I have the worst luck with networking ever!

Deathwish said:
No domain, workgroups. Usernames and passwords should have no effect on sharing of folders.
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Yes they do. If you are accessing a machine with a different username and password then it will request that you put in the correct password for that machine and this can sometimes slow it down and make it look like the machine is doing nothing- it does it on our network even though that's on a domain but logged on locally :)

My bets are on him using his ISP's DNS servers to lookup machine names on his LAN hence it needing to access the internet. In your internet properties, assuming your router has DNS configured then you can set your primary DNS server to your router. Then again, that could be total bull because I'm just grabbing at straws :o

I await to be corrected :D
 
try using static IP addresses, check the cables are ok (no kinks etc) check that you have spelt the workgroup the same on both PCs
 
VeNT said:
try using static IP addresses, check the cables are ok (no kinks etc) check that you have spelt the workgroup the same on both PCs
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There shouldn't be much wrong with the cable though if he can ping the hosts IP address :confused:
 
There's nothing wrong with cable or IP addressing scheme if it works when the ports you need for SMB are opened though some kind of firewall...
 
Thanks for reading the thread guys :)

So do you think changeing the primary DNS to my router and the secondary as an internet based DNS would help?

Rob
 
Trigger said:
Yes they do. If you are accessing a machine with a different username and password then it will request that you put in the correct password for that machine and this can sometimes slow it down and make it look like the machine is doing nothing- it does it on our network even though that's on a domain but logged on locally :)

My bets are on him using his ISP's DNS servers to lookup machine names on his LAN hence it needing to access the internet. In your internet properties, assuming your router has DNS configured then you can set your primary DNS server to your router. Then again, that could be total bull because I'm just grabbing at straws :o

I await to be corrected :D
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You are welcome to inspect my network :p 5 Computers of which 1 is Linux, none have the same username or passwords (unless you are counting administrator on WinXP, the passwords aren't the same though). All sharing folders nicely. (Guest account also disabled)

In ZoneAlarm, removing the IP range of the network from the trusted zone gives me the error the OP has.
 
Deathwish said:
You are welcome to inspect my network :p 5 Computers of which 1 is Linux, none have the same username or passwords (unless you are counting administrator on WinXP, the passwords aren't the same though). All sharing folders nicely. (Guest account also disabled)

In ZoneAlarm, removing the IP range of the network from the trusted zone gives me the error the OP has.
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You got simple file sharing enabled or disabled though? :p
 
Deathwish said:
Enabled.
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There you go then. In the context of the post you quoted to say there was no point in number 2, number 3 was disable SFS. Disabling SFS means the username/passwords you've both been arguing over are very necessary.

I always disable SFS, as I've never bothered to work out how the hell it works. Seems anything but simple if you're used to the old NT/2000 way of doing things!
 
csmager said:
There you go then. In the context of the post you quoted to say there was no point in number 2, number 3 was disable SFS. Disabling SFS means the username/passwords you've both been arguing over are very necessary.

I always disable SFS, as I've never bothered to work out how the hell it works. Seems anything but simple if you're used to the old NT/2000 way of doing things!
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Heh, who was arguing? I won :D
 
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