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[moufaq]

Good day,
I have a problem with my new laptop. Iconnected it with my other two PC's at home with the network card. Now I can get to the internet but I don't have access to the other PC's and the other PC's can't get eccess to the laptop.
There is no password in the network and there is firewall. But I still get the note that access denide (no permission). There is also an other thing. When I open Network places I don't see any file, also the shared files on the laptop don't appear there!!
To give a complete view, the IP are set to automatic, and they are all checked.

Please help me.

[rich912]

Hi moufaq and welcome to the forum.

Have you run “Setup a home or small office network wizard” on each of the computers. You can access this via Network Connections.

[moufaq]

Hi Rich912,

Thank you for your fast reply.
Yes I did run it. Everything seams working OK, but I still get (no permission to access) on all PC's (the other PC's on the network say that they don't have permission to access and the laptop says that it doesn't have permission to access the network.
The internet works perfect through the bridge.

My regards,

[rich912]

Hi moufaq,

Try turning off your firewall and see whether you can then connect with the other computers. If this works then it may be necessary to create a rule for the firewall to allow all incoming and outgoing connections from your router address.

[Thalamus.]

Hi moufaq,

Normally as Rich suggested to solve network problems with XP is to start again and run the "set up a home or small office network". on all three computers..

I have also found a possible solution on the MS support site headed cannot access shared files..:smileyconfused:

[moufaq]

Hallo,
I've done all that (also following the link of Thalamus) sevral times (now I have bridge nr. 7) but no change.
The internet is OK and the network is nul, only with the laptop (Vaio).
The problem is not only no network with the note (no access permission) but if I add more files to the shared files, they still don't appear in My network locations. My network locations is always empty. I mean also the shared files on the Vaio don't appear in My network locations on the same vaio!!!!!!

[rich912]

Hi moufaq,

Can you detail exactly how the three computers are connected to the network i.e. through a router (ADSL residential gateway), are they connected via Ethernet cable or wirelessly and any other information that may be relevant.

Also, when you ran the Small Office Network wizard which options did you select?

You mention that you have several bridges – If you have just one local area network you should not have any bridge just an internet gateway (your router).

[moufaq]

Hi Rich,

I connected two network cards on one of the PC's (main PC) and the internet comes to this main PC (ADSL via USB connection).

All cables are cross (Ethernet cable without router). One network card connected to a PC and the other to the Vaio laptop.

Every time I repeat the Small Office Network wizard on the (main PC) I get a bridge with higher number. There is only one bridge now but it is number 7.

The options which I selected in the wizard are:
main PC: connected directly to internet, share it with other PC.
other PC and Vaio: connected to internet through other PC.

I've just called the Vaio support. They said they don't do anything about the software and settings. I told them to forget the problem of the network, and give me the solution of the problem that I don't see any shared files in My Network Locations, I don't see even the shared files of the same laotop. My Network Locations is always empty.
I've repeated the instelations of the Windows (from the harddisk), and then downloaded the updates from the Vaio and Windows. So, he has a new and complete instalations. And still you don't see anything in My Network Locations (also no shared files of the same vaio). They said that it is a setting problem, so they don't do anything about it.

Back to the network problem. The icons of all hardware and those of the network indicates no problems, there are no yellow triangles, nor other notes.

When I search for the other PC's connected, the vaio gets no access to workgroup so it don't find any PC. The other PC's find the Vaio. But they can't get access to hem.

No change occur when I shut the firewall.
By the way, there is a button to shut the wireless and bluetooth connection (at the front of the Vaio). I shut down this button from the first day I bought the vaio. Can this button have an effect on the network connected by the ethernet cable???!!! I can't check it now because I'm at work and the vaio isn't by me.

[rich912]

Hi moufaq,

Well you seem to have set up the system correctly for your hardware configuration. The most puzzling part is why you have no shared folders visible in My Network Places!

Check whether the setup wizard has turned on ICF (internet connection firewall) and also that the name of the network workgroup has been entered correctly on each machine and that each machine has a unique computer name.

To disable Internet Connection Firewall:
Click Start >Control Panel > Network and Internet Connections > Network Connections.
Right click the LAN connection and click Properties
On the Advanced tab click settings and turn off the firewall.

I don’t think that the Wireless/Bluetooth switch will have any bearing on your LAN connection.

[kee-lo_]

I agree with Rich, you've not put your network in a "safe zone", in the firewall, so it thinks you're a hacker.