Sharing Win 7 folder over LAN

[Grabo]

Hallo.

I've an old WRT54GL router and connected to it there's a switch and my Win 7 pc and then an Ouya that I intended to use as a media player using XBMC.

The thing is that I can't get the Ouya (or ES File explorer in my Nexus 7 tablet) to see the shared folder on my Win 7 pc.

Did follow http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=SMB/Windows#Conclusion , and no, that's not my conclusion. Instead both ES File explorer and XBMC think about it for a minute or so and then time out.

I installed Ubuntu saucy salamander on the same PC and with the Samba file sharing component installed the shared folder is found instantly by both XBMC on the Ouya and ES File explorer on the Nexus 7, both via auto discovery and if typing the address.

Can someone point my Win 7 in the proper direction?

The Win 7 firewall is not running, neither is any other firewall (except the WRT54GL's).

Thanks for reading.

 

[Mushkins]

Hallo.

I've an old WRT54GL router and connected to it there's a switch and my Win 7 pc and then an Ouya that I intended to use as a media player using XBMC.

The thing is that I can't get the Ouya (or ES File explorer in my Nexus 7 tablet) to see the shared folder on my Win 7 pc.

Did follow http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=SMB/Windows#Conclusion , and no, that's not my conclusion. Instead both ES File explorer and XBMC think about it for a minute or so and then time out.

I installed Ubuntu saucy salamander on the same PC and with the Samba file sharing component installed the shared folder is found instantly by both XBMC on the Ouya and ES File explorer on the Nexus 7, both via auto discovery and if typing the address.

Can someone point my Win 7 in the proper direction?

The Win 7 firewall is not running, neither is any other firewall (except the WRT54GL's).

Thanks for reading.

Dollars to donuts, it's the Win7 firewall blocking it anyway. Put an exception in it even if it's still off. I wasted at least a few hours trying to get a single signon agent to properly connect to another piece of software just the other day, turns out the root cause was that windows firewall was blocking the connection even though it was completely disabled. Put an exception in anyway and like a miracle, everything works perfect.

Seriously, Windows Firewall is a nightmare.

 

[Grabo]

Thanks for your reply.

It darn well should be off since under Windows firewall - advanced - it has "domain" , "public" and "private" profiles and the firewall is off for all three.

Can try putting in a new exception in the allow-this section, what to except though? It seems to want a service or a local program.

A ping utility on the Nexus 7 gets a reply from the win machine, so there's just something in the win firewall/ sharing / networking / homegroup / etc mire of Win sharing black magic.

 

[azazel1024]

Try this http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAg...de-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-FAT/td-p/48382

Go to the section on getting Win 7 sharing to work. I know its for a Seagate media streamer, but depending on what is going on, it might resolve it for you (allowing null access in particular under the regedit changes).

Also change encryption to 40/56 bit under the network sharing properties. A lot of Android and "embedded" linux systems are rolling SMB1, not even SMB2 and a lot won't support anything over 40/56 bit encryption.

Lastly you may need to explicitly enable SMB1, just google "Windows 7 enable SMB1 registry" and that should bring up a hit on how to do it, if all of the above does not work.

 

[Grabo]

Many thanks for your reply, I appreciate the information.

I followed the Seagate page, in particular "Windows 7 network problems". In regards to the registry keys, some were already set as supposed to be, some were changed. 40/56bit encryption was enabled since before. Restart - no difference. It says to change the advanced sharing settings for home/public/corporate but they seem to be the same for all three.

Enabled SMB1 as per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2696547 - did not find key in registry so ran command in the powershell (and got no complaints) - no difference:

Autodiscover in XBMC finds nothing, explicitly entering the Win7 machine's IP causes the connection attempt to time out.

I give up I think, clearly this Win 7 does not want to share anything. I get frustrated by some things in Linux and OS X, but neither have ever flatly refused to accept connections to a shared folder over a LAN. There's an iMac early 2008 with a defective hd and ethernet in my hallway; I think I'll try and replace the hd and stream from that over the G wifi; I haven't had many issues getting 720p over g previously.

 

[rattyatty]

Hi,

Did you try using another PC/laptop to try to connect to the Win7 pc?

Also go to Network and Sharing Center and check what network it is on. Do NOT set it to Public Network. Home or Work network is fine. Setting it to Public will turn off all file sharing features.

In the advanced settings, make sure the enable password thingy is turned off.