Probably a stupid Wireless/Wired network question.

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-06-17 06:53am

I'm trying to get the wireless router I have to allow filesharing between a laptop on wireless and the 2 PCs I've got on the wired network through the router. The laptop is connecting to the router fine, but seems only to be picking up the internet connection - I can't get it to join the home network...

Is there a really obvious solution I've overlooked, is there a setting on a router that would need to be enabled to bridge the wireless and wired networks?

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2006-06-17 09:14am

The obvious one is to make sure that you've got 'File and Printer Sharing' turned on and set folder permissions, but that's probably too obvious for you to not already have done it.

The one thing I sometimes forget about when adding a machine to my network to make sure that new machine has the same domain name, as I change it from the default 'Workgroup' to something else.

Dominus Atheos · Post by **Dominus Atheos** » 2006-06-17 12:58pm

Do any of the computers have firewalls?

Faqa · Post by **Faqa** » 2006-06-17 01:07pm

Kerio Personal Firewall seems to have a problem in that regard.

In general, check for firewalls, and look at whatever router configuration you've got, see if it recognizes all the comps(and hands out the IP's accordingly).

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-06-17 02:17pm

weemadando wrote:I'm trying to get the wireless router I have to allow filesharing between a laptop on wireless and the 2 PCs I've got on the wired network through the router. The laptop is connecting to the router fine, but seems only to be picking up the internet connection - I can't get it to join the home network...

Is there a really obvious solution I've overlooked, is there a setting on a router that would need to be enabled to bridge the wireless and wired networks?

Is the laptop set to the same workgroup that the two desktops are?

squidman001 · Post by **squidman001** » 2006-06-17 02:51pm

i have the same problem. I think i may have tried the firewall and ill try again to be sure, but is there any other thing to try? They're on the same workgroup.

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-06-17 06:01pm

Well, I've now got it so that I can see the laptop (I think its the laptop), but its asking for a password even though none has been set for filesharing - is there a default password, or where do I go to turn that shit off?

And firewalls had something to do with it (use zonealarm, always have to turn it off on all the home network otherwise they refuse to see workgroup for filesharing).

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-06-17 06:05pm

Odds are that you can either A) enter your own username and password (whatever they may be) or B) set up another user account with access to whatever shares you have set up, and then enter that username and password when you try to access the shared folder.

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2006-06-17 06:52pm

that username/password is the username and password for the computer you're trying to get at. If, on the other computer you login as "Joe" and password "*******"... well that's the username and password it's talking about.

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-06-17 10:23pm

Yeah, there is no password on the laptop at the moment - so I just put in what?

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2006-06-17 11:13pm

Do you not know the account name for your own computer?

Don't forget; you are putting in the username/password for an account on the laptop, if you are trying to access files on the laptop.

The machine isn't running like window 98 is it? Otherwise it has to have an account name...

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-06-17 11:24pm

Oh, it has account names and everything but Sarah, who's laptop it is, insists that she hasn't entered a password. I guess its a BMAC error.

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2006-06-17 11:53pm

To find a username/password with which to login:

Comandeer the laptop.
Start->run->compmgmt.msc->OK->Local Users and Groups (left)->Users
You shall behold names - Names which you might use (ignore shit like SQLdebugger, HelpAssistant, etc)!

You might want to check them to see if they have passwords. If it isn't your computer, I wouldn't suggest changing any of the passwords if they are there.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2006-06-18 02:17am

Sorry for the late reply.

In windows XP SP2 if a account has no password you cannot use filesharing or any remote desktop for that account.

Do like InnocentBystander recomended. Make a account on both computers with the same username and the same password.

And check that bouth of the computers are in the same workgroup.

Netko · Post by **Netko** » 2006-06-18 02:26am

Sharing simply doesn't work without passwords (hardcoded). This is a protection against today's internet hacking crap (acc's without passwords would be humorously trivialy compromised). So you either have to give your account a password for sharing to work or create a second account that is passworded to use for sharing permissions (don't worry, on the computer accsesing the stuff you can remember the user/password details so that you don't have to enter them every time you accses the share).

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Probably a stupid Wireless/Wired network question.

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