Windows XP And Home Networking

[Guest]

My network has disintergrated!

I have one computer connected directly to a wireless router. I have three
other computers that connect wirelessly to the router.

Since I changed my isp provider I have had great difficulty getting my old
network working. Everyone connects to the internet but I cannot see shared
docs or printers on the other computers.

Perhaps it is my Zonealarm Pro.

I wondered if anyone had any suggestions. Also, I wondered whether it is
possible to delete any home networks completely and restart the process.
XP Home just has options to create small networks but not to delete them.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[***** charles]

My network has disintergrated!

I have one computer connected directly to a wireless router. I have three
other computers that connect wirelessly to the router.

Since I changed my isp provider I have had great difficulty getting my old
network working. Everyone connects to the internet but I cannot see shared
docs or printers on the other computers.

Perhaps it is my Zonealarm Pro.

I wondered if anyone had any suggestions. Also, I wondered whether it is
possible to delete any home networks completely and restart the process.
XP Home just has options to create small networks but not to delete them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Did your workgroup name change?

With ZAPro, just add IP addresses to the trusted list.

later....

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your suggestion. To answer the question, I did not change my
workgroup. Re: ZAP, forgive my ignorance but do I add the IP address
assigned by the router (and does that change periodically) or another IP
address.
Thank you again! Mark

 

[***** charles]

Thank you for your suggestion. To answer the question, I did not change my
workgroup. Re: ZAP, forgive my ignorance but do I add the IP address
assigned by the router (and does that change periodically) or another IP
address.
Thank you again! Mark

With that small a number of computers I wouldn't use dhcp I would
preset the ip addresses of all the computers envolved. Then in ZAP
you could "trust" the ip addresses of each computer you wanted "in".

later....