>2. I tried simple file sharing, with the firewall turned OFF, and I get
>as far as it finding the directory if I type in:
>
>\\146.230.34.192\PUBLIC
>
>I expect that typing in \\146.230.34.192\ should prompt for a login and
>then list the appropriately shared folders, but it doesn't...
>
>So if I specify the \PUBLIC\ folder when connecting, it then prompts
>for a user name and password. I type in the user name and password as
>I've set it up under USERS in computer management. It then refreshes
>the login box with the IP and user name, and prompts again for the
>password. No number of attempts will resolve the box from just
>refreshing.
>
>I am faced with an IP and user name, but it won't ever accept the login
>attempt.
>
>user name: 146.230.34.192\user
>
>Why doesn't it work?
>I have definately set up the right user name "user", and right password
>"test" but it just ignores the login attempts.

>>>Hi there
>>>
>>>I seem to be experiencing problems with network sharing.
>>>
>>>We have three users, on the following subnets;
>>>
>>>146.230.34.184
>>>146.230.34.192
>>>146.230.92.xxx
>>
>>Those are public IP addresses.  Unless they were assigned to you by an
>>Internet authority, using them could block your access to some web
>>sites.  It's better to use one of these private IP address ranges on a
>>LAN:
>>
>>   10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
>>   172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
>>   192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
>>
>>>I want to share a folder on the first xxx.xxx.34.192 machine which all
>>>three can access.
>>>
>>>1. I want to prevent members of USERS from accessing it, and only allow
>>>ADMINISTRATORS to use it. Is there a way to set it up so, depending on
>>>the user's membership level, they get different rights to the folder? A
>>>Yes or No answer will suffice for now to this question, because I can
>>>fiddle from there :)
>>
>>Yes.
>>
>>You can specify access rights based on users and groups defined on the
>>server computer.
>>
>>>2. I tried simple file sharing, with the firewall turned OFF, and I get
>>>as far as it finding the directory if I type in:
>>>
>>>\\146.230.34.192\PUBLIC
>>>
>>>I expect that typing in \\146.230.34.192\ should prompt for a login and
>>>then list the appropriately shared folders, but it doesn't...
>>>
>>>So if I specify the \PUBLIC\ folder when connecting, it then prompts
>>>for a user name and password. I type in the user name and password as
>>>I've set it up under USERS in computer management. It then refreshes
>>>the login box with the IP and user name, and prompts again for the
>>>password. No number of attempts will resolve the box from just
>>>refreshing.
>>>
>>>I am faced with an IP and user name, but it won't ever accept the login
>>>attempt.
>>>
>>>user name: 146.230.34.192\user
>>>
>>>Why doesn't it work?
>>>I have definately set up the right user name "user", and right password
>>>"test" but it just ignores the login attempts.
>>
>>Simple file sharing can't do what you want.  It allows all users on
>>all computers to access all shared folders.  There's no distinction
>>between users or groups with simple file sharing enabled.
>>
>>There shouldn't be a login prompt with simple file sharing enabled on
>>the server unless you explicitly create a network password for the
>>Guest account.  If you do that, all access requests will be prompted
>>for that single password.
>>
>>The Guest account settings in Control Panel > User Accounts have
>>nothing to do with networking.  To create a network password for the
>>Guest account on the server:
>>
>>1. Click Start > Run.
>>2. Type "control userpasswords2" in the box and click OK.
>>3. Click Guest.
>>4. Click Reset Password.
>>5. Enter a password and click OK.
>>
>>>Once I've got the simple file-sharing done, I will move onto the
>>>advanced features, which I'm pretty sure I can figure out; for now -
>>>why is it prompting with an IP\user and how do I get it to login with
>>>the credentials as specified on the host computer?
>>
>>With simple file sharing disabled, a Windows XP server computer uses
>>its local user accounts and groups to validate access requests from
>>users on other computers:
>>
>>1. When a client computer attempts to access a shared folder belonging
>>to a Windows XP server, the client sends the credentials (user name
>>and password) of the current logged-in user along with the request. 
>>
>>2.  If the credentials match a user account that exists on the server,
>>the client is granted the type of access (e.g. none, read, full
>>control) defined for that user account or its user group in the shared
>>folder's permissions.
>>
>>3. If the credentials don't match, the server causes the client to
>>prompt for different credentials.  If the client runs Windows 95, 98,
>>or Me, there's no valid response to the prompt.  If the client runs
>>Windows 2000 or XP, the user can specify a different user name and
>>password.
>>
>>>Is there a way to go \\146.230.34.92\ and then it lists all shared
>>>directories according to the user name I typed in to get there?
>>
>>There's no way to display only the shares that a particular user name
>>is allowed to access.
>>
>>>Presently it doesn't resolve; only pointing directly to the sharename
>>>of the folder will get a login prompt.
>>>
>>>Help?
>>
>>Ron Lowe and I have written a web site that shows how to control
>>access based on user accounts and groups defined on the server
>>computer:
>>
>>Windows XP Professional File Sharing
>>http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
>
>I just wanted to thank Steve for taking the time to post this.  It
>saved me a TON of time and was a huge help.  Google Groups is a life
>saver because of people like you who take the time to post fixes.  Once
>I set my firewall settings and changed my guest password everything
>worked perfectly.
>
>I'm still new to Networking but I knew I could reply on Google Groups
>like I do often and once again it answered the question and saved me a
>ton of time!!
>
>THANKS!!!!!!!!!!