Can't Access My Local Network

[Ron Dowell]

I am using Windows XP Professional. I have followed the
directions for setting up a Home Office Network. However,
on one of my two computers, when I attempt to view the
network computers I get the following message:

"The network is not accessable. You may not have
permission to use this network resource."

I am the only person who uses these computers so how can
I not have permission to access my own network?

I have read Technical Article # 304040 which acknowledges
that Windows XP has a problem with allowing access but
the instructions to fix the problem aren't clear.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

[Steve Hiskey [MSFT]]

What type of Network? Wireless? Ethernet? What is the topology? Are you
"routing" through one of the machine to get to the internet or do you have a
bridge/router on the ethernet that all the machines can see? Are all of
them XP?

If you are ethernet and have a router that all machines can access, is it
giving out DHCP addresses correctly?

From a command prompt, do an "IPCONFIG"
To open a command prompt, do the following (sorry if you know this)
[Start] --> Run...
in the RUN dialog, type in "cmd" and hit return
this will bring up the black "DOS Box"
type "IPCONFIG" and hit return

You should get something this back:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : computername.yourisp.com
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

The important part is the IP Address... if you have a working router, then
you should get something like 192.168.0.? If it is something random, then
either you have a direct connection from that machine to your ISP or your
router isn't working.

to see if you have a working router, type "ping www.google.com". You should
see an aswer like

Pinging www.google.com [216.239.37.99] with 32 bytes of data:

if it resolves the address (216.239.37.99) then you have a valid connection
to the internet.

Anyway, there are so many things that could be wrong... lets start with what
you have and work from there.

--
Steve

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"Ron Dowell" > wrote in message
...
> I am using Windows XP Professional. I have followed the
> directions for setting up a Home Office Network. However,
> on one of my two computers, when I attempt to view the
> network computers I get the following message:
>
> "The network is not accessable. You may not have
> permission to use this network resource."
>
> I am the only person who uses these computers so how can
> I not have permission to access my own network?
>
> I have read Technical Article # 304040 which acknowledges
> that Windows XP has a problem with allowing access but
> the instructions to fix the problem aren't clear.
>
> Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.