Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc From: J Peachey Lines: 60 User-Agent: Messenger-Pro/8.01 (MsgServe/8.01) (RISC-OS/5.28) NewsHound/v1.52-32 Organization: Usenet.Farm References: <5c548b66c5bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <70e99a555c.john@user.orpheusmail.co.uk> <5c55a77428bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> Message-Id: <0e930c565c.john@user.orpheusmail.co.uk> X-Ufhash: g4s2ShhShfylZyISBOsmnLQ9jYiGGflyXQrzfnFwaUzR5NEIwbIzVF3Zakm4pJPbnlLDOZEJjo2BpQ9gmUUIlRS4xCmbQez%2FLG8kYc4o%2F8ecap3%2BJ29kKpNhvPfFOtUe%2FoUCvXQabo5y3diVVB1eXw9mHI6rRiziyGvkh6am3UnAg06FgjU%2BMDNpKLD8HdnOzEzjONeDaE7VK%2Bb9ecNsxKLZfIQ%3D Subject: Re: Getting RISC OS to talk to other machines Reply-To: john@jpeachey.co.uk X-Editor: EmailEdit 2.03 Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!peer04.ams4!peer.am4.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feeder3.usenet.farm!feeder4.usenet.farm!feed.usenet.farm!news.usenet.farm Date: Tue, 02 Sep 25 13:00:15 UTC X-Received-Bytes: 2780 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:21667 Hi Bob In message <5c55a77428bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> Bob Latham wrote: > In article <70e99a555c.john@user.orpheusmail.co.uk>, > J Peachey wrote: >> I have made some progress with this. However when trying to connect >> to the PC shares, I get timed out while connecting. Any ideas? >> I have Uniprint working swapping URLs and the clipboard. So it look >> like perhaps the firewall might be intervening. Although a quick >> look seems to allow file transfers. >> Thanks for your help so far. > Do check that your PC thinks it is connected to a Private network and > not a public network !! Confirmed that this is a Private Network > On windows 11 Settings - Network and internet > Diagram at top of page says Properties private or public. Yep > Are you using a password on the PC? It has to be a local password not > an on-line microsoft account password !! No > Have you changed the permissions for both the share and the folder > you're sharing. Set both to have an "Everyone" user and then in both > cases give "Everyone" Full Control. Yes > Do you have another PC kicking around? Can you try to connect to the > share from another PC ? Yes- With a faulty network card, which is why I replaced the machine! From Net Share I get Documents C:Users\john\docs Users C:\users I can Ping Penguin. which shows I'm using the write pC name. So, I'm a bit stuck. Perhaps unshare and start again? John > Bob. -- _________________________________________ | University of Glos. Blighting Longlevens. | mailto:john@jpeachey.co.uk _______________________| http://www.jpeachey.co.uk