Can't access my roomate's shared folder via our wireless connection.

[dababus]

I have netgear router mr 814. my buddy is connected to the internet via my router's wireless port. But i can't seem to find his computer on my network. I can't access any of his shared folders. how is this suppose to work. please help.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

First off, does he have File & Print sharing enabled? Is NETBIOS over TCP/IP enabled on both computers in TCP/IP advanced properties? Can you ping his machine? Perhaps he has the XP firewall, or another firewall, enabled.

 

[dababus]

thanks that helps. but one more problem. i can see his server. i click on it and it says incorrect username and password, and asks me to give the right username and password. he doesn't have any thing like that. he gets the same message when he tries to access my server too. please help.

 

[ApacheXMD]

Did you enable the guest account on both computers? Try that.

-patchy

 

[dababus]

how do i enable guess account, i don't know.

 

[ApacheXMD]

in Win2K, Control Panel>Users and Passwords>"Advanced" Tab>"Advanced" button>Users>Double click on "Guest">Enable.

Not sure about WinXP, but it's something similar.

-patchy

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

The guest account is a security risk, but you can also just establish an account on the machine with the shared resource with the same name/password as you logon to your machine with, and you won't get the password prompt. That's how I handle this issue.