Stress!

[moonshinemadness]

Hey guys my home setup is really starting to stress me out, i cant for the life of me get it up and running. I recently went from a KIngston etherX to the 3com Port on my Asus A7N8x (Having to reinstall XP Pro as well Lost all my settings) Now my XP Desktop says it cant gain access to the workgroup 'Home' and my 98 laptop sees the desktop but cant gain access to it becasue ' The computer or sharename could not be found' Ive run connections wizard on XP (The deskop connects to the internet), ive disabled the 1394 port and the Nvidia port on the mobo so only the 3com is running (I couldnt get it running on teh NVidia port either) Ive diabled all virus software, no change, ive restrted all in numerous different orders, no change. Please Help Im Going Nuts!!

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: moonshinemadness
Hey guys my home setup is really starting to stress me out.

This usually can be taken care of by something called ?Xanax? (j/k).

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Did you check the IRQ table to make sure that there is no hardware conflicts?

The Network Wizard is like Fast Food. Cheap fast but troublesome for the long range. (Fat & Cholesterol log the Veins).

Any wizard concerning Network might work once when you first configure the Network. Any further use of the Wizard can trash the Network since it changes back settings that was build in time by applications and hardware installation. The time it is supposable saved by using the wizard, get used many times over when trying to correct the mess later on.

In other word learning how to configure manually takes more time at the beginning, but saves much more time down the line.

Once you reconfigure every thing go over the sharing.

Important For the purpose of the initial setting, disable all software Firewall (including WinXP native
ICF); disable any active Virus scan or any other utility that might intercept Network Traffic.

The following Collection of Links might help:

If you are not concern about internal security WinXP has a fast simple method of sharing, no user permissions and no passwords.

Windows XP Simple File Sharing

WinXP Pro has an additional more secure method:

Windows XP Professional File Sharing.

XP File Sharing Trouble

Win98 Sharing:

AanadTech - FAQ. Networking and sharing between computers.

 

[moonshinemadness]

Ok i ran through all that, yet still when i go to network places, and click on View work group conputers i get : Home is not accessible, You might not have permission to use this network resource, Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. The list of servers for this workgroup are currently available.

Ant more ideas? Thanks

 

[moonshinemadness]

anybody?!

 

[mechBgon]

What assigns IP addresses on your LAN, and is your board's onboard NIC getting an IP address assigned to it? Open a command-prompt window and type "ipconfig /all" to get the scoop on whether it's got an IP.

 

[moonshinemadness]

How do i get the dos window to stay open long enuf for me to see?

 

[JackMDS]

Originally posted by: moonshinemadness
How do i get the dos window to stay open long enuf for me to see?

Do not use the command line.

Open a DOS Window, and than type the ipconfig /all <enter>

Type exit <enter> to get back to windows.