Make sure your firewall is not blocking the IP address of your
computers in the network. it will block the file sharing. Assuming
you are using zonealarm, you can add your computers in a trusted zone.
That should do the trick.
Also look at
http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/net-update.asp
Hope this helps.
RPS wrote:
> I have set up a network among three (3) computers (all on XP)
through a
> Belkin 54g - Wireless Cable/DSL Gateway Router, which incorporates
NAT/Spi
> firewall and DHCP. Two Computers (Primary and Secondary) access the
Router
> via wire and wireless, respectively. The third Computer (Tertiary)
accesses
> the Router via wire. The Router is connected to a Cable Modem.
>
>
>
> All Computers can effectively access the Internet.
>
>
>
> The Primary Computer can see the Secondary Computer on the network
and can
> access designated shared files and drives on the Secondary Computer.
Until
> earlier today, the Primary Computer could also see the Tertiary
(wired)
> Computer, but that is no longer the case.
>
>
>
> The Secondary and Tertiary Computers, however, have been unable to
see the
> Primary Computer and cannot access files and drives on the Primary
Computer.
> Also, the Secondary and Tertiary Computers cannot access the Printer
that is
> connected through the Primary Computer.
>
>
>
> I have reviewed several times the network settings on all computers
and have
> re-run the networking wizard several times, as well. There are no
apparent
> clichés, such as work group and computer name incompatibility. I
have also
> ensured that 'Internet Connection Firewall' is not enabled on any of
the
> computers.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions as to how I can get the three computers to 'talk' to
> one-and-other?? Thanks
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