Craig Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 As you may be / may not be aware I have installed a wireless network using a netgear wireless router / access point and two netgear wireless PC adapters. This is all used to connect my computer and a computer used in my dad’s office.At the moment all is working fine except one little problem.I can share my internet connection with both computers, but I cannot share files or printers.When I double click 'My Network' on my PC it shows all the files / folders / drives that I have setup for shared access and no more. On the office PC (which has the exact same settings) it doesn’t show any shared files / folders / drives. This is where I think the problem lies.Now what I can’t understand is that all settings on both computers are the same, I know this because I set them up. Although a slightly different hardware spec, both use Windows XP and the same wireless setup.Can anyone advise me what I may have done wrong, or some areas to check my settings?Thanks,Craig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Install..."File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks".Also did you run the "Network Setup Wizard"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted June 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Okay i checked both computers, they both have file and printer sharing installed.I also ran the Networking wizard on the PC that isnt sharing the files.Sill not working :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 My Properties in Local Area Connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted June 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 The above is exactly like mine :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvw Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Firewall off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted June 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Oh yes, firewall off and NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Found thisyou need to give each PC its own static IP address, such as 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.2.also someone else foundgetting a similar problem. It was due to the subnet mask being set to 255.255.255.255. This is what the DHCP server was assigning. Reset it up with a static IP address & everything was OK after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 11, 2003 Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 My settings, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted June 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2003 Thanks mark2,I will look into creating static ip address later tomorrow.I just have my router assigning addresses at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted June 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 just checked my settings.My router is already assigned static ips to each computer which the computers pick up when they log on.Still not working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Are they on the same workgroup ? do they have different names ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted June 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 They are both in the same work group.I still think something is wrong on my dads computer. When i double click 'My Nework' on my computer, it shows all the files and folder that are available to the network that i have enabled for file sharing on my PC. However clicking 'My Network' on my dads PC doesnt show the files that have been enabled for file sharing on his PC :blink: I think if i can resolve the problem on my dads computer, they will then see each others files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted June 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 This is what appears under 'My Network' on my PC.All folders here at what i enabled on my PCDoing the same thing on my dads PC wont show anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 If you view workgroup computers does the comp show up ?What does view network connections show ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted June 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Hitting workgroup computers does this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Is this from the office comp, both ?Can you ping each from the other ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted June 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Is this from the office comp, both ?Can you ping each from the other ?The error is on both computers, How would i go about pinging each other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Open command prompt type ping ip address of comp then press enterie ping 192.168.1.100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Excellent help site http://www.wown.com/ better at explaining things than me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted June 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 I have just pang each of the computers, and each of them timed out :blink: However pining the router from each PC was successfull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark2 Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Maybe a router/firewall problem, been looking at the trouble shooting pages at the above site, can't find a lot about XP tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ellas Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 try here http://compnetworking.about.com/gi/dynamic...m%2Ftroubles%2F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 A huge helper...http://support.microsoft.com/common/canned...o+and+kbnetworkHas to have something ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Radfordin Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 Have you got ZoneAlarm installed? If so uninstall it and see if it makes a difference. Spent 2 hours last night trying to get two XP Pro machines talking, and eventually realised that even though ZA wasn't running it was still stopping some network actions. Was v. annyoed :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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