Can't see Dell Laptop on home network

[Guest]

I have a peer-to-peer wired and wireless network at home with 4 computers
connected.

Two of the computers are laptops and connect wirelessly through a Linksys
WCG200 router. One is an IBM ThinkPad laptop and it connects wirelessly AOK
to both the internet and to the other computers and associated printers. The
second laptop is this Dell Inspiron 1150 on which I'm typing this tech
support request. I can connect to the internet through the Linksys WCG200,
but I cannot connect to the other machines on the network. Also, the other
machines can see my Dell laptop but they too cannot connect to my Dell Laptop.

I have called Dell and they have directed me to work with Microsoft support
as the issue is a Windows networking problem.

I need to be able to connect to the internet and to the printers attached to
the main Dell desktop system - all wirelessly. Since the ThinkPad connects
to all just fine, surely I can get the Dell laptop to do same. I have turned
off encryption on the router, turned off Firewall settings on all computers,
but still no connection.

How do I solve this connection problem?

 

[Chuck]

I have a peer-to-peer wired and wireless network at home with 4 computers
connected.

Two of the computers are laptops and connect wirelessly through a Linksys
WCG200 router. One is an IBM ThinkPad laptop and it connects wirelessly AOK
to both the internet and to the other computers and associated printers. The
second laptop is this Dell Inspiron 1150 on which I'm typing this tech
support request. I can connect to the internet through the Linksys WCG200,
but I cannot connect to the other machines on the network. Also, the other
machines can see my Dell laptop but they too cannot connect to my Dell Laptop.

I have called Dell and they have directed me to work with Microsoft support
as the issue is a Windows networking problem.

I need to be able to connect to the internet and to the printers attached to
the main Dell desktop system - all wirelessly. Since the ThinkPad connects
to all just fine, surely I can get the Dell laptop to do same. I have turned
off encryption on the router, turned off Firewall settings on all computers,
but still no connection.

How do I solve this connection problem?

OK, if the problem laptop can get to the Internet, it's obviously got network
connectivity. This means you have a Network Neighborhood problem, which is
pretty common here.

Check for misconfigured / overlooked firewalls, and for registry setting
restrictanonymous.
Misconfigured / overlooked firewalls:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
Registry setting restrictanonymous:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/07/restrictanonymous-and-your-server.html>

Then look at "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from the problem computer,
and from 2 of the non-problem computers. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>

Please let us know if any of these suggestions are of any help. What you learn
may help others in the future, and that's the purpose of these forums.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Chuck. This insight did in fact help resolve the problems.
Kind regards, David

 

[Chuck]

Thank you Chuck. This insight did in fact help resolve the problems.
Kind regards, David

That's great news, David. Thanks for letting us know.