| Kittypuss |
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| Sun Sep 16 2007 09:22 PM |
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Home network and authentication issues
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My home network works fine in general but I have one question..
In order to print from my networked laptop (XP home), I have to make sure the upstairs PC (XP pro) is switched on, as the printer is plugged into it.
Then.. I have to select "explore" my documents on the PC and then I am asked to enter a user name and password... only after doing that (i.e. authenticated) am I able to print.
Apart from the idea of having to purchase a wireless print server and forking out around £50 is there another way of "setting" the authentication so I don't have to keep entering a username and password?
Many thanks for any assistance!
| greysts |
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| Mon Sep 17 2007 11:26 AM |
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Re: Home network and authentication issues
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XP Pro has built in security to stop unauthorised people logging in to it. It requires a user name and password before allowing access. There are ways of stopping it asking but it will leave your PC wide open to anyone who wishes to use it via a network. Is that really what you want for the sake of saving a few seconds typing?
Having said that, if all you are doing is sharing the printer and not the files on the XP Pro PC itself there should be a way of doing it. When you set sharing up on the printer did you tell it to ask for a user name and password?
| Kittypuss |
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| Mon Sep 17 2007 04:06 PM |
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Re: Home network and authentication issues
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Thanks Greysts for replying
I do realise the security issues; but all I want to do is to be able to print - not bothered about having to enter user name and password for my files; I certainly don't remember asking it to authenticate when I enabled file and print sharing when I set up the network; maybe I'll have to reset the network from scratch?
| greysts |
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| Mon Sep 17 2007 07:24 PM |
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Re: Home network and authentication issues
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I can't be sure about this because I haven't got XP Pro loaded but if you right click on the properties of the printer and choose Sharing does it not ask if you to choose how to allow access?
| Kittypuss |
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| Mon Sep 17 2007 09:48 PM |
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Re: Home network and authentication issues
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Oh yes, I've checked all through those settings - looked on the security tab etc. The only other thing I can think of is to check and see if the laptop is allocated open access on the network - that's another possibility.
Although I have a feeling that I will probably have to purchase a print server at this rate!
Thanks for your input