XP Network Problem

jeffy777 · September 2nd, 2007, 06:19 AM

I'm having a problem with file sharing in XP.

Ok, I have three PCs on my network, all running XP. I'm using a Linksys router. Two of the PCs are wired, and one is a laptop connecting with wireless.

The two wired PCs can share files just fine. The laptop cannot for some reason. However, the laptop can connect to the internet just fine.

I just started having this problem after bringing my laptop to another location and using a wired ethernet connection. Now that I'm back on my home network, I now have this problem.

All of the PCs are in the same Workgroup, and I can see the laptop from the other PCs when I go to "view workgroup computers", but when I try to access the laptop from there, it says it's not available.

I don't use any firewalls and the XP firewall is off on all the PCs.

I tried running the network setup wizard again and it doesn't work.

Please help images/smilies/smile.gif

It's got to be something simple, but I don't know what it is.

Lurch0001 · September 2nd, 2007, 08:50 AM

On your latop, have a look at the properties of the Wireless network connection (Control Panel -> Network connections). Ensure the "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" client is listed and enabled (ticked).

jeffy777 · September 2nd, 2007, 05:29 PM

Yes it is. Any other suggestions?

EDIT: The weird thing is: On my laptop, I can access the files from the other computers if I add the shared folders manually in My Network places by using the IP of the other computers.

cvrefugee · September 2nd, 2007, 06:05 PM

Turn everything off, including the router. Then turn everything on, one by one. Worth a shot.

jeffy777 · September 2nd, 2007, 10:41 PM

Tried that already too. It seems like it has to be a setting somewhere.

So are there any other settings I need to check?

Mischief007 · September 2nd, 2007, 10:50 PM

Can you try mapping a network drive to your laptop and see if it actually goes through?

Right click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive. Then put in the computer name\share name that you have shared on your laptop.

Cobol74 · September 2nd, 2007, 10:59 PM

I think that somewhere there is a reconnect at logon tick box that needs setting for the drive mappings, if you do the drive mappings as above.

roaming · September 3rd, 2007, 08:33 AM

Run ipconfig/all from the command prompt and check what the ethernet settings are and release the IP lease on the wired connection. You may have to plug the wired port into the switch to get the connection information and also to release the settings on the wired connection. Make sure the workgroup name hasn't changed and that you have not joined a domain.

jeffy777 · September 4th, 2007, 04:57 AM

Thanks, I'll try that images/smilies/smile.gif

jeffy777 · September 4th, 2007, 07:19 PM

Ok, I plugged it into a wired port on the router, released the IP and renewed it.....and still can't see the other PCs in My Network places, nor can I see the laptop from the other PCs....yet I can surf the internet just fine on the laptop, both with the wired and wireless connections.

I don't know what else to try images/smilies/sad.gif

Mischief007 · September 4th, 2007, 07:49 PM

Have you tried mapping a network drive?

What OS? If XP, double check that the firewall is off.

AxlxA · September 6th, 2007, 07:29 AM

it happens all the time with wireless file sharing. You can only input hte ip address into the folder path bar....

so like..

\192.168.1.101\
I had this problem and couldn't figure out after a LONG ASS TIME.

Also, mapping drives isn't so fun =)

cvrefugee · September 6th, 2007, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AxlxA

it happens all the time with wireless file sharing. You can only input hte ip address into the folder path bar....

so like..

\192.168.1.101\
I had this problem and couldn't figure out after a LONG ASS TIME.

Also, mapping drives isn't so fun =)

I don't have this problem in Vista images/smilies/tongue.gif

jeffy777 · September 6th, 2007, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mischief007

Have you tried mapping a network drive?

What OS? If XP, double check that the firewall is off.

No go.....

Quote:

Originally Posted by AxlxA

it happens all the time with wireless file sharing. You can only input hte ip address into the folder path bar....

so like..

\192.168.1.101\
I had this problem and couldn't figure out after a LONG ASS TIME.

Also, mapping drives isn't so fun =)

Yeah, the only thing that works is putting in the IP manually. Unless someone has a solution, I give up images/smilies/sad.gif

Quote:

Originally Posted by cvg

I don't have this problem in Vista images/smilies/tongue.gif

I'm not ready to take the plunge yet....until I have to. Other than this network problem, XP does everything I need it to do.

Mischief007 · September 6th, 2007, 03:35 PM

So by NETBIOS name it doesn't work but if you use the IP it does work.

Interesting. I have never seen this. My mom's computer is wireless and I can access her system without a problem by using a mapped drive from my system. I'm not using IP either, I'm using the NETBIOS name.

jeffy777 · September 6th, 2007, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mischief007

So by NETBIOS name it doesn't work but if you use the IP it does work.

Exactly.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mischief007

Interesting. I have never seen this. My mom's computer is wireless and I can access her system without a problem by using a mapped drive from my system. I'm not using IP either, I'm using the NETBIOS name.

I previously was able to access it just fine with the NETBIOS name, but not anymore images/smilies/sad.gif

Some setting changed when I plugged into the campus network, and I have no idea what it was. Maybe I should just re-install windows...

Mischief007 · September 6th, 2007, 03:46 PM

This is going to the extreme now. Remove the network card from Device Manager, reboot Windows, let it detect the card, try again. If Windows previously detected it just fine, you shouldn't need a driver's disk.

jeffy777 · September 6th, 2007, 05:56 PM

Should I do this for just the wireless card, or both?

Mischief007 · September 6th, 2007, 07:21 PM

I'd do it for both since you seem to have the same problem with the wired connection as well.

RoamingGnome · September 7th, 2007, 07:56 PM

As long as we're throwing out suggestions, check that the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service is running and the NC->TCP/IP->Advanced/WINS/Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP is checked.

September 2nd, 2007, 06:19 AM	#1
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	XP Network Problem I'm having a problem with file sharing in XP. Ok, I have three PCs on my network, all running XP. I'm using a Linksys router. Two of the PCs are wired, and one is a laptop connecting with wireless. The two wired PCs can share files just fine. The laptop cannot for some reason. However, the laptop can connect to the internet just fine. I just started having this problem after bringing my laptop to another location and using a wired ethernet connection. Now that I'm back on my home network, I now have this problem. All of the PCs are in the same Workgroup, and I can see the laptop from the other PCs when I go to "view workgroup computers", but when I try to access the laptop from there, it says it's not available. I don't use any firewalls and the XP firewall is off on all the PCs. I tried running the network setup wizard again and it doesn't work. Please help It's got to be something simple, but I don't know what it is. __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

September 2nd, 2007, 05:29 PM	#3
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	Yes it is. Any other suggestions? EDIT: The weird thing is: On my laptop, I can access the files from the other computers if I add the shared folders manually in My Network places by using the IP of the other computers. __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them." Last edited by jeffy777; September 2nd, 2007 at 05:48 PM..

September 2nd, 2007, 10:41 PM	#5
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	Tried that already too. It seems like it has to be a setting somewhere. So are there any other settings I need to check? __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

September 2nd, 2007, 10:50 PM	#6
Mischief007 Joined: Dec 3rd, 2004 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 4,393 Car: 2004 GP GTP CompG LFS Status: Rep Power: 24	Can you try mapping a network drive to your laptop and see if it actually goes through? Right click on My Computer and select Map Network Drive. Then put in the computer name\share name that you have shared on your laptop. __________________ 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP CompG 66,750 km - 41,477 miles

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Cobol74 Joined: Mar 21st, 2006 Last Online: 12:18 AM Location: Southampton Posts: 6,217 Car: Vauxhall Zafira 1.9 TDI Slush box. Rep Power: 58	I think that somewhere there is a reconnect at logon tick box that needs setting for the drive mappings, if you do the drive mappings as above. __________________

September 2nd, 2007, 08:50 AM	#2
Lurch0001 Joined: Aug 12th, 2005 Last Online: 02:22 AM Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 496 Rep Power: 16	On your latop, have a look at the properties of the Wireless network connection (Control Panel -> Network connections). Ensure the "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" client is listed and enabled (ticked).

September 2nd, 2007, 06:05 PM	#4
cvrefugee Joined: Aug 16th, 2004 Last Online: 02:15 AM Location: Corona, CA Age: 28 Posts: 3,450 Car: 2005 Scion xB Rep Power: 60	Turn everything off, including the router. Then turn everything on, one by one. Worth a shot.

September 3rd, 2007, 08:33 AM	#8
roaming Joined: Apr 9th, 2005 Last Online: January 4th, 2009 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 119 Rep Power: 0	Run ipconfig/all from the command prompt and check what the ethernet settings are and release the IP lease on the wired connection. You may have to plug the wired port into the switch to get the connection information and also to release the settings on the wired connection. Make sure the workgroup name hasn't changed and that you have not joined a domain.

September 4th, 2007, 04:57 AM	#9
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	Thanks, I'll try that __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

September 4th, 2007, 07:19 PM	#10
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	Ok, I plugged it into a wired port on the router, released the IP and renewed it.....and still can't see the other PCs in My Network places, nor can I see the laptop from the other PCs....yet I can surf the internet just fine on the laptop, both with the wired and wireless connections. I don't know what else to try __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

September 4th, 2007, 07:49 PM	#11
Mischief007 Joined: Dec 3rd, 2004 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 4,393 Car: 2004 GP GTP CompG LFS Status: Rep Power: 24	Have you tried mapping a network drive? What OS? If XP, double check that the firewall is off. __________________ 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP CompG 66,750 km - 41,477 miles

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AxlxA Joined: Jan 3rd, 2005 Last Online: December 19th, 2008 Location: San Francisco, California Posts: 1,541 Rep Power: 18	it happens all the time with wireless file sharing. You can only input hte ip address into the folder path bar.... so like.. \192.168.1.101\ I had this problem and couldn't figure out after a LONG ASS TIME. Also, mapping drives isn't so fun =) __________________ My FlickR Gallery! Rig: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0ghz with Artic Freezer 7 Pro. 4gb PC6400. MSI 8800GT OC 512mb. 2TB of space. Antec Nine Hundred Case. Logitech G25. Logitech G7 gaming mouse. Logitech VX Revolution. Saitek Eclipse Keyboard. Dell Ultrasharp 2407wfp-HC and Ultrasharp 2007wfp. Senheiser HD280 Headphones.

September 6th, 2007, 03:35 PM	#15
Mischief007 Joined: Dec 3rd, 2004 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 4,393 Car: 2004 GP GTP CompG LFS Status: Rep Power: 24	So by NETBIOS name it doesn't work but if you use the IP it does work. Interesting. I have never seen this. My mom's computer is wireless and I can access her system without a problem by using a mapped drive from my system. I'm not using IP either, I'm using the NETBIOS name. __________________ 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP CompG 66,750 km - 41,477 miles

September 6th, 2007, 03:46 PM	#17
Mischief007 Joined: Dec 3rd, 2004 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 4,393 Car: 2004 GP GTP CompG LFS Status: Rep Power: 24	This is going to the extreme now. Remove the network card from Device Manager, reboot Windows, let it detect the card, try again. If Windows previously detected it just fine, you shouldn't need a driver's disk. __________________ 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP CompG 66,750 km - 41,477 miles

September 6th, 2007, 05:56 PM	#18
jeffy777 Joined: Feb 8th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: US Age: 27 Posts: 5,662 Car: '04 Toyota Sienna, crippled people like vans.... Rep Power: 53	Should I do this for just the wireless card, or both? __________________ A man named Jeffy once said, "If laziness is craziness, then I've lost my marbles...and I don't feel like trying to find them."

September 6th, 2007, 07:21 PM	#19
Mischief007 Joined: Dec 3rd, 2004 Last Online: January 6th, 2009 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Age: 27 Posts: 4,393 Car: 2004 GP GTP CompG LFS Status: Rep Power: 24	I'd do it for both since you seem to have the same problem with the wired connection as well. __________________ 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GTP CompG 66,750 km - 41,477 miles

September 7th, 2007, 07:56 PM	#20
RoamingGnome Joined: Feb 13th, 2006 Last Online: 03:15 AM Location: East Coast USA Posts: 226 Car: 01 Grand Cherokee V8, 97 Thunderbird Rep Power: 12	As long as we're throwing out suggestions, check that the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper service is running and the NC->TCP/IP->Advanced/WINS/Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP is checked.

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