders. I had no problem sharing files/folders
between English OS XP Pro and Japan OS XP Home using a wired LAN on the same
Level One router before.

Can anyone see where I'm going wrong?

Cheers.

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 20:52:01 -0700, Terry <Te***@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

Show quoteHide quoteTerry,

Have you tried changing the workgroup on one of the computers?  The workgroup
isn't an essential value, you can still see other computers - just look under
Entire Network - Microsoft Windows Network for other workgroups.

If you put both computers in the same workgroup, make sure that the browser
service runs on one and only one (and either one will work equally well).
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html

Hi Chuck,

Thanks for your response.

When you say "changing the workgroup on one of the computers", do you mean
cut and paste the computer's icon into the same workgroup where the other
computer is located?

No - you need to change the Workgroup that one of the computers is a member
of.
Right-Click on My Computer, choose properties, click on Computer Name Tab,
and click on the Change button at the bottom. then change the workgroup to
match the workgroup that the other computer belongs to....

HTH

Just one more thing: You mentioned making sure that the browser
service runs on only one computer in a workgroup.

I'm not clear on what this entails. How do I check and make necessary
amendments?

Thanks again.

On Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:41:00 -0700, Terry <Te***@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

The easiest solution is to Stop and Disable the browser service.  Tune the
browser infrastructure carefully though - if you can't identify any single
computer that will be online whenever any computer is online, you'll have to
have multiple browsers.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/04/nt-browser-or-why-cant-i-always-see.html

There are only two computers on the network, and either or both might be in
use at any time, so I take it that this means I should just leave the browser
service as it is. Is that correct?

Thanks.

We're sharing files/folders OK, but now another potential problem has shown up.

In the laptop's My Network Places view, the shared folders of the desktop
are shown as being on The Internet, not Local Network where they should be
and where they appear to be in the desktop's view.

Confusing. Can anyone tell me what's happening?

On Sun, 30 Sep 2007 02:05:01 -0700, Terry <Te***@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

With just 2 computers, run the browser from only one, but either one.

The My Network Places problem is part of the latest update to IE.  This appears
to have some effect on the "Local Network" population.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/09/changes-in-internet-explorer-security.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2007/09/changes-in-internet-explorer-security.html

Limited success to report.

I have the network set up with the computers in the same workgroup, and we
can both see the folders to be shared.

However, trying to access these folders ends in the error:
"\\COMPUTERNAME\SharedDocs is not accessible. You might not have permission
to access 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 narrowed the problem down to a firewall issue. Both computers are
running Sygate Personal Firewall and these are both telling us that "The
application NT Kernel & System has been blocked from accessing the network".

Both firewalls are set to "Allow" for this application, so I'm not sure why
it is being blocked.

Switching off the firewalls allows us to access the shared folders, but this
obviously is not a permanent solution.

Does anyone have an idea what the problem is and a way to solve it?

Cheers.

Show quote Hide quote Try adding the network IP range (ie something like 192.168.1.1 -
192.168.1.255) to the allowed values in the firewall. Not sure where that
would be in Sygate - in ZoneAlarm it's under Firewall Settings-Zones

That cracked it. Under options, there is a menu that permits users to select
the network adapter and some file-sharing settings. The IP address selection
was automated.

File sharing works not but access is a little slow. Could that be because of
the browser service settings mentioned earlier? How can I check these?

Thanks for your help. We're getting there.

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