Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On 14 Nov 2006 19:30:46 -0800, Haris.Hadzimuratovic@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >I do disable one when I test the other, although for some reason I have
> >to disable the ethernet card, I can't disable the LAN connection by
> >itself
>
> That's odd. Try going into:
> Control Panel -> Network
> and right click on the ethernet LAN icon.
> Select "disable". It shouldn't be necessary
> to do this but the inability to disable the
> ethernet connection strikes me as odd (or broken).
>
> >I've limited it to my subnet on the firewall, and the laptop's own IP
> >address has the lowest metric. [I've dedicated that IP to this physical
> >address.]
>
> How have you limited the subnet? What did you use for IP addresses
> and the subnet mask? I don't want to assume that you've done this
> correctly. I suggest you temporarily reset the subnet mask on the LAN
> side of the router to 255.255.255.0. That should work and may be the
> problem. You can reduce the size of the subnets later after it's
> functional.
>
> >Anyway, File and Print Sharing isn't even listed under exceptions, let
> >alone checked. I'm not really sure where it's located on the drive for
> >me to enable it, since it's not listed under other programs, either. If
> >you can let me know how to add it, I will, but the filesharing works
> >when they're wired. I can't explain the difference, either. But I have
> >faith in this group.
>
> Huh? It has to be listed for both the firewall and file sharing to
> work. Try just turning off the firewall for now to demonstrate if
> that's the problem. If it does nothing, we'll go hunting elsewhere.
> If it fixes the problem, then it's in the setting somewhere.
>
> The easiest way to enable file sharing is to just pick any obscure
> folder, right click, and select "Sharing and Security". If you get a
> dialog warning you about the risks of sharing and to continue at your
> own risk, then you have sharing disabled and need to turn it on. At
> one point, you have a choice that says something like "Just turn on
> sharing and don't bug me". That's what I usually select. Hopefully,
> that will also add the "File and Print Sharing" exception to the
> Windoze firewall.
>
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Subnet is set to 255.255.255.0 and shows up as such in ipconfig.
Anyway, turning off the firewall doesn't change anything. I can still
ping the desktop and access it by Remote Desktop, but the desktop can't
find the laptop in the work group. Also, File Sharing works when it's
wired without it being listed in the exceptions. If you want me to add
it to exceptions, you can let me know what executable it is 'cause I'll
have to browse for it.
But anyway, I have a couple of shared folders that I can unshare and
share without any such prompts. I have simple file sharing disable, tho.