File sharing is a one way street...

Question

I am running a wireless network and cannot seem to get one computer, call it computer A to "see" the files on another, computer B, but computer B see the the files on A. I checked to see if all the folders had file sharing enabled and they do. To confuse things, I also have a computer C that can "see" the files on computer a and b!

Computer A is a dimension 8300 (running windows xp pro) with a shared dial-up internet connection with is plugged into a lynksys wrt54g router. Computer B is an Inspiron B120 with an internal wireless card (running windows xp home), and computer C is a dell dimension l800cxe running windows me. Windows firewall is running on the xp machines (I had tried tunring them off, no help).

Any one know of any file share settings I might have missed? Thanks!

bacillus · Answer

could well be a poorly configured firewall issue so try temporarily disabling all firewalls and see if file sharing works.

simdog · Answer

Thanks, tried that and it made no difference. I think I am missing a setting somewhere but can't find it. It's a strage network confiurationI run but the only one that works for my needs in an a rural area with little chance of a reasonably priced high speed internet alternative.

BBraxton · Answer

As you say, 'B' can see files/folders on 'A' (even though A cannot see those on B) so it sounds like you have what you need for sharing between computers. What do you need to do that is not provided sufficiently by this one-way?

simdog · Answer

I can copy files from B/C to A, but I cannot copy files from A to B or A to C.

BBraxton · Answer

Windows Professional is a different world (which is why Microsoft charges the extra dollars for it) so I am not surprised. What is the nature of this data? My point (intended) was that there may not be any disadvantage in having all the data always be on the one computer (except that the network is not intended as a disk operating system). If you just need to get files back and forth (or forth, in this case) then how about using flash drive as an updated 'sneaker'net?

simdog · Answer

Flash drives do the trick most of the time (I have a 512MB one), however I do a lot of training program design heavy with high resolution graphics and video. I would like to transfer the files over the network to the laptop. I can work around the problem, it's just one of those things that you want to work as advertised.

volcano11 · Answer

I agree. Accepting one way file sharing is not a solution to your problem. It should work both ways. Since one of the computers is a Windows ME computer, you should make sure the NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on all computers. You should also eliminate (by uninstalling, if necessary) any third party firewalls that are running on all machines.

Steve

Networking, Internet, & Bluetooth

File sharing is a one way street...

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