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I have a laptop loaded with Windows 2000 that I use for
work. It belongs to a domain called corp. At home I have a
desktop running XP Home with a printer attached. I have
connected the two computers to a Linksys wireless-B router.
My goal is to access the printer on the desktop.
My problem is that I can't get my laptop to access the
desktop. I routinely get the error \\mycomputer is not
accessible.
The funny thing is that I have no problem with the
desktop, running XP, to access the resources on the
laptop. It works fine in reverse.

What do I need to do?
Thanks,
Sam
 
Hi,

you can connect the printer by using username/password on
connect (net use \\desktop\printer /user:user password).

Windows 2000 Clients could connect to ressources if the
own domain is not accessable.

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Make sure that netbios over TCP/IP is enabled on both machines. Make sure that the machines have IP addresses on the
same subnet. You will also need user accounts on both machines that match. Try connecting via Start>Run>\\ip\share where
"ip" is the IP address of the other machine.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston
Microsoft Network Support
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I have tried what you describe here and get the same error
message "There are no logon servers available to service
the logon request".

Anything else I should try?

Thanks.
 
I have verified the settings you describe below and get
the same error message every time "There are no logon
servers available to service the logon request."

Do you have any other ideas?

Thanks.
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Make sure that netbios over TCP/IP is enabled on both
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machines. Make sure that the machines have IP addresses
on the
same subnet. You will also need user accounts on both
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machines that match. Try connecting via
Start>Run>\\ip\share where
"ip" is the IP address of the other machine.

Thank you,
Mike Johnston
Microsoft Network Support
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Hi,

you can also map a Networkdrive to Connect to your Home Workstation and then the connection to the Printer require none authentication.

I hope it helps
 
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