Home Network

[Doctor Carrot]

I've recently brought a wireless g router for a home netowrk so we can share our broadband connection. I have managed to set it up fine and my laptop now connects to the internet through the desk top. I want to put all my music files on the desktop so I can access them from my laptop. On my laptop I have 2 computers on the view work group computers screen. When I double click the desktop computer it says I don't have permission to access it from my laptop ask the administrator (which is me) but I don't know the answer. How do I allow my laptop to connect to my desktop so I can access my music?. I've tried looking in the help files and windows forum but can't seam to find the answer i'm looking for. Any help is much appreciated cheers .

 

[Iam]

You need to makes sure the folders you want to access from the other computer are shared.

If you right click them (in Windows Explorer, for example), you should see a context menu option for "Sharing and Security". You'll need to share the folder and give the share a name, and you should then be able to browse to it from the remote machine, or access it by typing

\\machinename\sharename

into the run box on the start menu. You can substitute an ip address for machine name if you don't know it.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

I've set up the share folder on the host computer but I cannot connect to it from my laptop. I double click the host computer from my laptop but I get this error message:

\Frimley (name of host computer) is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.

The network path was not found

 

[Iam]

Open a command prompt on the desktop (start > run > cmd) and type

ipconfig

Make a note of the IP address.

Do the same in the laptop and type

ping [b]IPADDR of desktop[/b]

Do you get a response? If so, the machines are on the network correctly and can communicate, which means it's probably a security issue withing Windows. Do you users have different usernames on the machines? Are you using users at all (if not, you should be)? Do you have software firewalls which are switched on?

It'll be something relatively simple...

 

[Doctor Carrot]

I done that on my host computer and the dos window runs and closes straight away. I assume the I.P address on the local area connection is the same thing?. I used that I.P and done the run comand on my laptop but it said an illegal operation has occurred. There are 4 different users on the host pc but only one is ever used and I don't have users on my laptop. I also have zone alarm switched on. The fact that the host pc shows up on my laptop sugests that the 2 are comunicating properly they just won't connect.

 

[Mr Smin]

I have managed to set it up fine and my laptop now connects to the internet through the desk top

You probably just mis-described this, but double check that your broadband link comes into the house, through the modem, on to the router and then FORKS to the desktop and laptop. Your description sounded like a single line from wall socket to router to desktop to laptop - which will work ok, but is not ideal and could explain the sharing problem you are having.

 

[Doctor Carrot]

You probably just mis-described this, but double check that your broadband link comes into the house, through the modem, on to the router and then FORKS to the desktop and laptop. Your description sounded like a single line from wall socket to router to desktop to laptop - which will work ok, but is not ideal and could explain the sharing problem you are having.

Yeah it was misdescribed , that's exactly how my connection is but I still can't connect to the desktop from my laptop .

 

[Pingu]

do you have any user accounts set up?

 

[Doctor Carrot]

do you have any user accounts set up?

On my desktop yes but none on my laptop

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Can anybody shed any further light please?.

 

[jæd]

I done that on my host computer and the dos window runs and closes straight away. I assume the I.P address on the local area connection is the same thing?. I used that I.P and done the run comand on my laptop but it said an illegal operation has occurred. There are 4 different users on the host pc but only one is ever used and I don't have users on my laptop. I also have zone alarm switched on. The fact that the host pc shows up on my laptop sugests that the 2 are comunicating properly they just won't connect.

Go to the Start menue, "Run", and then enter "command.com" as the thing to run. Then enter "ping ipAddress". Replace ipAddress with the target IP address.

What happens...?

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Go to the Start menue, "Run", and then enter "command.com" as the thing to run. Then enter "ping ipAddress". Replace ipAddress with the target IP address.

What happens...?

Illegal operation

 

[jæd]

Illegal operation

Are you running a firewall...?

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Are you running a firewall...?

Yep I disabled zone alarm on both my pc and my laptop done the ping from my laptop and the dos window just disappeared. You would've thought the company that sold the router would have clear instructions on how to set up the a home network and a support line that ctually works.

 

[jæd]

Yep I disabled zone alarm on both my pc and my laptop done the ping from my laptop and the dos window just disappeared. You would've thought the company that sold the router would have clear instructions on how to set up the a home network and a support line that ctually works.

Well... It would look like a broken Windows install... Have made sure you've scanned for viruses, malware, etc...

 

[Iam]

Are you typing the ping thing into the run box?

If so, don't.

Where it says open, type "cmd", minus the quotes.

That should bring a dos prompt, in which you can then do a ping that will give you some results and wait for you to close it.

If not, something's wrong...

 

[Doctor Carrot]

Are you typing the ping thing into the run box?

If so, don't.

Where it says open, type "cmd", minus the quotes.

That should bring a dos prompt, in which you can then do a ping that will give you some results and wait for you to close it.

If not, something's wrong...

Yeah something's wrong