By common account do you mean the name given to the PC? Both PC have there
own name but are on a common network. If this isn't what you mean I would
appreciate your help.

Thanks

Richard Hanner

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 8:35 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Network Problems


> The first thing that comes to mind is having a common account on both
> machines. XP has more security with networking than the WIN9x Oses. Also
> make sure you have NETBIOS over TCP\IP enabled on both machines.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Richard Hanner
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 11:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Network Problems
>
> I recently purchased a Netgear Wireless ADSL Modem Gateway (DG824M) and
> 802.11b Wireless PCI Adapter (MA311) in order to network two PC's in my
> home. I wanted to be able to share my ADSL internet connection, and also
> share files etc. between the two PC's without the hassle of running
cables.
> The modem router is attached to one PC via an Ethernet cable connection,
and
> the other PC has the wireless adapter fitted. To start with everything
went
> quite well, I got the internet up and running on both PC's with little
fuss,
> but my problems started when I tried to arrange my local network for
> sharing. I have reached the situation where I can ping the router from
both
> PC's, and the PC can ping each other.
> Both machines are running Windows XP, and both PC's can see the
> two-networked PC's in the My Network Places window under the name of the
> network I have created. If I then click on the PC symbol for the other PC
to
> view its shared resources, it responds with,
> "(PC Name) 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 permission. The network path was not found".
> I get the same result from either PC when I try to view the resources
> available on the other networked machine.
> I installed the network using the network wizard, but entered all the
TCP/IP
> addresses manually, which seems to be ok as I have internet access, and
the
> ping tests work in all directions.
> Can anyone help me please?
>
> Regards
>
> Richard Hanner
>
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