donald 0 Posted January 20, 2002 Help I just bought a Hub to connect my Laptop and Desktop (both running XP) on the laptop everything looks good, except it wont access the net or the desktop the Desktop can access the net, but when I go to view the workgroup on the desktop I get this message: "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 is not currently available." Any Ideas on how to fix this, I am logged in as Admin. Thanks Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted January 20, 2002 Are they both setup as members of the same workgroup? If you are logging on as admin, is that the admin of the workgroup they both participate in? What is the IP configuration of the systems on your LAN? Do you have NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled? Share this post Link to post
donald 0 Posted January 20, 2002 hi clutch, as far as i know they are both set up in the one workgroup, the desktop just wont let me view the workgroup at all (see error message above) I am logging in as admin of the computer. No i dont have netbios enabled, should i? Sorry this is my first network and i am abit confused with it all. Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted January 21, 2002 You want NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled, and you want them to be in the same workgroup. Once those are set, make sure both machines are online (just booted on the network) for about 45-55 minutes to make sure that any cycling is done for Network Neighborhood. Then, tell us how it goes. Share this post Link to post
Busby 0 Posted January 21, 2002 Might wanna check and see if they can actually see the different IPs. Make srue they are uniform (192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x) and both computers use the same subnet. After confirming that ping each computer and see if you get a response. If no response, what type of cables are u using? Crossover? Straight through? Is ICS setup on the desktop to share internet? Share this post Link to post
donald 0 Posted January 24, 2002 Hi they have IP's assinged as 192.168.0.1 for the desktop and 192.168.0.2 for the laptop. I enabled Netbios but that never made any difference, the desktop can ping the laptop okay, but the laptop cant ping the desktop (i think it may be the firewall stopping it.) It is Cat-5 cable. In My Network Places, I cant see the desktop from the laptop, and on the desktop I cant see the laptop Thanks Share this post Link to post
Busby 0 Posted January 25, 2002 A firewall would stop it In fact that is what it sounds like. What firewall are you using? If it's Zone Alarm lower the internal zone security settings to Medium. Share this post Link to post
donald 0 Posted January 25, 2002 i have Norton Personnel Firewall installed at the moment. Share this post Link to post
clutch 1 Posted January 25, 2002 The firewall will can internal NetBIOS traffic, so you might want to try adjusting or even temporarily dropping your firewall to see if the machines will talk to each other. Share this post Link to post
donald 0 Posted January 25, 2002 thanks guys figured it out, I had to give special permission to the internal IP addy so the firewall would allow connections. Share this post Link to post