[dba-Tech] Win 7 Prof network puzzle

Hi Peter

But if you turn it on and try to connect from another station with user/password and you succeed, you know where to go from.

/gustav

>>> peter.brawley at earthlink.net 10-03-12 16:04 >>>
On 3/10/2012 8:52 AM, Gustav Brock wrote:
> Hi Peter
>
> It could be this:
>
>     ---- Password protection is off,

Thanks. Doesn't work if it's on, either. (Win7 sez "On" requires 
identical user accounts on F and all sharing 'puters, so it's off).

PB

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>
> /gustav
>
>
>>>> peter.brawley at earthlink.net 10-03-12 15:37>>>
> On this wired homebiz LAN (Netgear router), boxes A through F belong to
> one workgroup. A runs Ubuntu, B runs W2KPro with IIS 5, C and D run XP
> with Apache server 2.2, E runs XP Prof with no web server, and new box F
> runs Win 7 Prof with IIS 7.5.
>
> -- all can ping one another
>
> -- all can run web apps on A, B, C, D and F
>
> -- B, C, D and E can access hard shared hard drives on one other
>
> -- F can access shared drives on B, C, D and E.
>
> -- *But neither B nor C nor D nor E can access a shared drive in F.* All
> those boxes report drive C in F is "not accessible".
> Under "Ädvanced sharing " in F under Win 7 Pro, that drive is marked
> Shared, given a Share name, and given appropriate permissions.
> And in the network and sharing center,
>     ---- Network discovery is on,
>     ---- File&  printer sharing is on,
>     ---- Public folder sharing is on,
>     ---- Media streaming is on,
>     ---- File sharing using 40|56 bit encryption is permitted,
>     ---- Password protection is off,
>     ---- Allow Windows to manage homegroup connecitons is on.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> PB