tech96 said:
Hey Steve
Yes. I tried a share folder and everything. As it stands
now I have still not corrected the problem. (Forget my
last post) I am able however to connect to the PC sharing
the printer from the other 3.
However...The Print share
will NOT stay after a reboot. It says permission
denied. So I end up logging into the SharePC in order to
use the printer. This won't work for our students. It
has to be there without logging in. I know it's possible,
and I think it may have something to do with the
permisions on this share PC.
Hello,
The good news is that the networking is working fine, since you can
see the sharing computer, and can connect and access a shared folder
(although you are prompted to log in).
To remove the login prompt requires some work.
I'll call the sharing PC the "server" and the other PCs the client.
You need to create a user account on both the "server" and each
client PC with the same name and password. When a user account
student1 logs into a client PC, student1 will connect to the
"server" with the same credentials, bypassing the login prompt.
Authentication still takes place, you just don't see it this way.
This will work fine with folder shares and printer shares. Use
folder shares while you're troubleshooting to ensure that the network
"stuff" works.
As for your network printer share, are you saying that the share
disappears when you reboot the computer? Or that your client PC
doesn't see the printer share until someone is logged into the PC?
Shared USB printers may be problematic in my limited experience. I
use a shared USB printer at home, and it's connected on USB004
(virtual USB port). When I add a new USB device (like a mouse) and
reboot, the computer insists that I have a new printer and installs
the drivers. So I end up with two printers, the shared one (now
shown as offline) and the "new" one (online but not shared).
That's because my USB ports have changed, and the "new" working
printer is located on a different USB port (USB003) for example,
while USB004 is used by the offline printer share.
I didn't investigate on how this affected the printer share. I would
imagine that the share would still be visible, but any attempts to
print to it would fail.
Perhaps you can switch the printer to using the paralell port (if it
supports it).
regards,
SteveC
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