Can't Set Up A Printer Share

[Diane Hopkins]

I have been trying, unsuccessfully I might add, to set up a printer share so
my daughter can use the one Printer we have that still works. (Dell,
actually Lexmark, Photo Printer 720). I have DSL access through Qwest and
use a Linksys Router BEFSR41 v2, for my Ethernet cable access. What am I
doing wrong? The printer is attached to my computer Win XP Pro via the USB
port. The only time I can see my daughter's computer is when I go into the
setup panel of the Router.

Can some expert out there give me some help or point me in the right link
for a step by step article? Thank you.

Diane

 

[Steven L Umbach]

You need to make sure that file and print sharing is enabled on the computer
that will share the printer. Also the Windows Firewall or other software
firewall on that computer can block access to any shares. You can use the
ping command to establish basic network connectivity between your computers
at the command prompt such as "ping mycomputer" or "ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx".
Below is an example of a successful ping. The links below should help get
you started.

Steve

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/homenet.mspx
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm

D:\WINDOWS\system32>ping 192.168.1.251

Pinging 192.168.1.251 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.251: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.251: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.251: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.1.251: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.251:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

 

[matty_lynch]

are you and ur daughter in the same workgroup

I have been trying, unsuccessfully I might add, to set up a
printer share so
my daughter can use the one Printer we have that still works.
(Dell,
actually Lexmark, Photo Printer 720). I have DSL access
through Qwest and
use a Linksys Router BEFSR41 v2, for my Ethernet cable access.
What am I
doing wrong? The printer is attached to my computer Win XP Pro
via the USB
port. The only time I can see my daughter's computer is when
I go into the
setup panel of the Router.

Can some expert out there give me some help or point me in the
right link
for a step by step article? Thank you.

Diane

 

[Steven L Umbach]

FYI a workgroup has nothing to do with network connectivity or security
boundaries. It is used only for convenience of network browsing of network
resources as seen in My Network Places.

Steve