Can not get printer sharing to work

[Jeff McKay]

I've got several computers networked together by plugging each into a port
on the back of
my DSL box. Internet works fine on all. Now on 1 PC I have configured the
printer to be "shared".
Rebooted, disabled ZoneAlarm just to make sure that wasn't the problem. On
a 2nd PC,
I try to "add a printer" from the Printers and Faxes applet in the control
panel. Tell it I want to add
a network printer, browse for it, but Windows cannot locate the printer. I
tried specifying the
exact name, i.e. \\computername\\printername but I get the same problem.
All my PCs have the
same problem. Any ideas?

 

[Evolution54]

I've got several computers networked together by plugging each into a
port
on the back of
my DSL box. Internet works fine on all. Now on 1 PC I have configured
the
printer to be "shared".
Rebooted, disabled ZoneAlarm just to make sure that wasn't the problem.
On
a 2nd PC,
I try to "add a printer" from the Printers and Faxes applet in the
control
panel. Tell it I want to add
a network printer, browse for it, but Windows cannot locate the
printer. I
tried specifying the
exact name, i.e. \\computername\\printername but I get the same
problem.
All my PCs have the
same problem. Any ideas?

The only thing I can think of right now is are all the computers in the
same workgroup? Although they all can access the Internet, that doesn't
mean they are in the same workgroup. Try pinging the computer sharing
the printer and see if replys back.

Another method you can try is opening up Network Places and browsing
for it there.

 

[Jeff McKay]

The only thing I can think of right now is are all the computers in the

same workgroup? Although they all can access the Internet, that doesn't
mean they are in the same workgroup. Try pinging the computer sharing
the printer and see if replys back.

Another method you can try is opening up Network Places and browsing
for it there.

Yes I can ping the computer with the shared printer fine. All the PCs have
the same workgroup
defined - "MSHOME". I should mention also that when "Add a printer" browses
for the printer,
it does display the work group and the name of the remote computer under
that, it just does not
show any printers. As though the printer is not really shared, even though
I did set it that way.

Is there perhaps any other networking software I can use to perform this
function? I'm not
convinced that this feature of Windows actually works.

 

[Evolution54]

The only thing I can think of right now is are all the computers in
the-
same workgroup? Although they all can access the Internet, that
doesn't
mean they are in the same workgroup. Try pinging the computer sharing
the printer and see if replys back.

Another method you can try is opening up Network Places and browsing
for it there.-

Yes I can ping the computer with the shared printer fine. All the PCs
have
the same workgroup
defined - "MSHOME". I should mention also that when "Add a printer"
browses
for the printer,
it does display the work group and the name of the remote computer
under
that, it just does not
show any printers. As though the printer is not really shared, even
though
I did set it that way.

Is there perhaps any other networking software I can use to perform
this
function? I'm not
convinced that this feature of Windows actually works.

I forgot to mention, did you have file and printer sharing turned on???

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

Did you work through:
http://www.coribright.com/windows/Article Six.htm

If so, at which part did you come to a dead stop?