[dba-Tech] Win 7 Prof network puzzle

Peter Brawley peter.brawley at earthlink.net
Sat Mar 10 15:20:37 CST 2012


On 3/10/2012 11:57 AM, Gustav Brock wrote:
> 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.

I did turn it on, it didn't work, so could you explain?

PB

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>
> /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
>
> -----
>
>> /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
>
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