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Ice384   01-29-2007 at 10:21:40 AM

I recently bought an Asus G1 laptop running Windows XP Professional Media Centre Edition. The problem is, I cannot share files or join my laptop to a domain. I have another laptop, and two more desktops which all run Windows XP Professional only. Those three connect perfectly fine through a wireless/wired router. I have tried running a setup wizard on my G1. Even though it creates and new network... I cannot see the other computers. I've read on the ASUS forums that WinXP MCE cannot join domains. So I would like to know if there is anyway joining my G1 to the domain and share files and eccetra with the other computers.

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hubbardt   01-29-2007 at 01:18:40 PM
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Do you really mean joining a domain. That would require having domain controllers (e.g Active Directory). Do you mean joining a workgroup ?

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Ice384   01-29-2007 at 01:25:18 PM
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yea, sorry... well workgroup i should say then. But does anyone know how to get it going?

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hubbardt   01-29-2007 at 01:39:35 PM
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You don't get authenticated when joining a workgroup so there should be no problem specifying the workgroup name. You will only be able to browse other machines in the workgroup if the workgroup name exactly matches the other machines and your I.P address is on the same subnet.

How are you assigning the I.P addresses ? (DHCP ?)
Can you ping the I.P address of one of the other PCs ?
Are you using some sort of WEP, WPA for the wireless ?

Does this article help ?

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Ice384   01-29-2007 at 02:04:41 PM
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yea, ip address is DHCP... closest i got it working, it said.... limited or no connection... i tried repairing, but it cannot repair IP. Anyway, i tried both wireless and wired. Neither works. My wireless has a WEP, but I have already enabled my laptop access and gave it a WEP key.

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hubbardt   01-29-2007 at 02:11:31 PM
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Can you ping the other PCs ?
Do the eventlogs say anything ? (Start - Run - EVENTVWR)

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Ice384   01-29-2007 at 03:14:14 PM
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hmm, i'm gona try ping the otha comp.. soz, I ain't too good with networks :? . Anyway, what am I looking for in the eventlogs?

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hubbardt   01-29-2007 at 03:57:57 PM
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No worries.
I would simply look for any red errors in the eventlogs, i.e. the nasty errors :wink:

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Ice384   01-29-2007 at 11:47:15 PM
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ok, i checked the logs... i realised there are some red errors and so on. There were errors with DHCP, and about how my IP cannot be registered with the workgroup. :? I am very sure i made the workgroup name the same on both computers.

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Ice384   01-30-2007 at 06:01:42 AM
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okay, i have tried pinging the other comp.... i got REQUEST TIMED OUT. And no packets were recieved. :?

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hubbardt   01-30-2007 at 10:34:12 AM
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You should be able to ping the other machine. Are you running a firewall ?

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Ice384   01-31-2007 at 06:50:59 AM
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well, on both desktop and laptop... i cannot ping each other. It just says REQUEST TIMED OUT. However, I some how managed to get my desktop to show my laptops icon within the workgroup. But I cannot access my laptop still through my desktop.

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Grumpy9117   02-03-2007 at 12:47:34 AM
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Open a command and type "ipconfig/all" and post the output.

Grumpy

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Ice384   02-03-2007 at 01:35:55 PM
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sorry, output as in?

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Grumpy9117   02-04-2007 at 02:26:45 PM
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The output from the command ipconfig/all.

Grumpy

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