problems setting up a home network

i have been trying in vain to get a home network set up. i am running
2 desktops both XP Pro SP2. i bought a netgear WGR614 router, and want
to setup a wired network, everything seems to go fine everytime i have
run the network set up wizard (i stopped counting at 30 times) i have
been reading on this and other NGs and have gone thru all the
suggested fixes.............none of the folders i want to share show
up in metwork places. the Name of my workgroup does show in "microsoft
windows network" but when i try to access the work group in network
places i get the dreaded "workgroup is not accessable. you might not
have permission to use this network resource. bla, bla, bla" i am
administrator on both computers, and sole user of both. when searching
for answers i D/Ld and installed Network Magic, it sees both puters,
and all shared files on both, but they are unavailable for me to use
in windows. PLEASE what am i doing wrong.

TIA

Gene

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:22:42 GMT, treebeard <justme@home.home> wrote:

>i have been trying in vain to get a home network set up. i am running
>2 desktops both XP Pro SP2. i bought a netgear WGR614 router, and want
>to setup a wired network, everything seems to go fine everytime i have
>run the network set up wizard (i stopped counting at 30 times) i have
>been reading on this and other NGs and have gone thru all the
>suggested fixes.............none of the folders i want to share show
>up in metwork places. the Name of my workgroup does show in "microsoft
>windows network" but when i try to access the work group in network
>places i get the dreaded "workgroup is not accessable. you might not
>have permission to use this network resource. bla, bla, bla" i am
>administrator on both computers, and sole user of both. when searching
>for answers i D/Ld and installed Network Magic, it sees both puters,
>and all shared files on both, but they are unavailable for me to use
>in windows. PLEASE what am i doing wrong.
>
>TIA
>
>Gene

Gene,

The error "...not accessable...not have permission..." can have many causes.
You have to start by making sure you have connectivity, then look at visibility,
and finally permissions.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html

Please go thru that article in sequence. It will link to my main
troubleshooting article.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...ghborhood.html

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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