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Networking gurus please read. The post is long, but I need to be thorough in stating my problem. While longish, my post should be easy to grasp.
I am trying to get password protected sharing (PPS) to work properly (as I understand "properly") among the 3 machines identified below. I am ignoring several Macs that connect either via Ethernet or wirelessly because they work the way I want on my network--always requiring user names and passwords regardless of sharing direction and whether PPS is used or not.
Here is info about the 3 machines I am concerned about:
General: All machines have different user names and passwords.
Specific:
Machine 1 = Win7 1
Connects via Ethernet
PPS on
HomeGroup on
Connecting Specifics:
Win7 1 connects to Win8 without user name/password.
Win8 connects to Win7 1 without user name/password.
Win7 1 connects to Win7 2 with no user name/password.
Win7 2 connects to Win7 1 with user name/password.
Machine 2 = Win7 2
This machine is supposed to simulate that of a friend connected to my network to use internet via Ethernet.
Connects via Ethernet
PPS on
No HomeGroup membership (HomeGroup off)
Connecting Specifics Not Covered Above:
Win7 2 connects to Win8 with user name/password.
Win8 access is denied to Win7 2.
Machine 3 = Win8
Connects wirelessly
PPS on
HomeGroup on
Connecting Specifics Not Covered above: None
The most troubling of the situations above are:
Win8 access is denied to Win7 2. This situation of concern because my "friend" might want to let me access his computer without using RDC.
All of the situations where no user name and password are required are troubling too since PPS is on in all cases. These situation are:
Win7 1 connects to Win7 2 without user name/password.
Win7 1 connects to Win8 without user name/password.
Win8 connects to Win7 1 without user name/password.
Does anyone have insights concerning how to go about making PPS work properly. In this regard, it seems to me that properly would preclude all the troubling situations above. Is the problem that I have the wrong idea about how PPS should work?
Edit: With PPS off on all Win machines, access is not denied for any Win machine, and usually user names and passwords are not required for Win machines.
I am trying to get password protected sharing (PPS) to work properly (as I understand "properly") among the 3 machines identified below. I am ignoring several Macs that connect either via Ethernet or wirelessly because they work the way I want on my network--always requiring user names and passwords regardless of sharing direction and whether PPS is used or not.
Here is info about the 3 machines I am concerned about:
General: All machines have different user names and passwords.
Specific:
Machine 1 = Win7 1
Connects via Ethernet
PPS on
HomeGroup on
Connecting Specifics:
Win7 1 connects to Win8 without user name/password.
Win8 connects to Win7 1 without user name/password.
Win7 1 connects to Win7 2 with no user name/password.
Win7 2 connects to Win7 1 with user name/password.
Machine 2 = Win7 2
This machine is supposed to simulate that of a friend connected to my network to use internet via Ethernet.
Connects via Ethernet
PPS on
No HomeGroup membership (HomeGroup off)
Connecting Specifics Not Covered Above:
Win7 2 connects to Win8 with user name/password.
Win8 access is denied to Win7 2.
Machine 3 = Win8
Connects wirelessly
PPS on
HomeGroup on
Connecting Specifics Not Covered above: None
The most troubling of the situations above are:
Win8 access is denied to Win7 2. This situation of concern because my "friend" might want to let me access his computer without using RDC.
All of the situations where no user name and password are required are troubling too since PPS is on in all cases. These situation are:
Win7 1 connects to Win7 2 without user name/password.
Win7 1 connects to Win8 without user name/password.
Win8 connects to Win7 1 without user name/password.
Does anyone have insights concerning how to go about making PPS work properly. In this regard, it seems to me that properly would preclude all the troubling situations above. Is the problem that I have the wrong idea about how PPS should work?
Edit: With PPS off on all Win machines, access is not denied for any Win machine, and usually user names and passwords are not required for Win machines.
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