In article <11fc01c3780b$f7548270$(E-Mail Removed)>, "mark kofler"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Hi, hope someone can shed some light on this.
>I have two laptops and a desktop PC connected via a Belkin
>Wireless Access port and a D-Link ADSL/modem router.
>The problem is that I cannot consistently access or see
>the other computers on the network via network
>neighbourhood. Here is the typical situation:
>
>Desktop PC - Windows 98 SE, Belkin Wireless PCI card.
>Can see laptop 1 and 2 on the network most of the time,
>but is never able to connect to laptop 1 or 2. Error
>message is
>"\\laptop1 is not accessible. Computer or sharename can
>not be found."
>
>Laptop 1 - Windows 98 SE, Netcomm Wireless PCMCIA card.
>Can see laptop 2 on the network and access shared
>resources. However it, never sees the desktop PC.
>
>Laptop 2 - Windows 98, Belkin Wireless PCMCIA card.
>Never able to see other computers on the network.
>Error message: "Unable to browse the network" when
>clicking on Entire Network icon in Network Neighbourhood.
>
>Also I am having trouble creating a new user on this
>laptop. I am trying to create a new user on this laptop
>because we cancel the Windows logon box as we don't have
>the password for the user defined on the Laptop. I
>understand not logging on is a common cause of the "Unable
>to browse the network" error.
>
>When I create a new user using the User Wizard, it
>displays the error msg
>"There is already a user with that name. Choose another
>name."
>for any user I try to create.
>
>Do I have a problem with my router/Access port
>configuration, or a problem with the configuration on the
>individual laptops and PC's?
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>Cheers Mark
The problem is with the network configuration on the computers, not
with the router/Access point.
You must be logged on as a user in order to browse the network, hence
the "Unable to browse" message on Laptop 2. There's no need to create
another user. Remove the password from the first user by deleting its
password file, which is C:\Windows\USER.pwl, where "USER" is the user
name. Then, log off and log back on using that user name and no
password.
The key to Windows networking is to use the same, single protocol for
File and Printer Sharing on all computers. Since your network has an
ADSL router, TCP/IP is the one to use. Configure the network card's
TCP/IP properties on each computer to obtain an IP address
automatically. Go to the Bindings tab and enable both "Client for
Microsoft Networks" and "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft
Networks". Remove NetBEUI and IPX/SPX from all computers.
Disable and un-install all firewall programs on all computers while
troubleshooting. Don't re-install them until everything is working.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
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