Deleting a network

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I have a mess - yesterday I set up a network (wireless laptop, wired desktop,
wired external harddrive) and everything worked fine. I could back both
computers up to the hard drive and access the files. Today I can't see the
other computers and can't connect to them. When I run the troubleshooter it
keeps telling me to change the name for the computer and when I do that then
I end up with another layer - and then it tells me to run the network setup
wizard again. I've wasted about 6 hours on this thing today, and I'm really,
really frustrated. Is there any way to just delete the network and start all
over again? I've tried doing a restore, but everything is still there.

Life was so much simpler when all I needed was a crossover cable! TIA -
sheureka
 
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sheureka said:
I have a mess - yesterday I set up a network (wireless laptop, wired
desktop, wired external harddrive) and everything worked fine. I
could back both computers up to the hard drive and access the files.
Today I can't see the other computers and can't connect to them. When
I run the troubleshooter it keeps telling me to change the name for
the computer and when I do that then I end up with another layer -
and then it tells me to run the network setup wizard again. I've
wasted about 6 hours on this thing today, and I'm really, really
frustrated. Is there any way to just delete the network and start all
over again? I've tried doing a restore, but everything is still
there.

Life was so much simpler when all I needed was a crossover cable! TIA
- sheureka
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You don't need to run any wizards, honest.

I suggest you explain your layout - do all computers have the same workgroup
name? Do they all have exceptions set in their firewalls for file/print
sharing? Can you ping one from the other? Do you have simple file sharing
enabled?
 
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