[SOLVED] File & Printer sharing with Linksys router
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Re: File & Printer sharing with Linksys router
For each system, let's see this.
Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:
Type the following two commands:
nbtstat -n
ipconfig /all
Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.
If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.
Also, here's a checklist for debugging networking, start at the top and work your way down.
Turn off any firewalls for debugging. If the firewall is the problem, you'll have to configure it to allow access to "trusted zone" addresses. Note that some firewalls must be completely uninstalled to stop them from affecting your networking.
Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt for the following commands.
PING each remote computer by IP address, and if successful, PING by name. Open a command prompt as described above and type.
PING <ip address>
or
PING <computer name>
Where:
<ip address> - is the x.x.x.x IP address
<computer name> - is the computer name
A failure to PING is almost always a firewall configuration issue. Any failure to PING needs to be corrected before you go any farther.
Note: You can obtain the IP address and computer name of a computer by opening a command prompt (DOS window) and typing IPCONFIG /ALL. This should work for any Windows version. The IPCONFIG /ALL display will provide a wealth of useful information for debugging your network connection.
Check your Services are Started on all PCs:
Note: You can check the services in Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
All of these services should be started, and their startup type should be automatic.
All computers should be in the same workgroup for computer browsing to function properly. File & Print Sharing has to be enabled on any computer you wish to share files or printers from. You also need to actually share the resource in question from My Computer, right click on the drive/printer/folder, and select sharing.
If you encounter difficulties accessing computers that are visible in Network Neighborhood, make sure the computer being accessed has an account with the same name/password as the system connecting to it uses to login.
While the default NetBIOS setting is correct for normal network configurations, it's possible for it to be altered, and it costs nothing to make sure it's correct. NETBIOS over TCP/IP must be enabled for normal network browsing.
For each system, let's see this.
Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt:
Type the following two commands:
nbtstat -n
ipconfig /all
Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.
If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.
Also, here's a checklist for debugging networking, start at the top and work your way down.
Turn off any firewalls for debugging. If the firewall is the problem, you'll have to configure it to allow access to "trusted zone" addresses. Note that some firewalls must be completely uninstalled to stop them from affecting your networking.
Start, Run, CMD to open a command prompt for the following commands.
PING each remote computer by IP address, and if successful, PING by name. Open a command prompt as described above and type.
PING <ip address>
or
PING <computer name>
Where:
<ip address> - is the x.x.x.x IP address
<computer name> - is the computer name
A failure to PING is almost always a firewall configuration issue. Any failure to PING needs to be corrected before you go any farther.
Note: You can obtain the IP address and computer name of a computer by opening a command prompt (DOS window) and typing IPCONFIG /ALL. This should work for any Windows version. The IPCONFIG /ALL display will provide a wealth of useful information for debugging your network connection.
Check your Services are Started on all PCs:
- Computer Browser
- DHCP Client
- DNS Client
- Network Connections
- Network Location Awareness
- Remote Procedure Call (RPC)
- Server
- TCP/IP Netbios helper
- Workstation
Note: You can check the services in Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Services.
All of these services should be started, and their startup type should be automatic.
All computers should be in the same workgroup for computer browsing to function properly. File & Print Sharing has to be enabled on any computer you wish to share files or printers from. You also need to actually share the resource in question from My Computer, right click on the drive/printer/folder, and select sharing.
If you encounter difficulties accessing computers that are visible in Network Neighborhood, make sure the computer being accessed has an account with the same name/password as the system connecting to it uses to login.
While the default NetBIOS setting is correct for normal network configurations, it's possible for it to be altered, and it costs nothing to make sure it's correct. NETBIOS over TCP/IP must be enabled for normal network browsing.
Re: File & Printer sharing with Linksys router
yup, just what I was going to say. If they can't ping each other....maybe firewall or maybe not in same subnet
Re: File & Printer sharing with Linksys router
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
C:\DOCUME~1\RUPERT>nbtstat -n
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.2.101] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Local Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
RUPERT1 <00> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
PPP adapter Sprint PCS Vision - Pantech:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.243.112.223
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 68.243.112.223
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.28.242.91
68.28.250.92
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
C:\DOCUME~1\RUPERT>
Did everything on your list. The other computers ping okay. I suspect the problem is in the settings in the Linksys router
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
C:\DOCUME~1\RUPERT>nbtstat -n
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.2.101] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Local Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
RUPERT1 <00> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
PPP adapter Sprint PCS Vision - Pantech:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.243.112.223
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 68.243.112.223
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.28.242.91
68.28.250.92
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
C:\DOCUME~1\RUPERT>
Did everything on your list. The other computers ping okay. I suspect the problem is in the settings in the Linksys router
Re: File & Printer sharing with Linksys router
I'm trying this paste again--it all didn't come thru the first time.
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
C:\DOCUME~1\RUPERT>nbtstat -n
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.2.101] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Local Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
RUPERT1 <00> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
RUPERT1 <20> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered
MSHOME <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered
Sprint PCS Vision - Pantech:
Node IpAddress: [68.243.112.223] Scope Id: []
No names in cache
C:\DOCUME~1\RUPERT>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RUPERT1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : launchmodem.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-21-E6-36-D7
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:13:49
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:13:49
PM
PPP adapter Sprint PCS Vision - Pantech:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.243.112.223
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 68.243.112.223
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.28.242.91
68.28.250.92
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
C:\DOCUME~1\RUPERT>
I'm trying this paste again--it all didn't come thru the first time.
Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.
C:\DOCUME~1\RUPERT>nbtstat -n
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.2.101] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Local Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
RUPERT1 <00> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
RUPERT1 <20> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered
MSHOME <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered
Sprint PCS Vision - Pantech:
Node IpAddress: [68.243.112.223] Scope Id: []
No names in cache
C:\DOCUME~1\RUPERT>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RUPERT1
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : launchmodem.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-19-21-E6-36-D7
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.101
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 28, 2007 3:13:49
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, November 29, 2007 3:13:49
PM
PPP adapter Sprint PCS Vision - Pantech:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.243.112.223
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 68.243.112.223
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.28.242.91
68.28.250.92
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
C:\DOCUME~1\RUPERT>
Re: File & Printer sharing with Linksys router
Here is my second desktop again:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Rupert>nbtstat -n
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.2.100] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Local Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
RUPERT2 <00> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
RUPERT2 <20> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered
C:\Documents and Settings\Rupert>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RUPERT2
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : launchmodem.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : launchmodem.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-47-D5-DB-FE
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:01:21
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 07, 2007 12:01:21 P
M
C:\Documents and Settings\Rupert>
Here is my second desktop again:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Rupert>nbtstat -n
Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.2.100] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Local Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
RUPERT2 <00> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
RUPERT2 <20> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered
C:\Documents and Settings\Rupert>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RUPERT2
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : launchmodem.com
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : launchmodem.com
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connecti
on
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-47-D5-DB-FE
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:01:21
PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, December 07, 2007 12:01:21 P
M
C:\Documents and Settings\Rupert>
Re: File & Printer sharing with Linksys router
Here is the paste from my laptop
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Sandra>nbtstat -n
Wireless Network Connection 7:
Node IpAddress: [169.254.118.223] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Local Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
RUPERT3 <00> UNIQUE Registered
RUPERT3 <20> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered
MSHOME <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered
C:\Documents and Settings\Sandra>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RUPERT3
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 7:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card WG
511T #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-B5-A4-AC-06
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.118.223
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
C:\Documents and Settings\Sandra>
Here is the paste from my laptop
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Sandra>nbtstat -n
Wireless Network Connection 7:
Node IpAddress: [169.254.118.223] Scope Id: []
NetBIOS Local Name Table
Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
RUPERT3 <00> UNIQUE Registered
RUPERT3 <20> UNIQUE Registered
MSHOME <00> GROUP Registered
MSHOME <1E> GROUP Registered
MSHOME <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered
C:\Documents and Settings\Sandra>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : RUPERT3
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 7:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card WG
511T #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-B5-A4-AC-06
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.118.223
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
C:\Documents and Settings\Sandra>
Re: File & Printer sharing with Linksys router
Well, your laptop appears not to have a wired NIC that is recognized by Windows, and the wireless one is not connected.
Let's forget about the laptop for a minute.
Can you ping each desktop from the other machine by name? That would be:
PING RUPERT2 from RUPERT3, and PING RUPERT3 from RUPERT2. This must be successful to share files.
Well, your laptop appears not to have a wired NIC that is recognized by Windows, and the wireless one is not connected.
Let's forget about the laptop for a minute.
Can you ping each desktop from the other machine by name? That would be:
PING RUPERT2 from RUPERT3, and PING RUPERT3 from RUPERT2. This must be successful to share files.
Re: File & Printer sharing with Linksys router
Well, we have success! File and printer sharing with all three computers. First I got them to share wired, then I uninstalled and reinstalled the Netgear wireless PC card software on the laptop and lo and behold it now shares files and printers wireless. Thanks for your help. I'm sure I'll be calling on TSF again soon.
Well, we have success! File and printer sharing with all three computers. First I got them to share wired, then I uninstalled and reinstalled the Netgear wireless PC card software on the laptop and lo and behold it now shares files and printers wireless. Thanks for your help. I'm sure I'll be calling on TSF again soon.
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