Greetings David and list -- ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Gillett" <[log in to unmask]> > The best way to provide access to shared resources is with a domain, a > shared accounts/passwords/permissions database. But you need to dedicate at > least one (and preferably two) NT/2K servers to this job, so it's not very > practical for a small home network. As stated in the original post, the network is peer-to-peer, much though I might prefer to have a NT/2K server "in the mix." > The next best choice is to make sure that the accounts you use exist on > all of the machines in your network, preferably with the same password on > any selected account name on every machine. I suspect this is what has > broken -- the user account you log into on the 98SE machine either doesn't > exist on the gateway machine, or exists but has a different password set. Having run into this problem once before when young daughters inadvertently created new users with different passwords (or changed passwords), this was the first thing I verified. All users and passwords match. > (There's another related possibility. By default, out of the box, 2K > supports both its own secure protocol for sharing "credentials" and the > older NTLM protocol. There's an option to turn off NTLM, since it's not as > secure as the new protocol. Unfortunately, 98 speaks only NTLM. If someone > turned off NTLM support in an effort to "harden" the box, that could be the > problem.) > In case this is the problem, how would I go about "turning on" the NTLM protocol? > David Gillett > > > On 14 Aug 2003, at 8:09, Paul A. Shippert wrote: > > > Greetings list-- > > > > I have recently encountered a browsing problem with a small home > > peer-to-peer > > network. It consists of three computers (Win98SE, and two WinXP Pro), a > > switch, and a cable modem. All three computers used to be able to see > > shared > > folders and share a common printer attached to one of the XP machines, > > which, > > with two network cards, acted as the Internet Connection Sharing computer. > > The Windows 98 computer will now access only the one XP computer (the > > non-Internet sharing one), but is still able to browse the web and get > > e-mail > > through the sharing computer. When one double-clicks the icon for the > > sharing > > computer or tries to connect to a shared printer on it, one is prompted for > > a > > password to access \\<computer name>\IPC$. A number of system services > > are protected by the OS logging on as NT AUTHORITY\Network Services, > > an 'account' which does have a password identified by 15 dots. > > Is this situation connected? > > > > I have run the network setup wizard on all machines, which is how they were > > set up in the first place. This has had no effect. > > > > Any ideas short of building a new XP box? (The other XP box has no trouble > > accessing and using the Internet Connection Sharing computer's resources.) > > > > Paul A. Shippert > > Library Media Specialist > > Margaret Brent Middle School > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > ----- > > "and I'm hovering like a fly, > > waiting for the windshield on the freeway." Genesis > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > > ----- > > > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to > > Digest mode - visit our web site: > > http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml > > > > ------- End of forwarded message ------- > > The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering > Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along > with the OpenOffice CD... at a great price!!! > http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com