Is Home Networking Easy?

2008-01-29 14:33:00

#26

Mr.Dooomed: Find your center.; +752|6607

elbekko wrote:
Actually, it's \\nameofthepc. Or \\ipofthepc.

That is not for entering in the browser. Steelie said you enter that into the command prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd -> \\computername)

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2008-01-29 14:37:41

#27

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6660|the land of bourbon

Im_Dooomed wrote:
elbekko wrote:
Actually, it's \\nameofthepc. Or \\ipofthepc.
That is not for entering in the browser. Steelie said you enter that into the command prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd -> \\computername)

actually, both ways work... and you can just enter the \\hostname in the run line... doing that at the cmd wouldnt work. just in case anyone was confused...

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2008-01-29 14:40:00

#28

Cheez: Herman is a warmaphrodite; +1,027|6718|King Of The Islands

steelie34 wrote:
Cheez wrote:
If you can see computers but it bitches and moans about permissions its a user issue. To fix this I enable the Guest account in Computer Management (different to Guest in User Accounts), and give it a password. Next time you try to access the computer it should now prompt.
you're better off creating a user on all machines with the same user name and password. enabling the guest acct isn't worth it.

That's exactly what I've done. Its called Guest.

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2008-01-29 14:41:39

#29

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6660|the land of bourbon

the only problem with using guest is that it is common to all windows machines. anyone could try to brute force the guest account, whereas using an alternate account adds a layer of security. it would especially be dangerous to leave the password blank on the guest account, which you fortunately have not done.

2008-01-29 14:42:21

#30

r'Eeee: That's how I roll, BITCH!; +311|6727

steelie34 wrote:
1. make sure file and print sharing is enabled on the PC's firewalls.

That was my problem, until I figured out that norton is the problem. I had to enter the IP of each PC in the "Trust" list. Glad I am not using Norton anymore.

2008-01-29 14:45:37

#31

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6660|the land of bourbon

yeah, i only use the windows firewall. i noticed alot of AV firewalls just add another layer of headache to the equation.

2008-01-29 14:53:40

#32

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7021|London

steelie34 wrote:
Dauntless wrote:
steelie34 wrote:

fail. never share the root of a hard drive.
Depends who you're sharing it with tbh.
well if he has a wireless router he's sharing it with everyone tbh...

its just a bad idea. any hacker or system with a virus connected to his home network will have a field day with a root share.

If you're using a wireless router yeah, but not if it's wired.

2008-01-29 15:03:32

#33

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6660|the land of bourbon

Dauntless wrote:
steelie34 wrote:
Dauntless wrote:
Depends who you're sharing it with tbh.
well if he has a wireless router he's sharing it with everyone tbh...

its just a bad idea. any hacker or system with a virus connected to his home network will have a field day with a root share.
If you're using a wireless router yeah, but not if it's wired.

if anyone on his network gets a lovely virus (remeber nimda?) it could find and exploit his share, thus spreading to his system.

im being serious here folks, all the hackers (script kiddies, not real hackers) will hate me for this, but you should never ever ever ever share the root of a hard drive. especially if you are giving network users the ability to modify files. i used to purposely replace files in the c:\windows\system32\system folder (the registry) with garbage text files of any of my techie co workers who left their root open. they quickly learned their lesson after the BSOD when they tried to boot up.

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2008-01-29 15:16:49

#34

elbekko: Your lord and master; +36|6680|Leuven, Belgium

Just never share toe root of your C drive. That's it. The rest doesn't really matter.

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