Fix for WRT54G file and printer sharing

I have two computers, both connected via wireless. They were connected with a 2 year old Linksys router, that was working great, but got destroyed in a move.
I purchased a new linksys WRT54G router.
Symptoms were that both had great access to the internet, but I could not file and print share between them.
After 5 phone calls into tech support, I finally escallated to a senior tech support guy, who had me turn off the firewall.
I have McAfee firewall. I diabled the firewall for testing, and it all worked instantly.
So, I went to McAfee personal Firewall, Options on bottom left, and set a trusted range of ip addresses from 192.168.1.0 through 192.168.1.255, then turned the firewall back on. On my computer, I already had the policy of "trust devices on the local network", but for some reason that wasn't good enough.
For some reason, the McAfee does not like the new router. I know there are a BUNCH of posts on this forum, and other forums, and I would hate for Linksys to become known as not being a great product.
The first level tech support at Linksys told me "we do not support file and print sharing." I had to keep escallating to finally reach someone that understood the router SHOULD pass packets back and forth.
I never thought of the firewall.
Also, you have to adjust the firewall on every computer that you want to share devices or files off of.

Do any experts know the reason of this problem? Thanks!

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I am currently having problems sharing files over my network. My setup consists of:
3 laptops (wireless)
1 desktop (wired)
WRT54G V6.0 router with firmware version 1.00.9.
All of the computers have File and Printer Sharing enabled, unique names, and are on the same workgroup. However none of the computers can see one another. When I try to view workgroup computers for my network places, the explorer window stops responding for about 30 sec. and then spits out a dialog with the error:
"Workgroup is not accessable. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available."
I think that this problem has something to do with the router, as I have been successfuly sharing files and a printer with these settings using a microsoft 802.11b router for over a year. After purchasing the linksys and swapping it out with my old router, filesharing no longer functions.
I have spent a little time browsing the forums and have seen other posts from people with simmiler problems, but was unable to find any solutions.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks.

I'm having the same problems as you are, I have 2 computers on wired the other wireless the router is in between and I can't access from either side, although I can ping and remote connect but just cannot share files across the network. I have looked all over the forums too and there saying to ditch linksys and do something else.
Its not you thats caused this it is the firmware and the router that have the problems.
My Specs:
WRT-54G
v5.0
That new firmware update 1.00.9 just isn't working right. I might downgrade my fireware to fix this problem.
Message Edited by justin2006 on 09-26-200612:24 PM

X301 "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" removed at re booting (XP SP-3)

Even if I run the “Network Identification Wizard” (under System properties/Computer Name) to join a Workgroup, the box ‘File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks’ remains unchecked. If I ticked it manually, it remains checked for the current session, but it is unchecked at booting.
The same occurs with the Windows Firewall (I am running that from Symantec). I switch the Windows Firewall off, but after rebooting, it appears selected again!.
This happens only with my brand new ThinkPad X301, which came with Vista. The package included a kit to convert to XP, but this installed a ‘naked’ XP, which required downloading from Lenovo and Windows about 1Gb of files (bad service, Lenovo guys!).
I wonder which “safety” issue of the X301 causes this, but how can I stop this happening? (It does not occur with any of my two old ThinkPads, also running XP SP-3 and Lenovo software).
Solved!
Go to Solution.

See -> http://www.vistax64.com/vista-networking-sharing/72537-file-printer-sharing-turned-off-reboot.html Here is the text. Re: File and Printer sharing turned off on reboot
I FOUND MY SOLUTION!!!
In my case, it was in Lenovo's "ThinkVantage Access Connections" applet. It
is additional security that is applied at the CONNECTION level.
Here is how I fixed it:
1. Double click on the ThinkVantage Access Connections applet in the
notification area.
2. Click on the MANAGE button on the toolbar
3. Select the SSID where you want File Sharing to work, and click EDIT
4. Click on the ADDITIONAL SETTINGS tab
5. Next to "Network Security", click the SETTINGS button
6. The first option in Security Settings is "Disable file and printer
sharing". UNCHECK this box. Click OK for 3 levels of dialog boxes, then
close Access Connections
Although these directions are specific to ThinkPad notebooks, the same
principle may apply for other manufacturers' connection managers.
Best of luck!

File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks is missing

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File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks on Windows server 2008

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I found that the properties of File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks service disabled after I install the windows server 2008 64bits. I tried to install that service via adding the file and printer sharing services in the properties of local area connection, but it doesn't contain any service in the popup box. Also, no such service file available in the disk when I tried to install the service from installation disk of windows server 2008 64bits. Is the file "sacsrv.dll" corresponding to the service name of file and printer sharing? I found it is in the directory of "Windows\system32". I have no idea about where is the problem? Do I miss some components? Please tell me what can I do for it? Thanks!
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Do any experts know the reason of this problem? Thanks!

Script to disable Client for Microsoft Networks and File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks

Hi, I am trying to find a way of using a batch file or vbscript to disable Client for Microsoft Networks and File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networks on a Network Interface Controller.
I've done some searching on the internet and I can see some suggestions to locate the Setting ID of the NIC and then remove the value from the "Bind" string under "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Linkage" and "HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Linkage"
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How to uncheck File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks by Command!!

Dear everybody,
I meet a problem with my System now, and I need your help!!!
As mentioned in title, I need uncheck on File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks by Command for Security purpose.
Could you show me the way to do it by command line
I think GPO can solve this but My Boss want to do it by command line
Thanks for your help!!!

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Network Discovery" new enable=Yes
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=Yes
To disable these functions in Windows, use the same command and replace 'Yes' to 'No' in the above commands.

File and print sharing with wrt54g, ver. 6

computers connected to my wrt54g, ver. 6, router (firmware ver 1.01.1) cannot see each other's shared files although they can all share the same internet connection just fine. file and print sharing has been set up on each (they were connected to a wired router before i purchased the wrt54g and they saw each other and shared files, no problem). how can i share files through this router? what went wrong?

Are you running software firewalls on any computer? Has the LAN IP network changed (e.g. it was 192.168.0.* before and now 192.168.1.*)?

Problem with file and printer sharing

I just installed a Linksys WRT54G to replace a D-Link wireless router and cannot reestablish my file and printer sharing since replacing the router. I had file and printer sharing working fine before installing the WRT54G. All of the computers are running either XP Pro or 2000 Pro. I have two printers attached to one of my computers that I was previously sharing with all of the other computers on our home network. One is attached via a parallel port, the other via a USB port.
Here's what I've tried so far without success.
1. The IP of the WRT54G is 192.168.1.1, and the IP's it assigns to my LAN computers begin 192.168.1.XXX. The old IP of the D-Link was 192.168.0.1 and its LAN IPs were 192.168.0.XXX, so I've gone into my firewall and changed the settings for the range of trusted computers to correspond to the WRT54G's IP addresses.
2. I've tried uninstalling the printers and reinstalling them, including reinitializing printer sharing.
3. When I try to use the Windows "Add printer" wizard to add a networked printer, it can see the computer that has the printers attached, but it does not see the printers.
4. I haven't fooled around with the file sharing settings, but they've all be lost too, so I suspect there is a common problem for both printer and file sharing.
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Try this to Enable File and Printer Sharing...Turn Off the Router Firewall...Make sure the Windows Firewall is also Off...

E3000 file and printer sharing issues

Yes, there is at least one other thread on this but it looked a bit stale.
Last Friday I replaced my BEFSR41 router and WRT54G wireless access point (which had gone brick on me) with an E3000.The E3000 is configured as a DHCP server at 192.168.168.65 with a scope of 66-115. The only other non-default setting is that I opened up the custom port for my slingbox.
Prior to making the switch, I had several network shares on an XP desktop that I used frequently from my Vista laptop. Now, however, I can no longer even "see" any other computer from any of the computers on the network, much less access their shared folders. In other words, if I view the network from any of these machines, the only machine that shows up is the machine itself. Everything else (internet access, slingbox, a print server) is working just fine.
One of the suggestions in the other thread was to turn off Norton Internet Security, which is of course not a viable option. However I did check the settings, relaxed the network default to "Shared", and raised the XP desktop to "Full Trust". This had no effect.
I pinged the various computers, and was able to do so by their IP addresses, but not by their computer names (that worked with the old router). On a hunch, I tried creating a mapped drive, and that also worked when I used the IP address, but not when I used the computer name.
So - there's nothing wrong with the network configuration, or with how the shares are set up, and Norton isn't the problem. The only problem seems to be that names aren't being resolved, which could be affecting windows discovery, too. Did the BEFSR41 provide some local DNS functionality by default, and the E3000 doesn't? Is there an option I need to enable? If so, I can't find it. Perhaps I should explicitly add the E3000's internal IP address as a third nameserver??
A note on the "support" I tried to get before I turned to the forums: The "Chat agent" asked a bunch of questions, misunderstood my configuration and my problem, and once he finally did understand said "we don't support file and printer sharing". It took me several more questions to learn that he really meant that the Chat facility isn't the place for these questions - I had to call the 800 number. I did that, and after several minutes on hold, reached an agent. After going through everything again, and with the rep going on hold several times to "speak to his supervisor", he said it was "beyond his competence". I was eventually told I had to call another FEE-BASED service. I told him that was unacceptable.

Ok, another update and possibly some clues.
I was curious why at one point, when all the computers were in Workgroup2, that "Workgroup" still showed up in Explorer under the list of networks, but only on the two XP machines. Netscan showed this group association as well, which I then realized was the E3000 itself, in its role as a [I]potential[/I] NAS server. However there was no storage device attached.
Could this in itself cause the access error? If so, should users be advised that if they don't plan to host any storage, that they should to go to the E3000 Storage Administration page and change the workgroup name to something other than their actual workgroup name?
In my case, I changed it to "Workgroupx", though perphaps something like "StorageGroup" would be more meaningful, especially if the Workgroup computers could still access any storage I might install in the future.
Anyway, I repeated my original approach (after the above change and a router reboot), and at least got my original Workgroup reestablished to the point where the XP machines not longer get access errors, and most machines can access the shares on the XP desktop. The steps I used on each machine were:
remove any shares I had set up on any folders
uninstalled the File and Printer Sharing service
Accessed Computer Name properties page to change the workgroup name
Shut Down
After all 4 were done, I reversed the process:
Started computer (now coming up in new Workgroup)
Reinstalled File and Printer Sharing service
Checked visibility
At this point, the XP machines could see each other, and the Win7 and Vista machines could see each other, but initially these two cliques wouldn't interact.
Next I re-added the shared folders on the XP desktop, and the XP netbook could see and access them. After about an hour, the Win7 machine joined this clique, and could also access the shares. But six hours later, the Vista machine is still clueless. Netscan shows everything of course, and I used it to set up a mapped drive on the Vista machine to one of the shared folders.
Other possibly relevant facts:
The was all working fine with the BEFRS41/WAP54G combo
I can ping all machines by IP address, but not by name
On the Vista machine I can set up mapped drives to the XP's shared folders, but again, only by IP address.
At one point I removed NWLink from the XP desktop. Now, nbtstat -r only shows the printserver's name being resolved.
The two XP machines, being SP3, lack the LLTD responder.
So,
Is it possible the NetBIOS in NWLink was providing some kind of name caching? If so, should I reinstall the protocol driver (I don't think it is available on Win7)?
Should I request and apply the KB922120 hotfix to get LLTD onto the XP machines?
Perhaps in the morning, "by name" access will have returned, as it did on my first go-round. Needless to say this has been a real pain, what with all the reboots required. At least now I remember to hit F8 so I can select Safe Mode with Networking...

T61 XP-pro Microsoft file and printer sharing unchecks on Intel(R) 82566M NIC after reboot

I check Microsoft file and printer sharing but after reboot it is unchecked for Intel(R) 82566M NIC connection profile.
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Message Edited by jbaaremartin on 07-18-2008 11:11 PM
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Problem was setting in security section for the profile in Thinkvantage Access Connections; it was set to cancel Microsoft File and Printer sharing.

File and Print Sharing over wireless

I have the following hardware:
MBP - Brand spanking new kickin' machine running 10.4.x
G4-400 - old but still doing nicely running 10.3.9
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Lenovo Thinkvantage Access Connections prevents Microsoft File and Printer Sharing

We have several Think pad laptops deployed in our company, including G41, T61, and T500 models. We are using Numara's Track It software to inventory our workstations and laptops. The auditing process needs to have Microsoft File and Printer Sharing turned on in order to work. We have enabled a group policy to set this to on by default. However, the Thinkavntage Access connections manager for the LAN connection overrides the GP and turns off the File and Printer Sharing by default. What's worse, with it off, we can't remotely manage the machine's services or even access the registry. We know that his is the issue, because reconfiguring the access connections manager to allow the file and printer sharing will allow all of our remote administration tools to work, insluding the inventory audit.
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anyone else run into headaches because of this "security feature"?
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1.Find snetcfg.exe on internet
2.Create batch who runs snetcfg with this commnads from network locations
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snetcfg -u MS_Server
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3. Deploy and run batch on laptops (GPO)
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done
sorry for my english

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I posted this question on the Microsoft Partner Windows 7 forum and the support person told me that I should post it here.
I have a Customer that was running Novell. We will migrate them to Active Directory.
The question I have is. they did remove the file and printer sharing service on their Windows 7 workstations.
Is is possible to have a command line or a script to install and enable the file and printer sharing for Microsoft Network?
We need this enable in order to install the SCCM client remotely
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How are you going to connect to the workstations?
File and print sharing are not needed for Group Policy to work. GP can be used to re-enable file and Print Sharing.
You will also need to start by joining the machines to the domain. That will be very difficult unless all have PowerShell and are configured for WinRM.
This can be somewhat accomplished by using VBScript remotely but will require a very sophisticated admin to set up and debug in your environment. I recommend hiring a consultant who has experience in conversions or is a master VBScripter in a domain.
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http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831809.aspx
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Windows 7 GPO Script - Enable file and printer sharing

Hello,
I'm trying to activate the Advanced File and Network sharing bia script (as there is no GPO option to do this)
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DC is WinServ 2008 R2, test machines : Win 7 Pro x64
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Checkout the below thread on similar discussion,
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