Home LAN problems?

[robisc]

OK I have posted this problem in Tech support with no takers, maybe some of you in here have a solution for me, I am at a total loss on this one, Here it is:

I?m running XP Pro on an ECS K7S5A and XP 1500 I have a small LAN and I access an NT server basically just as a file server.

Now my problem is when trying to move files from the XP client machine to my NT server, what it does is the copying dialogue box will show the files copying but they will not ever actually get finished copying, it will just stay up there like it is copying the files but never completes. What is strange is that it will copy the (empty) folder but not files.

What I have done already:

Diabled and uninstalled the onboard SIS NIC and replaced it with a Netgear PCI NIC.

Uinstalled all network protocols and reinstalled but that didn?t work either.

Also since this problem started I have even reinstalled the OS on both the client and server (for another problem we won't go into).

Changed the network patch cable.

I have another WIN98 machine on this network and it moves files fine to and from this server.

There is no firewall turned on.

I eliminated the hub and made a crossover cable and connected the client machine to the server directly and it didn't change anything, I still can download to the XP box just not upload to the NT box.

Another thing I tried was to make a folder on the XP box shared and and then logged on the NT box and pulled from that share and copied files to it. So this tells me that traffic will go to the NT box from the XP just not when I initiate it from the XP machine. What gives? This is making me crazy.

 

[robisc]

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[JackMDS]

The more I work on XP Pro the more it seems to look that the guys who planed the Network part were under the influence, in contrast Win XP home works with no problems.

In any case try to go carefully over all Network Setting, may be you miss some thing:

Windows XP Professional.

Windows XP Professional Ed. Sharing Disks /Folders

Windows XP Simple File Sharing

XP File Sharing Trouble

 

[robisc]

JackMDS, thanks for the links, I looked over these and they are mostly aimed at file sharing from on an XP machine. And I am using the XP machine as a client to an NT Server.

 

[JackMDS]

My guess is that your problem comes from XP Pro. XP Pro does not care what you call it! It behaves like a server, thus all the share setting, and account activation has to be done correctly.

 

[JustinLerner]

Sounds like the server is doing its job.

I've never thought that either XPPro/2000Pro acted like servers, but their security significantly ramps up and tightens in the presence of any NT/2000/.NET server and specifically a Domain Controller. So, if your NT4 Server is a DC, then you need to specifically grant permissions on your server shares for specific users/groups to be able to access and the users must be already entered in the User Manager for Domains and associated with the appropriate groups if a group is selected as opposed to individual users.

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Other things to check. Check all your network settings (subnet masks, DNS server, gateway server settings).

Make sure NetBIOS is installed on NT4 (in Networking ADD) if you want to access the NT4 server by UNC instead of IP address. Did you try the usual tests from XP. Ping the ip address then the name of the server? Ping local loop address etc.