Colin Painter
December 6th 03, 04:44 PM
You can mount shares on computer B shared out by computer A whether or not
they are in the same workgroup. Sounds to me like you should give up on
windows networking and just mount the share on B using A's IP address and
the share name. Crude but it works. You will be given the opportunity to
supply credentials to system A and you should then use an account defined on
A. In Explorer under Tools>Map Network Drive use the \\server\share syntax
but use the IP address of A as in
\\192.168.1.100\foobar
cp
"Technician" > wrote in message
...
> I think that we have gotten off topic here. Let me see if I can bring it
> back on track. I want to share a second hard drive on a second computer
> with my prime computer through my router. I have admin accouns on both
> machines, both machines are part of the same workgroup ( I double checked
> the spelling ) and both firewalls are down. I have the shared hand under
> the drive that I wish to share but it simply will not show up in the My
> Computer window on the prime system. I'm trying to avoid yet another
> fruitless call to MS. Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> "Technician" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Yes, I have an Admin account on both machines. Both machines have the
same
> > Workgroup name. Each computer has it's own distinctive name.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "LVTravel" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Do you have a user account on each computer with the same name? This
is
> > > required for peer to peer file sharing on XP. That user doesn't have
to
> > be
> > > logged in just have the account present. Also I will assume that each
> > > machine has a different machine name (required) when you state that
they
> > > have the same workgroup name.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Please respond back to the newsgroup when your problem has been solved
> to
> > > assist all in the newsgroup!
> > >
> > >
> > > "Technician" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Hi all, I'm having a little difficulty getting my 2 windows XP
> computers
> > > to
> > > > share a second drive. I have the small hand under the drive in
> > question,
> > > I
> > > > have the same work group name and they are both able to surf the
> > internet
> > > > through a common router. I disable the firewalls that I have
> installed
> > (
> > > > Not the MS variety ) and have tried everything that I can think of
but
> I
> > > > simply cannot get them to play nice. Any help would be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
they are in the same workgroup. Sounds to me like you should give up on
windows networking and just mount the share on B using A's IP address and
the share name. Crude but it works. You will be given the opportunity to
supply credentials to system A and you should then use an account defined on
A. In Explorer under Tools>Map Network Drive use the \\server\share syntax
but use the IP address of A as in
\\192.168.1.100\foobar
cp
"Technician" > wrote in message
...
> I think that we have gotten off topic here. Let me see if I can bring it
> back on track. I want to share a second hard drive on a second computer
> with my prime computer through my router. I have admin accouns on both
> machines, both machines are part of the same workgroup ( I double checked
> the spelling ) and both firewalls are down. I have the shared hand under
> the drive that I wish to share but it simply will not show up in the My
> Computer window on the prime system. I'm trying to avoid yet another
> fruitless call to MS. Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> "Technician" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Yes, I have an Admin account on both machines. Both machines have the
same
> > Workgroup name. Each computer has it's own distinctive name.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "LVTravel" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Do you have a user account on each computer with the same name? This
is
> > > required for peer to peer file sharing on XP. That user doesn't have
to
> > be
> > > logged in just have the account present. Also I will assume that each
> > > machine has a different machine name (required) when you state that
they
> > > have the same workgroup name.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Please respond back to the newsgroup when your problem has been solved
> to
> > > assist all in the newsgroup!
> > >
> > >
> > > "Technician" > wrote in message
> > > ...
> > > > Hi all, I'm having a little difficulty getting my 2 windows XP
> computers
> > > to
> > > > share a second drive. I have the small hand under the drive in
> > question,
> > > I
> > > > have the same work group name and they are both able to surf the
> > internet
> > > > through a common router. I disable the firewalls that I have
> installed
> > (
> > > > Not the MS variety ) and have tried everything that I can think of
but
> I
> > > > simply cannot get them to play nice. Any help would be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>