Networking observation

This is just a personal observation. I have spent
countless hours on my problem listed below. I have
posted on this newsgroup and other forums. I have
received mutltiple suggestions and ideas and I greatly
appreciated everyone's hlep. To date, nothing has
worked. I have jumped through a lot of hoops to make
this work, to no avail.

Shouldn't this idea of "sharing" on the network be a
simple exercise? All I want to do is share a printer and
a couple of file folders.

Sorry for venting, but this is beyond riduculous. I feel
that I have missed some minor thing that is prevented me
from getting this to work and I am very frustrated.

Original post:

I have a desktop running ME assigned as "Family", with a
printer attached. I have a laptop running XP Home
assigned as "Dell" They are both on a wireless network
connected to a router/access device from Linksys. I want
to share files and the printer. I have set up sharing
on both computers. The ME "Family" can see all of the
share files on the XP "Dell". The XP "Dell" sees
the "Family" on the network when I Explore and/or view
workgroup computers. When I go to view the "Family" I
get the following: "\\Family 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 network path is not
found."

I am stumped at this point. I have spent hours trying to
make this work. Since I can ping each computer, I feel I
have the network configured correctely (I hope). How do
I grant permission for the XP "Dell" to access the share
files and printer on the ME "Family" desktop?

Any help/suggestions is greatly appreciated.

gb

The following link has the solution for every network problem anyone has
asked in the last 3 years in this newsgroup. If it doesn't solve your
problem, then you aren't following each step to the letter or you are
skipping over the solutions offered thinking they do not apply to you.

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey


"gbryce" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1b0001c38465$044f3910$(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is just a personal observation. I have spent
> countless hours on my problem listed below. I have
> posted on this newsgroup and other forums. I have
> received mutltiple suggestions and ideas and I greatly
> appreciated everyone's hlep. To date, nothing has
> worked. I have jumped through a lot of hoops to make
> this work, to no avail.
>
> Shouldn't this idea of "sharing" on the network be a
> simple exercise? All I want to do is share a printer and
> a couple of file folders.
>
> Sorry for venting, but this is beyond riduculous. I feel
> that I have missed some minor thing that is prevented me
> from getting this to work and I am very frustrated.
>
> Original post:
>
> I have a desktop running ME assigned as "Family", with a
> printer attached. I have a laptop running XP Home
> assigned as "Dell" They are both on a wireless network
> connected to a router/access device from Linksys. I want
> to share files and the printer. I have set up sharing
> on both computers. The ME "Family" can see all of the
> share files on the XP "Dell". The XP "Dell" sees
> the "Family" on the network when I Explore and/or view
> workgroup computers. When I go to view the "Family" I
> get the following: "\\Family 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 network path is not
> found."
>
> I am stumped at this point. I have spent hours trying to
> make this work. Since I can ping each computer, I feel I
> have the network configured correctely (I hope). How do
> I grant permission for the XP "Dell" to access the share
> files and printer on the ME "Family" desktop?
>
> Any help/suggestions is greatly appreciated.
>
> gb