Lots of people seem to hit this problem, but finding the solution doesn't seem so easy.
I have a Linksys WAG54G. It is connected via Ethernet cable to computer A (known as Bill) and by wireless to computer B (known as Ben). Signal strength is excellent. Both run XP Home edition.
Ive set up a network between them and each computer can see the other in other words in view work group computers both are visible on both machines. Both can access the internet.
I can access files and printers fine from computer A (Bill) to computer B (Ben). But when I attempt it the other way round (ie from the one with the wireless connection to the one connected to the router by cable) I get the following:
\\Bill is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. Access is denied.
On both machines, the Guest account is on. Firewalls (Norton on A, Zone Alarm on B) are configured to accept the network, but even with them all off, and with antivirus programmes off, the same message appears. I am the administrator on both machines. The MAC address of both machines is registered in access privieges on the router.
A ping test produces replies all round (from Bill to Ben and router, and from Ben to Bill and router). There is, as far as I can see, no IP address conflict. DCHP is enabled on both machines.
When I run the Network Diagnostics it tells me that DNSEnabledForWINSResolution= False on both machines, for what that's worth. And on both I get a failure for DNSServerSearchOrder, but the failure is to the default servers that I used for my broadband connection when it connected through a USB modem rather than the Linksys gateway/router that I am now using. And the internet connections are working fine, so I dont think thats the cause of the problem.
Can anyone help?
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