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Networking two Computers
After much frustration I have succeeded in getting two Dimension computers (3000 & 4600) to share the internet through a Linksys WRT54G router. I'm now being frustrated in my attempts to get the two computers to talk to each other. I have run the "Network Setup Wizard on both computers.
What I am getting now is as follows
Computer #1 was setup first. When asked to view the workgroup computers nothing shows. The following error messageis received; " Home Net (the worh group description) is not accessible. You might not have permission to use the net work resource. Contact the administrator of the service ....etc" "The Network path was not found".
Computer #2 was setup second. When asked to view the workgroup computers it will show both computer icons with each of their names and locations. However when asking to talk to computer #1 (from Computer #2) the following error message is received: "Computer #1 (by name) is not accessible. You might not have permission .....etc". "The network path was not found".
I've attempted to use Dell help concerning network trouble shooting and one response was; "That I was using a computer name that already exists on the network" The only computer names I used were the ones assigned when the netset wizard requested computer names. To satisfy this suggestion I proceeded to change the name anyway with no positive results.
Question: How do I resolve this?? I assume that since I established this network I am the administrator!!! If so how do I contact myself to grant permission to me to use my computers?? There was no indication as how one contacts the administrator to grant permission.
Any help would be appreciated - Thank You
More than likely it is a third party firewall unless you are still running SP1 whihc will alos have to be manually configured.
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/howto/
http://www.theeldergeek.com/quick_guide_to_simple_file_sharing.htmbob273
Computers running Windows XP Service Pack 2 come with a software firewall running that you can access thru the Control Panel. Dell ships it's computers with third party software firewalls enabled and running.(McAfee is one of them)
Having both software firewalls enabled on your computer can cause networking and file sharing problems. Try disabling the Windows firewalls on both computers and see if your problem goes away? You may have to configure the McAfee firewall to trust your home network if it does not do it by itself.
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Posted March 6th, 2006 01:00