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ME and XP "sharing" wirelessly. PLEASE HELP!
I have just set up a wireless network with a desktop ME
machine and a laptop XP. Both are connected to the Internet through a router and PC cards. The ME machine sees the XP and I can access files from the XP on it. The XP sees files from the ME but there's no icon for the machine itself in "view workgroup computers". When I click on those files I get the error message "no network path". The "shared" printer only works with whichever computer is cabled to it. I'm going nuts here!!! Any advice would be deeply appreciated. |
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www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
Tip #1 on all PCs Carey "russon" wrote in message ... I have just set up a wireless network with a desktop ME machine and a laptop XP. Both are connected to the Internet through a router and PC cards. The ME machine sees the XP and I can access files from the XP on it. The XP sees files from the ME but there's no icon for the machine itself in "view workgroup computers". When I click on those files I get the error message "no network path". The "shared" printer only works with whichever computer is cabled to it. I'm going nuts here!!! Any advice would be deeply appreciated. |
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In article , "russon"
wrote: I have just set up a wireless network with a desktop ME machine and a laptop XP. Both are connected to the Internet through a router and PC cards. The ME machine sees the XP and I can access files from the XP on it. The XP sees files from the ME but there's no icon for the machine itself in "view workgroup computers". When I click on those files I get the error message "no network path". The "shared" printer only works with whichever computer is cabled to it. I'm going nuts here!!! Any advice would be deeply appreciated. The shortcuts to shared folders in XP's My Network Places sometimes seem to "go bad". Right-click and delete them. Then, click "Add a network place" and re-create them. If "Add a network place" doesn't work, open a command prompt window on XP and enter these commands: ping ME computer's IP address ping ME computer's name If the first ping succeeds and the second one fails, there's a problem with NetBIOS name resolution. In that case: 1. Make sure that NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on both computers. Details he Enable NetBIOS Over TCP/IP (NetBT) http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot/netbt.htm 2. Run "ipconfig /all" on XP and look at the "Node Type" at the beginning of the output. If it says "Peer-to-Peer" (which should actually be "Point-to-Point") that's the problem. It means that the computer only uses a WINS server, which isn't available on a peer-to-peer network, for NetBIOS name resolution. If that's the case, run the registry editor, open this key: HLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Netbt\Parame ters and delete these values if they're present: NodeType DhcpNodeType Reboot, then try network access again. If that doesn't fix it, open that registry key again, create a DWORD value called "NodeType", and set it to 1 for "Broadcast" or 4 for "Mixed". For details, see these Microsoft Knowledge Base articles: Default Node Type for Microsoft Clients http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;160177 TCP/IP and NBT Configuration Parameters for Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314053 -- Best Wishes, Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking) Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional - Windows Networking http://mvp.support.microsoft.com Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm |
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