sharing public folder

Posted: 11-14-2007, 09:35 AM
Hi,

My colleagues and myself are using Window Vista. We want to use the existing
public folder in our laptop to share files among us. We share the same
workgroup name and we have enabled network discovery, file sharing, public
folder sharing. But somehow it didn't work. My colleagues still cannot access
the file i put in my public folder. Kindly help. Thanks heaps.
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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)
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Re: sharing public folder
Posted: 11-14-2007, 01:54 PM
Do a simple test. Can you ping each other by IP? If yes, can you ping it by
name?

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"Tiffany" <Tiffany@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> My colleagues and myself are using Window Vista. We want to use the
> existing
> public folder in our laptop to share files among us. We share the same
> workgroup name and we have enabled network discovery, file sharing, public
> folder sharing. But somehow it didn't work. My colleagues still cannot
> access
> the file i put in my public folder. Kindly help. Thanks heaps.
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Re: sharing public folder
Posted: 11-15-2007, 01:34 AM
can't ping each other by IP.

Can i clarify where i did correctly. I go to command prompt, type ipconfig
and my IP address is under IPv4 Address. Is that right? After determining my
IP address, i go to my colleague's laptop and type "ping 192.168.1.66", no
response at all.

Any thoughts?

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:
> Do a simple test. Can you ping each other by IP? If yes, can you ping it by
> name?
>
> Vista troubleshootingTroubleshooting Vista Remote Access Issues ...
> Networking between Vista and other Windows OS ... Info: Step by step
> troubleshooting VISTA sharing ...
> http://bobmsmvp.googlepages.com/
>
>
>
> --
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>
>
> "Tiffany" <Tiffany@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:32673730-5B04-418E-9C5A-58D8918C888E@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > My colleagues and myself are using Window Vista. We want to use the
> > existing
> > public folder in our laptop to share files among us. We share the same
> > workgroup name and we have enabled network discovery, file sharing, public
> > folder sharing. But somehow it didn't work. My colleagues still cannot
> > access
> > the file i put in my public folder. Kindly help. Thanks heaps.
>
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Robert L. \(MS-MVP\)
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Re: sharing public folder
Posted: 11-15-2007, 06:01 AM
By design, you should be able to ping if you have enabled file and printer
sharing. On the sharing computer type this command: net share and post the
result back.

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"Tiffany" <Tiffany@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> can't ping each other by IP.
>
> Can i clarify where i did correctly. I go to command prompt, type ipconfig
> and my IP address is under IPv4 Address. Is that right? After determining
> my
> IP address, i go to my colleague's laptop and type "ping 192.168.1.66", no
> response at all.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> "Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:
>
>> Do a simple test. Can you ping each other by IP? If yes, can you ping it
>> by
>> name?
>>
>> Vista troubleshootingTroubleshooting Vista Remote Access Issues ...
>> Networking between Vista and other Windows OS ... Info: Step by step
>> troubleshooting VISTA sharing ...
>> http://bobmsmvp.googlepages.com/
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
>> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
>> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
>> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
>> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>>
>>
>> "Tiffany" <Tiffany@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:32673730-5B04-418E-9C5A-58D8918C888E@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > My colleagues and myself are using Window Vista. We want to use the
>> > existing
>> > public folder in our laptop to share files among us. We share the same
>> > workgroup name and we have enabled network discovery, file sharing,
>> > public
>> > folder sharing. But somehow it didn't work. My colleagues still cannot
>> > access
>> > the file i put in my public folder. Kindly help. Thanks heaps.
>>
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RE: sharing public folder
Posted: 11-15-2007, 09:31 AM
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l.../bb727037.aspx

Have a read of the above link.

"Tiffany" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My colleagues and myself are using Window Vista. We want to use the existing
> public folder in our laptop to share files among us. We share the same
> workgroup name and we have enabled network discovery, file sharing, public
> folder sharing. But somehow it didn't work. My colleagues still cannot access
> the file i put in my public folder. Kindly help. Thanks heaps.
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