Cant access shares from laptop

[simonp]

I have set my son up as a user on my Amahi box, I havent done any Fedora updates. I have him set as access read and write to all the standard folders but when I try to connect to them it says they are unavailable
check with administrator etc . I can access mine fine as Im connected via network cable but his is wireless, any ideas as to what I can check
thanks

[cpg]

can his client ping hda, and access http://hda ?

if not, then perhaps there is something out there giving this client it's DHCP lease?

if it can, then there is something else going on.

let's assume the client is XP (if not, please correct!).

first make sure you are accessing it properly with:

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\\hda

in the address bar of the file browser.

notes:

• the orientation of the backslashes is important - not //hda or http )
• you should be using a *file browser* not the web browser

apologies if this is too basic for you.

other ideas: can you go to your network neighborhood?
can you see the amahi hda there?

[simonp]

simple is good

ok the os on the laptop is xp

I am letting amahi set the ip for all clients , I can see the laptop on the dhcp list on amahi

when I type \\hda into file browser (explorer ) i get the pop up window prompting me to enter username and password to allow connect to localhost.localdomain

I enter name and password and it .......... it just worked I did this yesterday and it didnt many thanks for your help though

[moredruid]

if you want to set it up so that the laptop reconnects every time it's booted up do the following:
start windows explorer (Winkey+E)
click Tools > Map Network Drive
select a driveletter in the popup window (default here is Z: )
in the box next to "Folder:" type:

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\\hda\<sharename>

(e.g. \\hda\files)
make sure "Reconnect at logon" is checked
if needed configure a different username/pass
click Finish

Or if the user/pass combo is the same on the laptop & hda:
click Start > Run
type:

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cmd

then type:

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net use z: \\hda\files persistent:yes

[gino]

Code:
\\hda

in the address bar of the file browser.

notes:

the orientation of the backslashes is important - not //hda or http )
you should be using a *file browser* not the web browser


apologies if this is too basic for you.

It's about ^&$@%* time! (so simple and yet it was a major pain in my ?)

I've been looking for this all day.

Thanks soooo much!

Don't apologies, more people should include the basics

[bigfoot65]

This and much more help can be found in the wiki.
https://wiki.amahi.org