File share issues. (includes lesbian penguin)

[gasoltub]

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Hmmm.... that is odd. Sounds like you're doing everything by the book. Let's start from square one - I know you probably did everything correctly the first time around, but use this guide as a checklist, and try resetting the shares from scratch.

We know it's not a network problem because the shared machine can't access the files either (you were right to check your NetBIOS and firewall settings otherwise). I don't think I've ever seen the establishing user account not be able to access the shares - I'm thinking something must have gone wrong in the process. Really out of the ordinary. Let me know how the reset goes, and we can go from there.

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Great, I'll go through that one.
In the meantime, here is another oddity. This is what my network connections look like:

I have two other XP computers and that gateway connection is not there on any of those. Disabling it makes the network stop working. I shouldn't be needing it, right? I'm not using internet connection sharing on this computer. But I have no idea where it came from or how to remove it.

Oh well, I better get started with that file sharing article. Perhaps the solution is in there.

[flash8pro]

I'm going to PM you a screenshot of my Network Connections screen so you can compare notes. I wrote some notes on the screenshot for you to consider. Like I said there, I think you still have Internet connection sharing enabled or there is some remnant of it lurking around.

Try entering "ipconfig/all" into the command prompt and see what IP address your computer has. Is it 192.168.0.1? This is the standard address of a computer with internet connection sharing enabled. If you do have this address... I wonder how you are still connecting to the Internet via your router? (unless it just happened to be on the same network AND it didn't have the IP address of 192.168.0.1.

If you could copy the info from the ipconfig/all and post it here (minus the MAC addresses and any public IPs), that would be great.

Take a look at this article about Windows Internet connection sharing . Looks familiar, doesn't it?

I'm wondering what would happen if you were to, say, right click the Internet gateway and delete it? If you don't know why it's there, I don't see why it should be or how it could be critical to anything you are doing. If anything, it will only cause problems if it's not meant to be there.

[gasoltub]

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I'm going to PM you a screenshot of my Network Connections screen so you can compare notes. I wrote some notes on the screenshot for you to consider. Like I said there, I think you still have Internet connection sharing enabled or there is some remnant of it lurking around.

Try entering "ipconfig/all" into the command prompt and see what IP address your computer has. Is it 192.168.0.1? This is the standard address of a computer with internet connection sharing enabled. If you do have this address... I wonder how you are still connecting to the Internet via your router? (unless it just happened to be on the same network AND it didn't have the IP address of 192.168.0.1.

If you could copy the info from the ipconfig/all and post it here (minus the MAC addresses and any public IPs), that would be great.

Take a look at this article about Windows Internet connection sharing . Looks familiar, doesn't it?

I'm wondering what would happen if you were to, say, right click the Internet gateway and delete it? If you don't know why it's there, I don't see why it should be or how it could be critical to anything you are doing. If anything, it will only cause problems if it's not meant to be there.

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The funny thing is that when I turned on my computer today, the Internet Gateway was gone. It must have disappeared when I reset the tcp/ip-stack I guess. And it definitely connected to internet through that gateway before, because the network stopped working when I disabled it.

The problems remains though.

ipconfig /all shows this:
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IP-konfiguration för Windows

Värddatornamn . . . . . . . . . . : shining
Primärt DNS-suffix . . . . . . . :
Nodtyp . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP-routning aktiverat . . . . . . : No
WINS-proxy aktiverat . . . . . . : No

Ethernet-kort nForce Ethernet:

Anslutningsspecifika DNS-suffix . :
Beskrivning . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Fysisk adress . . . . . . . . . . : *************
DHCP aktiverat . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autokonfiguration aktiverat . . . : Yes
IP-adress . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3
Nätmask . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Standard-gateway . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP-server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS-servrar . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
Lånet erhölls . . . . . . . . . . : den 12 juni 2006 17:19:27
Lånet upphör . . . . . . . . . . : den 19 januari 2038 05:14:07

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I checked how this info looked on one of my other computers on which file sharing works fine, and noticed that the Nodetype was different. On the one that works it says:
"Nodtyp: Broadcast" and on the one that doesn't work it says "Nodtyp: Unknown".
Perhaps this could lead us to the problem.

[gasoltub]

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I checked how this info looked on one of my other computers on which file sharing works fine, and noticed that the Nodetype was different. On the one that works it says:
"Nodtyp: Broadcast" and on the one that doesn't work it says "Nodtyp: Unknown".
Perhaps this could lead us to the problem.

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I found out how to force the NodeType to Broadcast here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314053/
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q160177
http://forums.practicallynetworked.c...hread.php?t=32

The shares are still having the same problem though.
Another odd thing is that the printer share works fine. I can access and use the printer from the other computer. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

I'm going insane!!

[flash8pro]

What firewall are you using? Try uninstalling the firewall instead of merely disabling it. Sometimes firewalls run services that interfere with normal network communications. We may be running around in circles when it's the firewall that's thwarting us.

[gasoltub]

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What firewall are you using? Try uninstalling the firewall instead of merely disabling it. Sometimes firewalls run services that interfere with normal network communications. We may be running around in circles when it's the firewall that's thwarting us.

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I'm using Kerio Personal Firewall. I really don't think that's the problem though, since I have had working file sharing with that firewall up until this happened. And I haven't changed any settings in it either. That said, I guess it won't hurt to try uninstalling it anyway.

[flash8pro]

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I have had working file sharing with that firewall up until this happened

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Did it suddenly stop working or did you change something on your network?

Here are a couple steps for you to try:
1) Try changing the Node Type to hybrid on all the machines.

2) Go to your Administrative Tools menu in Control Panel. Go to "Local Security Policy". Under "Local Policies" (2nd folder on my machine) click on "User Rights Assignment". Make sure that the user "Everyone" is included in the policy "Access this computer from the network".

We'll see what these do and go from there.

I also found this interesting networking diagnostic page . It might be worthwhile taking a look at, but I have a feeling that everything is ok.

[flash8pro]

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I found out how to force the NodeType to Broadcast here:

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It's also possible to set this to Hybrid mode by following the same procedure but by setting a hex value of 8 instead of 1.

On my desktop it was "unknown" (there wasn't even a DhcpNodeType registry value), on one laptop it was "Broadcast", and the other laptop was "Hybrid".

[gasoltub]

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I found out how to force the NodeType to Broadcast here:

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It's also possible to set this to Hybrid mode by following the same procedure but by setting a hex value of 8 instead of 1.

On my desktop it was "unknown" (there wasn't even a DhcpNodeType registry value), on one laptop it was "Broadcast", and the other laptop was "Hybrid".

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After reading some more I found out that if it says unknown it will default to Broadcast anyway. Furthermore it seems that Mixed mode (4) is a better alternative than Hybrid mode (8)

[flash8pro]

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it seems that Mixed mode (4) is a better alternative than Hybrid mode

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Ah yes, I see that. Mixed mode will use the broadcast first, whereas Hybrid tries to query a name server first. Yes, mixed would be best for a small network. Both should work, but mixed will be faster.