Wireless LAN ongoing problem

[Ted]

I thought I had this working the other day, but it is onlly partially
working. Here's the recap:
I have a desktop and laptop each running XP Home and each connected to the
internet via a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router. The desktop is connected to
the router via ethernet cable. The laptop is wirelessly connected to the
router. Both computers access the internet successfully.

Using the Network Setup Wizard on each, I've tried to define a Home Network
over which I can share files and printers between the two computers. For
each computer I have specified "other" for the Connection Method and then
specified "This computer connects to the Internet directly or through a
network hub. Other computers on my network also connect to the Internet
directly or through a hub." (Is this the wrong option in the Network
Wizard?) I've assigned each to the same Working Group and specified File and
printer Sharing to be turned on. I am using User accounts with the same name,
password, and administrator privileges on both computers.

In My Network Places on the Laptop, the Desktop is recognized, but when
I click to open the Desktop icon I get the following message: \\Desktop is
not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
permissions. The network path was not found." I have since resolved this
issue by turning off the Windows Firewall and Norton Firewall on the desktop,
and now from the laptop I can access the shared folder on the desktop and
print to the printer physically connected to the desktop.

But in My Network Places on the Desktop the Laptop computer does not show up
at
all. Turning off the firewall on the laptop does not fix the problem. I am
turning off Windows firewall and the Norton inbound firewall on the laptop.

What am I missing?

Thanks again for anyone's help.

Ted

 

[Steve Winograd]

I thought I had this working the other day, but it is onlly partially
working. Here's the recap:
I have a desktop and laptop each running XP Home and each connected to the
internet via a Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router. The desktop is connected to
the router via ethernet cable. The laptop is wirelessly connected to the
router. Both computers access the internet successfully.

Using the Network Setup Wizard on each, I've tried to define a Home Network
over which I can share files and printers between the two computers. For
each computer I have specified "other" for the Connection Method and then
specified "This computer connects to the Internet directly or through a
network hub. Other computers on my network also connect to the Internet
directly or through a hub." (Is this the wrong option in the Network
Wizard?) I've assigned each to the same Working Group and specified File and
printer Sharing to be turned on. I am using User accounts with the same name,
password, and administrator privileges on both computers.

In My Network Places on the Laptop, the Desktop is recognized, but when
I click to open the Desktop icon I get the following message: \\Desktop is
not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource.
Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access
permissions. The network path was not found." I have since resolved this
issue by turning off the Windows Firewall and Norton Firewall on the desktop,
and now from the laptop I can access the shared folder on the desktop and
print to the printer physically connected to the desktop.

But in My Network Places on the Desktop the Laptop computer does not show up
at
all. Turning off the firewall on the laptop does not fix the problem. I am
turning off Windows firewall and the Norton inbound firewall on the laptop.

What am I missing?

Thanks again for anyone's help.

Ted

The connection method that you specified is for a different type of
setup. Run the Wizard again on each computer, and select "This
computer connects to the Internet through a residential gateway or
through another computer on my network". Then, tell the Wizard to
enable File and Printer Sharing.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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