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Networking w/ File Share... Seems exclusive access, help!
Hi Experts!
I had tried to search this for hours, but every search term is vague and English has too many synonyms and overloaded words that have several definitions it was not possible to narrow further for me and I am still left without and answer. Curious if anyone had seen the following and/or has advice on how to do what my intent is? Intent: I turned an old laptop with Windows XP Pro into a file server for my home network. I did not feel the need to buy a server edition upgrade since my home network is small and should not require more than 10 concurrent connections. Problem: It seems only one computer is able to access the file shares exclusively. "net use" returns successfully, but browsing the drive/ folder returns an error. The setup: Let's narrow to 3 computers for simplicity, actually I have four laptops and one MCE PC. 1 server, let's call it HOMER 1 MCE PC, let's call it BART 1 laptop, let's call it LISA Network setup ( I doubt this matters, since the computers can all be seen by each other): HOMER is connected by CAT5e to a gigabit switch port BART is also connected by CAT5e to adjacent gigabit switch port as HOMER gigabit switch is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router LISA is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router Linksys WiFi router is connected by CAT5e to cable modem On HOMER I have: A) Enabled File Sharing, and not simple file sharing B) Created two user accounts with passwords (bartaccess and lisaaccess) C) Connected a TR4U USB enclosure, which holds 4 hard drives D) Shared the root of the 4 external hard drives E) Allowed the permissions to give bartaccess and lisaaccess full r/w/ e permissions F) Disabled suspend/hibernate G) Static IP address in the 192.168.1.xx range H) Firewall is OFF I) No Antivirus installed or running I am able to access it and file shares from BART successfully by doing: start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:bartaccess@HOMER password Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer and click on them to navigate Back to cmd prompt net use Result: I can see the shared connections active Meanwhile on LISA I do (without altering any network state from above): start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:lisaaccess@HOMER password (I tried bartaccess also) Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer HOWEVER, when I click on any of them to navigate I get this windows error in a message box --------------------------- IP.Dotted.Addr.Here --------------------------- \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here\DRIVE_1 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 permissions. Access is denied. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- I am SURE I have access permissions and have not mistyped the password. I had rechecked the share and it had maximum connections and lisaaccess and bartaccess users allowed for the r/w/e permissions. I tried with net use /delete about twenty times to make sure. Even going back to BART I am able to access the folders. On LISA I have tried doing a map networked drive with the login credentials and also run into similar problems. On HOMER: I type netstat /a in a command prompt and see fewer than 10 connections active. I do not believe I am up against WinXP Pro limit of connections. Any advice on knowing for sure would be appreciated, I believe the error on LISA would indicate a maxed out connection than the permission error. Main question in lieu of any comments or suggestions to try in the above steps: Is there some concurrency limit for sharing USB connected storage at root with full r/w/e permissions to multiple users over a network? I would think no, but I am left unable to explain why I get the permission error as shown above. At work many people are able to connect into my dropbox at the same time, so I think it must be some setting I have missed. And I don't know what the setting is and whether it needs to take place on HOMER or LISA. I tried everything I was able to think of, so now I am turning to the bigger brains. Thank you in advance! |
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Networking w/ File Share... Seems exclusive access, help!
Hi
Make a shared folder on the server C:\ drive and see if then you can access it from both client computers. Try Mapping Drives (easy and faster access) instead of the Net use approach. In general., make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructions. General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 Printer Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...utt_july2.mspx Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357 Jack (MVP-Networking). "TATrader" wrote in message ... Hi Experts! I had tried to search this for hours, but every search term is vague and English has too many synonyms and overloaded words that have several definitions it was not possible to narrow further for me and I am still left without and answer. Curious if anyone had seen the following and/or has advice on how to do what my intent is? Intent: I turned an old laptop with Windows XP Pro into a file server for my home network. I did not feel the need to buy a server edition upgrade since my home network is small and should not require more than 10 concurrent connections. Problem: It seems only one computer is able to access the file shares exclusively. "net use" returns successfully, but browsing the drive/ folder returns an error. The setup: Let's narrow to 3 computers for simplicity, actually I have four laptops and one MCE PC. 1 server, let's call it HOMER 1 MCE PC, let's call it BART 1 laptop, let's call it LISA Network setup ( I doubt this matters, since the computers can all be seen by each other): HOMER is connected by CAT5e to a gigabit switch port BART is also connected by CAT5e to adjacent gigabit switch port as HOMER gigabit switch is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router LISA is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router Linksys WiFi router is connected by CAT5e to cable modem On HOMER I have: A) Enabled File Sharing, and not simple file sharing B) Created two user accounts with passwords (bartaccess and lisaaccess) C) Connected a TR4U USB enclosure, which holds 4 hard drives D) Shared the root of the 4 external hard drives E) Allowed the permissions to give bartaccess and lisaaccess full r/w/ e permissions F) Disabled suspend/hibernate G) Static IP address in the 192.168.1.xx range H) Firewall is OFF I) No Antivirus installed or running I am able to access it and file shares from BART successfully by doing: start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:bartaccess@HOMER password Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer and click on them to navigate Back to cmd prompt net use Result: I can see the shared connections active Meanwhile on LISA I do (without altering any network state from above): start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:lisaaccess@HOMER password (I tried bartaccess also) Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer HOWEVER, when I click on any of them to navigate I get this windows error in a message box --------------------------- IP.Dotted.Addr.Here --------------------------- \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here\DRIVE_1 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 permissions. Access is denied. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- I am SURE I have access permissions and have not mistyped the password. I had rechecked the share and it had maximum connections and lisaaccess and bartaccess users allowed for the r/w/e permissions. I tried with net use /delete about twenty times to make sure. Even going back to BART I am able to access the folders. On LISA I have tried doing a map networked drive with the login credentials and also run into similar problems. On HOMER: I type netstat /a in a command prompt and see fewer than 10 connections active. I do not believe I am up against WinXP Pro limit of connections. Any advice on knowing for sure would be appreciated, I believe the error on LISA would indicate a maxed out connection than the permission error. Main question in lieu of any comments or suggestions to try in the above steps: Is there some concurrency limit for sharing USB connected storage at root with full r/w/e permissions to multiple users over a network? I would think no, but I am left unable to explain why I get the permission error as shown above. At work many people are able to connect into my dropbox at the same time, so I think it must be some setting I have missed. And I don't know what the setting is and whether it needs to take place on HOMER or LISA. I tried everything I was able to think of, so now I am turning to the bigger brains. Thank you in advance! |
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Networking w/ File Share... Seems exclusive access, help!
Hi
Make a shared folder on the server C:\ drive and see if then you can access it from both client computers. Try Mapping Drives (easy and faster access) instead of the Net use approach. In general., make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructions. General example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trusted Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040 Printer Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...utt_july2.mspx Windows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357 Jack (MVP-Networking). "TATrader" wrote in message ... Hi Experts! I had tried to search this for hours, but every search term is vague and English has too many synonyms and overloaded words that have several definitions it was not possible to narrow further for me and I am still left without and answer. Curious if anyone had seen the following and/or has advice on how to do what my intent is? Intent: I turned an old laptop with Windows XP Pro into a file server for my home network. I did not feel the need to buy a server edition upgrade since my home network is small and should not require more than 10 concurrent connections. Problem: It seems only one computer is able to access the file shares exclusively. "net use" returns successfully, but browsing the drive/ folder returns an error. The setup: Let's narrow to 3 computers for simplicity, actually I have four laptops and one MCE PC. 1 server, let's call it HOMER 1 MCE PC, let's call it BART 1 laptop, let's call it LISA Network setup ( I doubt this matters, since the computers can all be seen by each other): HOMER is connected by CAT5e to a gigabit switch port BART is also connected by CAT5e to adjacent gigabit switch port as HOMER gigabit switch is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router LISA is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router Linksys WiFi router is connected by CAT5e to cable modem On HOMER I have: A) Enabled File Sharing, and not simple file sharing B) Created two user accounts with passwords (bartaccess and lisaaccess) C) Connected a TR4U USB enclosure, which holds 4 hard drives D) Shared the root of the 4 external hard drives E) Allowed the permissions to give bartaccess and lisaaccess full r/w/ e permissions F) Disabled suspend/hibernate G) Static IP address in the 192.168.1.xx range H) Firewall is OFF I) No Antivirus installed or running I am able to access it and file shares from BART successfully by doing: start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:bartaccess@HOMER password Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer and click on them to navigate Back to cmd prompt net use Result: I can see the shared connections active Meanwhile on LISA I do (without altering any network state from above): start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:lisaaccess@HOMER password (I tried bartaccess also) Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer HOWEVER, when I click on any of them to navigate I get this windows error in a message box --------------------------- IP.Dotted.Addr.Here --------------------------- \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here\DRIVE_1 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 permissions. Access is denied. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- I am SURE I have access permissions and have not mistyped the password. I had rechecked the share and it had maximum connections and lisaaccess and bartaccess users allowed for the r/w/e permissions. I tried with net use /delete about twenty times to make sure. Even going back to BART I am able to access the folders. On LISA I have tried doing a map networked drive with the login credentials and also run into similar problems. On HOMER: I type netstat /a in a command prompt and see fewer than 10 connections active. I do not believe I am up against WinXP Pro limit of connections. Any advice on knowing for sure would be appreciated, I believe the error on LISA would indicate a maxed out connection than the permission error. Main question in lieu of any comments or suggestions to try in the above steps: Is there some concurrency limit for sharing USB connected storage at root with full r/w/e permissions to multiple users over a network? I would think no, but I am left unable to explain why I get the permission error as shown above. At work many people are able to connect into my dropbox at the same time, so I think it must be some setting I have missed. And I don't know what the setting is and whether it needs to take place on HOMER or LISA. I tried everything I was able to think of, so now I am turning to the bigger brains. Thank you in advance! |
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Networking w/ File Share... Seems exclusive access, help!
On Jul 10, 4:06*pm, TATrader wrote:
Hi Experts! I had tried to search this for hours, but every search term is vague and English has too many synonyms and overloaded words that have several definitions it was not possible to narrow further for me and I am still left without and answer. Curious if anyone had seen the following and/or has advice on how to do what my intent is? Intent: I turned an old laptop with Windows XP Pro into a file server for my home network. I did not feel the need to buy a server edition upgrade since my home network is small and should not require more than 10 concurrent connections. Problem: It seems only one computer is able to access the file shares exclusively. "net use" returns successfully, but browsing the drive/ folder returns an error. The setup: Let's narrow to 3 computers for simplicity, actually I have four laptops and one MCE PC. 1 server, let's call it HOMER 1 MCE PC, let's call it BART 1 laptop, let's call it LISA Network setup ( I doubt this matters, since the computers can all be seen by each other): HOMER is connected by CAT5e to a gigabit switch port BART is also connected by CAT5e to adjacent gigabit switch port as HOMER gigabit switch is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router LISA is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router Linksys WiFi router is connected by CAT5e to cable modem On HOMER I have: A) Enabled File Sharing, and not simple file sharing B) Created two user accounts with passwords (bartaccess and lisaaccess) C) Connected a TR4U USB enclosure, which holds 4 hard drives D) Shared the root of the 4 external hard drives E) Allowed the permissions to give bartaccess and lisaaccess full r/w/ e permissions F) Disabled suspend/hibernate G) Static IP address in the 192.168.1.xx range H) Firewall is OFF I) No Antivirus installed or running I am able to access it and file shares from BART successfully by doing: start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:bartaccess@HOMER password Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer and click on them to navigate Back to cmd prompt net use Result: I can see the shared connections active Meanwhile on LISA I do (without altering any network state from above): start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:lisaaccess@HOMER password (I tried bartaccess also) Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer HOWEVER, when I click on any of them to navigate I get this windows error in a message box --------------------------- IP.Dotted.Addr.Here --------------------------- \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here\DRIVE_1 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 permissions. Access is denied. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- I am SURE I have access permissions and have not mistyped the password. I had rechecked the share and it had maximum connections and lisaaccess and bartaccess users allowed for the r/w/e permissions. I tried with net use /delete about twenty times to make sure. Even going back to BART I am able to access the folders. On LISA I have tried doing a map networked drive with the login credentials and also run into similar problems. On HOMER: I type netstat /a in a command prompt and see fewer than 10 connections active. I do not believe I am up against WinXP Pro limit of connections. Any advice on knowing for sure would be appreciated, I believe the error on LISA would indicate a maxed out connection than the permission error. Main question in lieu of any comments or suggestions to try in the above steps: Is there some concurrency limit for sharing USB connected storage at root with full r/w/e permissions to multiple users over a network? I would think no, but I am left unable to explain why I get the permission error as shown above. At work many people are able to connect into my dropbox at the same time, so I think it must be some setting I have missed. And I don't know what the setting is and whether it needs to take place on HOMER or LISA. I tried everything I was able to think of, so now I am turning to the bigger brains. Thank you in advance! You also should know that when it means "concurrent" connections, it does not mean up to ten other PCs can access. One PC can access / use all the 10 concurrent "accesses." |
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Networking w/ File Share... Seems exclusive access, help!
On Jul 10, 4:06*pm, TATrader wrote:
Hi Experts! I had tried to search this for hours, but every search term is vague and English has too many synonyms and overloaded words that have several definitions it was not possible to narrow further for me and I am still left without and answer. Curious if anyone had seen the following and/or has advice on how to do what my intent is? Intent: I turned an old laptop with Windows XP Pro into a file server for my home network. I did not feel the need to buy a server edition upgrade since my home network is small and should not require more than 10 concurrent connections. Problem: It seems only one computer is able to access the file shares exclusively. "net use" returns successfully, but browsing the drive/ folder returns an error. The setup: Let's narrow to 3 computers for simplicity, actually I have four laptops and one MCE PC. 1 server, let's call it HOMER 1 MCE PC, let's call it BART 1 laptop, let's call it LISA Network setup ( I doubt this matters, since the computers can all be seen by each other): HOMER is connected by CAT5e to a gigabit switch port BART is also connected by CAT5e to adjacent gigabit switch port as HOMER gigabit switch is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router LISA is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router Linksys WiFi router is connected by CAT5e to cable modem On HOMER I have: A) Enabled File Sharing, and not simple file sharing B) Created two user accounts with passwords (bartaccess and lisaaccess) C) Connected a TR4U USB enclosure, which holds 4 hard drives D) Shared the root of the 4 external hard drives E) Allowed the permissions to give bartaccess and lisaaccess full r/w/ e permissions F) Disabled suspend/hibernate G) Static IP address in the 192.168.1.xx range H) Firewall is OFF I) No Antivirus installed or running I am able to access it and file shares from BART successfully by doing: start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:bartaccess@HOMER password Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer and click on them to navigate Back to cmd prompt net use Result: I can see the shared connections active Meanwhile on LISA I do (without altering any network state from above): start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:lisaaccess@HOMER password (I tried bartaccess also) Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer HOWEVER, when I click on any of them to navigate I get this windows error in a message box --------------------------- IP.Dotted.Addr.Here --------------------------- \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here\DRIVE_1 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 permissions. Access is denied. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- I am SURE I have access permissions and have not mistyped the password. I had rechecked the share and it had maximum connections and lisaaccess and bartaccess users allowed for the r/w/e permissions. I tried with net use /delete about twenty times to make sure. Even going back to BART I am able to access the folders. On LISA I have tried doing a map networked drive with the login credentials and also run into similar problems. On HOMER: I type netstat /a in a command prompt and see fewer than 10 connections active. I do not believe I am up against WinXP Pro limit of connections. Any advice on knowing for sure would be appreciated, I believe the error on LISA would indicate a maxed out connection than the permission error. Main question in lieu of any comments or suggestions to try in the above steps: Is there some concurrency limit for sharing USB connected storage at root with full r/w/e permissions to multiple users over a network? I would think no, but I am left unable to explain why I get the permission error as shown above. At work many people are able to connect into my dropbox at the same time, so I think it must be some setting I have missed. And I don't know what the setting is and whether it needs to take place on HOMER or LISA. I tried everything I was able to think of, so now I am turning to the bigger brains. Thank you in advance! You also should know that when it means "concurrent" connections, it does not mean up to ten other PCs can access. One PC can access / use all the 10 concurrent "accesses." |
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Networking w/ File Share... Seems exclusive access, help!
On Jul 10, 8:06*am, TATrader wrote:
Hi Experts! I had tried to search this for hours, but every search term is vague and English has too many synonyms and overloaded words that have several definitions it was not possible to narrow further for me and I am still left without and answer. Curious if anyone had seen the following and/or has advice on how to do what my intent is? Intent: I turned an old laptop with Windows XP Pro into a file server for my home network. I did not feel the need to buy a server edition upgrade since my home network is small and should not require more than 10 concurrent connections. Problem: It seems only one computer is able to access the file shares exclusively. "net use" returns successfully, but browsing the drive/ folder returns an error. The setup: Let's narrow to 3 computers for simplicity, actually I have four laptops and one MCE PC. 1 server, let's call it HOMER 1 MCE PC, let's call it BART 1 laptop, let's call it LISA Network setup ( I doubt this matters, since the computers can all be seen by each other): HOMER is connected by CAT5e to a gigabit switch port BART is also connected by CAT5e to adjacent gigabit switch port as HOMER gigabit switch is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router LISA is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router Linksys WiFi router is connected by CAT5e to cable modem On HOMER I have: A) Enabled File Sharing, and not simple file sharing B) Created two user accounts with passwords (bartaccess and lisaaccess) C) Connected a TR4U USB enclosure, which holds 4 hard drives D) Shared the root of the 4 external hard drives E) Allowed the permissions to give bartaccess and lisaaccess full r/w/ e permissions F) Disabled suspend/hibernate G) Static IP address in the 192.168.1.xx range H) Firewall is OFF I) No Antivirus installed or running I am able to access it and file shares from BART successfully by doing: start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:bartaccess@HOMER password Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer and click on them to navigate Back to cmd prompt net use Result: I can see the shared connections active Meanwhile on LISA I do (without altering any network state from above): start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:lisaaccess@HOMER password (I tried bartaccess also) Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer HOWEVER, when I click on any of them to navigate I get this windows error in a message box --------------------------- IP.Dotted.Addr.Here --------------------------- \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here\DRIVE_1 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 permissions. Access is denied. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- I am SURE I have access permissions and have not mistyped the password. I had rechecked the share and it had maximum connections and lisaaccess and bartaccess users allowed for the r/w/e permissions. I tried with net use /delete about twenty times to make sure. Even going back to BART I am able to access the folders. On LISA I have tried doing a map networked drive with the login credentials and also run into similar problems. On HOMER: I type netstat /a in a command prompt and see fewer than 10 connections active. I do not believe I am up against WinXP Pro limit of connections. Any advice on knowing for sure would be appreciated, I believe the error on LISA would indicate a maxed out connection than the permission error. Main question in lieu of any comments or suggestions to try in the above steps: Is there some concurrency limit for sharing USB connected storage at root with full r/w/e permissions to multiple users over a network? I would think no, but I am left unable to explain why I get the permission error as shown above. At work many people are able to connect into my dropbox at the same time, so I think it must be some setting I have missed. And I don't know what the setting is and whether it needs to take place on HOMER or LISA. I tried everything I was able to think of, so now I am turning to the bigger brains. Thank you in advance! Going to reply to my own post to thank Jack and smlunatick, fill in other details, and let you know my solution in case anyone else comes across it. First off, thank you Jack. I was able to get it working without invoking any tests on the C:\ drive. I'll update that later. Also, thank you smlunatick. I understood the 10 concurrent connections as being real connections and not different PC. I did a netstat /a to determine the quantity of connections and verified it was below 10. Other details: HOMER and all other computers were on 'WORKGROUP' My solution: I tried various combo of the net use /USER command. The one that worked for me was net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:HOMER\bartaccess password Also worked with lisaaccess... So this and similar did NOT work: net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:lisaaccess@HOMER password I would chalk this up to some funniness involved with domain name lookups. HOMER is connected to my router and gets a dynamic IP address. But when I drop to command prompt and simply do nslookup HOMER it fetches an IP address that does not match my public IP address or internal IP Address. net use with /USER:domain\user must skip the nslookup step? Not too sure and not sure if I care until it breaks again |
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Networking w/ File Share... Seems exclusive access, help!
On Jul 10, 8:06*am, TATrader wrote:
Hi Experts! I had tried to search this for hours, but every search term is vague and English has too many synonyms and overloaded words that have several definitions it was not possible to narrow further for me and I am still left without and answer. Curious if anyone had seen the following and/or has advice on how to do what my intent is? Intent: I turned an old laptop with Windows XP Pro into a file server for my home network. I did not feel the need to buy a server edition upgrade since my home network is small and should not require more than 10 concurrent connections. Problem: It seems only one computer is able to access the file shares exclusively. "net use" returns successfully, but browsing the drive/ folder returns an error. The setup: Let's narrow to 3 computers for simplicity, actually I have four laptops and one MCE PC. 1 server, let's call it HOMER 1 MCE PC, let's call it BART 1 laptop, let's call it LISA Network setup ( I doubt this matters, since the computers can all be seen by each other): HOMER is connected by CAT5e to a gigabit switch port BART is also connected by CAT5e to adjacent gigabit switch port as HOMER gigabit switch is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router LISA is connected by CAT5e to Linksys WiFi router Linksys WiFi router is connected by CAT5e to cable modem On HOMER I have: A) Enabled File Sharing, and not simple file sharing B) Created two user accounts with passwords (bartaccess and lisaaccess) C) Connected a TR4U USB enclosure, which holds 4 hard drives D) Shared the root of the 4 external hard drives E) Allowed the permissions to give bartaccess and lisaaccess full r/w/ e permissions F) Disabled suspend/hibernate G) Static IP address in the 192.168.1.xx range H) Firewall is OFF I) No Antivirus installed or running I am able to access it and file shares from BART successfully by doing: start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:bartaccess@HOMER password Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer and click on them to navigate Back to cmd prompt net use Result: I can see the shared connections active Meanwhile on LISA I do (without altering any network state from above): start - run - cmd /u ENTER net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:lisaaccess@HOMER password (I tried bartaccess also) Result: The command completed successfully. explorer \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here Result: I can see all the 4 shares in explorer HOWEVER, when I click on any of them to navigate I get this windows error in a message box --------------------------- IP.Dotted.Addr.Here --------------------------- \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here\DRIVE_1 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 permissions. Access is denied. --------------------------- OK --------------------------- I am SURE I have access permissions and have not mistyped the password. I had rechecked the share and it had maximum connections and lisaaccess and bartaccess users allowed for the r/w/e permissions. I tried with net use /delete about twenty times to make sure. Even going back to BART I am able to access the folders. On LISA I have tried doing a map networked drive with the login credentials and also run into similar problems. On HOMER: I type netstat /a in a command prompt and see fewer than 10 connections active. I do not believe I am up against WinXP Pro limit of connections. Any advice on knowing for sure would be appreciated, I believe the error on LISA would indicate a maxed out connection than the permission error. Main question in lieu of any comments or suggestions to try in the above steps: Is there some concurrency limit for sharing USB connected storage at root with full r/w/e permissions to multiple users over a network? I would think no, but I am left unable to explain why I get the permission error as shown above. At work many people are able to connect into my dropbox at the same time, so I think it must be some setting I have missed. And I don't know what the setting is and whether it needs to take place on HOMER or LISA. I tried everything I was able to think of, so now I am turning to the bigger brains. Thank you in advance! Going to reply to my own post to thank Jack and smlunatick, fill in other details, and let you know my solution in case anyone else comes across it. First off, thank you Jack. I was able to get it working without invoking any tests on the C:\ drive. I'll update that later. Also, thank you smlunatick. I understood the 10 concurrent connections as being real connections and not different PC. I did a netstat /a to determine the quantity of connections and verified it was below 10. Other details: HOMER and all other computers were on 'WORKGROUP' My solution: I tried various combo of the net use /USER command. The one that worked for me was net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:HOMER\bartaccess password Also worked with lisaaccess... So this and similar did NOT work: net use \\IP.Dotted.Addr.Here /USER:lisaaccess@HOMER password I would chalk this up to some funniness involved with domain name lookups. HOMER is connected to my router and gets a dynamic IP address. But when I drop to command prompt and simply do nslookup HOMER it fetches an IP address that does not match my public IP address or internal IP Address. net use with /USER:domain\user must skip the nslookup step? Not too sure and not sure if I care until it breaks again |
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