broken network

[zigzag03]

i have three machines, all win2k. two are hardwired to the router, one is wireless. all three machines have the same workgroup name. all three show up in the router's ip list under their individual computer names. all three have file sharing enabled in every place i know of. whenever i try to see the other machines in windows explorer, i can see the workgroup, but if i attempt to open it or expand it i get the following error msg:

"workgroupname" is not accessable. The list of servers for this workgroup is not
available.

i am sure i am missing something stupid here, so would some of you mind pointing it out to me?? thanks zz03

 

[Looney]

Can you access the computers directly by either \\computername or \\computeripaddress in the RUN command window?

 

[JackMDS]

Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings, http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html

As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what is allowed to be shared.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040

:sun:

 

[nweaver]

ignore network neighborhood, it's crappy on it's best days. Use unc paths, \\server\share to access machines.

 

[zigzag03]

thanks for all your responses, family obligations kept me from working thru them, i will get on it tonite and post results/questions tonite, zz03