Noobie trying to setup file and printer sharing between 2 PCs

[Guest]

Ok, I know this should be simple, but I just recently purchased a Linksys
Cable/DSL router w/4 port switch to share my cable net connection between 2
machines; one running XP Home SP2 and the other XP Pro SP2.

I setup the router as I should have according to the instructions and both
machines now share the internet connection via the router. I believe that I
also can setup file and printer sharing between these 2 machines as well. So
I went through the Network Setup Wizard on both machines, each time choosing
the option for "this computer connects through a residential gateway" (as
both machines directly connected to ports 3 and 4), and then making sure that
the workgroup name is the same in both instances. On the Pro machine, I can
only see itself when I view workgroup computers, and on the Home machine, I
get an error stating that "MShome is not accessible. You might not have
permission to use this network resource".

Both machines have administrator accounts. I turned off the Windows firewall
on them both, but still running Norton's IS and ZoneAlarm.

Am I missing something? Do I need to configure the router?

Help!

Gaz.

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

The problem is undoubtedly Norton IS or ZoneAlarm or running both of them at
the same time. You will have to configure these programs to allow file
sharing or uninstall one or both of them.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP