hide pc on lan

[ishaan]

hi

is there ne way i can make my pc 'invisible' on a lan so other pc's cant c it wen dey say 'view all workgrup computers' they wont b able 2 c mine but still, file sharing will b on n i can c other computers ?

i would prefer a way w/o installing firewalls,etc and without changing workgroup name

 

[sakumar79]

Hi Ishaan,
I am guessing you want computer A to be invisible in LAN WORKGROUP but still be able to access the network computers. I am assuming that when you say that you dont want other systems to see you, you also dont want to share any data on your system A. In that case, I think that removing all shares should do the trick. Not sure about it, it might depend on the OS u are running on A and on the other networked computers...
Try and let me know, also if it does not work, pl. specify OS in system A and in the other networked computers....

Arun

 

[sting]

if u using MS XP or 2000 try this

on the command prompt

net config server /hidden:yes

 

[krazydude]

if u using MS XP or 2000 try this

on the command prompt

net config server /hidden:yes

Did not work for me and I am using win2k

 

[ishaan]

thx 4 responses. i use win xp pro.

net config server /hidden:yes <-- did not work 4 me.

i dont want other computers 2 see me, but not because i dont want to share files. i just dont want the other users (dad,mom)2 kno when im online.

my pc is computer A. sometimes i use the other pc's also like B and C, then i wud like 2 share data from A, so it shouldnt be a permanent thing dat makes A invisible on the network.

 

[alib_i]

installing firewall does help in this respect
comp doesnt ping .. and sharing is blocked

-----
alibi

 

[pag_floyd]

dunno abt hiding the PC on LAN, but u can surely hide the data u share..... terminate the name of the shared directory with a '$' sign to make that directory invisible to other LAN users accessing ur comp.

Only programs like 'netscan' can see that directory. I hope ur parents don't use that Program.

But u can easily access the directory by typing in the path.

e.g. directory 'demo$' would be invisible
by typing path/demo$.... u can access the dir.

 

[ishaan]

thanks 4 da help guys...i jus changed my parent's workgroup lol

and dat $ trick is really helpful thanks dude