hi,
when i try to map a network drive with a colleague over the internet, it all goes well but asks me for a username and password. i have tried many things to get this to work but cannot seem to find out why it is asking for this.
any ideas?
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hi,
when i try to map a network drive with a colleague over the internet, it all goes well but asks me for a username and password. i have tried many things to get this to work but cannot seem to find out why it is asking for this.
any ideas?
I doubt that you can map a remote drive over the internet.
You can VPN, easy.
Probably his computer has a file sharing user/password.
If Rickead2000 is getting prompt for a password, then Windows file sharing is working over the Internet. You need your colleague to set up an account and set permissions for you.
When it asks for the username, try putting in the computer name too :
User : OTHERCOMPUTERNAME\Username
Password : password
eg.
MyLovelyHorse\Administrator
ArgArgArg
its impossible to map a remote drive over the network.. he must be doing something else... it just seems technically impossible to me... unless u prove me wrong.
mapping drives works on IPX and not on TCP... so as i said.. its technically impossible to do so. Use VPN instead or setup FTP on the computer u want to map...
thanks guys, got it working
all it was the checkbox in dial up networking "File and Printer Sharing" was not checked - all that aggro over 1 checkbox.
I run a 100% TCP/IP Windows 2000 based network at work without IPX and I have no problem mapping drives - Netbios and SMB etc run over TCP/IP and should have no problem working over the Internet (security issues aside).Quote:
Originally posted by OrdinaryGuy
mapping drives works on IPX and not on TCP... so as i said.. its technically impossible to do so. Use VPN instead or setup FTP on the computer u want to map...