redundant computer on workgroup

I have two computers on a home workgroup. The Name of the first computer was
WINDOWSXP. The "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard was used to
define a workgroup named CASTAWAYS. I then changed the name of the computer
to DENNIS01 via the Computer Name tab of the System Properties window
leaving the Workgroup name unchanged.

I then used the "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard to add the
second computer to the CASTAWAYS workgroup. The name of the second computer
was DENNIS02.

Each computer has a wireless card and they communicate through a Netgear
router operating in Infrastructure mode and thus as an Access point.

I used the "This computer connects to the internet through a residential
gateway or through another computer on my network" option in the wizzard.

As a result of this, My Network Places in DENNIS01 shows:

DENNIS01 and
DENNIS02

and I am able to access the resources of DENNIS02 through DENNIS01.

My Network Places in DENNIS02 shows Castaways but when I try and expand this
I get a message saying

"Castaways is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
resource ............ The network path was not found"

How do I give DENNIS02 permission to access access DENNIS01

Since the original posting I have found that DENNIS02 can successfully Ping
DENNIS01 by IP address but not by ComputerName


"Dennis Jelavic" wrote in message
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I have two computers on a home workgroup. The Name of the first computer
was WINDOWSXP. The "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard was used
to define a workgroup named CASTAWAYS. I then changed the name of the
computer to DENNIS01 via the Computer Name tab of the System Properties
window leaving the Workgroup name unchanged.

I then used the "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard to add the
second computer to the CASTAWAYS workgroup. The name of the second
computer was DENNIS02.

Each computer has a wireless card and they communicate through a Netgear
router operating in Infrastructure mode and thus as an Access point.

I used the "This computer connects to the internet through a residential
gateway or through another computer on my network" option in the wizzard.

As a result of this, My Network Places in DENNIS01 shows:

DENNIS01 and
DENNIS02

and I am able to access the resources of DENNIS02 through DENNIS01.

My Network Places in DENNIS02 shows Castaways but when I try and expand
this I get a message saying

"Castaways is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this
resource ............ The network path was not found"

How do I give DENNIS02 permission to access access DENNIS01

"Dennis Jelavic" wrote in
:

I have two computers on a home workgroup. The Name of the first
computer was WINDOWSXP. The "Setup a Home or Small Office Network"
wizzard was used to define a workgroup named CASTAWAYS. I then
changed the name of the computer to DENNIS01 via the Computer Name
tab of the System Properties window leaving the Workgroup name
unchanged.

I then used the "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard to
add the second computer to the CASTAWAYS workgroup. The name of
the second computer was DENNIS02.

Each computer has a wireless card and they communicate through a
Netgear router operating in Infrastructure mode and thus as an
Access point.

I used the "This computer connects to the internet through a
residential gateway or through another computer on my network"
option in the wizzard.

As a result of this, My Network Places in DENNIS01 shows:

DENNIS01 and
DENNIS02

and I am able to access the resources of DENNIS02 through
DENNIS01.

My Network Places in DENNIS02 shows Castaways but when I try and
expand this I get a message saying

"Castaways is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this resource ............ The network path was not found"

How do I give DENNIS02 permission to access access DENNIS01

It would appear you have a permissions problem.

How to solve this depends on whether you have Simple File Sharing
enabled or disabled. (It is always enabled with XP Home).

Start by assuring that NetBIOS-over-TCPIP is enabled on all machines.
Instructions are he

"You cannot access shared files and folders or browse computers in the
workgroup with Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318030/

Assuming Simple File Sharing, all access is through the "Guest"
account. The Guest account must be active. Instructions for checking
that are he

"How to troubleshoot home networking in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308007/
Skip 2/3 the way down to the "Troubleshoot file sharing and printer
sharing" section.

Also possible is the following:
"Error message when you try to access a Windows XP-based network
computer: "You might not have permission to use this network resource""
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913628

HTH,
John

"Dennis Jelavic" wrote in
:

I have two computers on a home workgroup. The Name of the first
computer was WINDOWSXP. The "Setup a Home or Small Office Network"
wizzard was used to define a workgroup named CASTAWAYS. I then
changed the name of the computer to DENNIS01 via the Computer Name
tab of the System Properties window leaving the Workgroup name
unchanged.

I then used the "Setup a Home or Small Office Network" wizzard to
add the second computer to the CASTAWAYS workgroup. The name of
the second computer was DENNIS02.

Each computer has a wireless card and they communicate through a
Netgear router operating in Infrastructure mode and thus as an
Access point.

I used the "This computer connects to the internet through a
residential gateway or through another computer on my network"
option in the wizzard.

As a result of this, My Network Places in DENNIS01 shows:

DENNIS01 and
DENNIS02

and I am able to access the resources of DENNIS02 through
DENNIS01.

My Network Places in DENNIS02 shows Castaways but when I try and
expand this I get a message saying

"Castaways is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this resource ............ The network path was not found"

How do I give DENNIS02 permission to access access DENNIS01

It would appear you have a permissions problem.

How to solve this depends on whether you have Simple File Sharing
enabled or disabled. (It is always enabled with XP Home).

Start by assuring that NetBIOS-over-TCPIP is enabled on all machines.
Instructions are he

"You cannot access shared files and folders or browse computers in the
workgroup with Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/318030/

Assuming Simple File Sharing, all access is through the "Guest"
account. The Guest account must be active. Instructions for checking
that are he

"How to troubleshoot home networking in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308007/
Skip 2/3 the way down to the "Troubleshoot file sharing and printer
sharing" section.

Also possible is the following:
"Error message when you try to access a Windows XP-based network
computer: "You might not have permission to use this network resource""
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913628

HTH,
John