Re: Networking (File Sharing) Problems

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005 04:43:51 GMT, "Blaine Hamrick" <hamrick@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

>I have the Linksys WRT54G Firmware 3.03.1.

There's a later version of the firmware available on the Linksys web
pile. I prefer the free firmware from:
http://www.sveasoft.com/content/view/3/1/

>One computer is connected to the
>router with CAT5 cable. The other is connected by a Linksys USB (WUSB54Gv4)
>access point. All firmware and drivers are up to date. I am using Windows XP
>Professional SP1a on both computers.

Wrong. You're WRT54G isn't up to date and your Windoze XP Pro is
certainly well behind with just SP1. Please don't say you're up to
date unless you have checked first.

>When I try to copy files from one
>computer to the other, some files will copy and others will not.

Lovely. What happens when you take the wireless out of the picture
and just plug the two computers together through the ethernet switch
in the WRT54G? Take the wireless out of the picture and see if it's a
wireless issue, permissions and ownership, or whatever.

>Let me
>explain a bit more. I have a directory named "download" on each computer,
>and a subdirectory named "nhrc" under that, on both computers.

NHRC makes nice controllers. Just got an NHRC-4/MVP for an MVP based
repeater. However, I do wished they would have more speech features
as my CW abilities are limited.

>When I use
>two instances of Windows Explorer to copy files by drag-and-drop, some files
>in the directory will copy, and others will not! (They can even be a bunch
>of .pdf files, and some will copy, others not.) They all have the same
>attributes. I just get the error message "Access Denied" on certain files.
>Any help with this would be greatly appreciated! I have also had the exact
>problem copying from a wireless Windows Me computer to the wireless XP
>computer. Any advice appreciated!

First, check your Windoze XP setup with:
http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/guidshrh.htm
See if you missed anything, especially the permissions on the
\\machine\download\ share. Right click on the shared directory icon,
pick "Properties" and check if "everyone" can make changes to the
shared directory. This is NOT the default. You can check the
settings by running Windoze Desktop Explorer, right clicking on the
\download\ directory, selecting "properties", and punching the
"Security" tab. It will display what you are allowed to do in that
directory. *ALL* the permissions must be checked for this to work
correctly. Also, check the "advanced" button on that page for
ownership issues.

Then, try the test using a direct cable connection without the
wireless. I'm guessing it will fail the same way.

Next, to make life easy, you might want to make sure that each machine
has an identical user name and corresponding password. That should
eliminate the permissions problem.

Next, go to:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
and start doing updates including SP2 and all later fixes. That's a
huge download that may take over an hour to download and install.
When it's all done, go to the control panel, find the "Windoze
Firewall" icon, stomp on the "Exceptions" tab, and make sure the "File
and Print Sharing" tab is checked.


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