I am connected with several computers in my home wirelessly. My printers and other peripheral devices are on a Win XP Pro machine, there are two win 98se's and another XP Pro machine connected. All communicate with the web thru the Wireless Access Point. However, no matter what I do with Network Setup wizard, I cannot seem to share the printers and other files on the first XP Pro machine. Earlier, prior to going wireless, this sharing function worked flawlessly, however, shortly after going wireless, all ceased to function. I sure do need help!
Wayne R. Davy
Wayne,
Please provide ipconfig information for each computer on the LAN.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system with each ipconfig listing.
Do any of the computers have a software firewall (ICF or third party)? If so,
you need to configure them for file sharing, by opening ports TCP 139, 445 and
UDP 137, 138, 445, and / or by identifying the other computers as present in the
Local (Trusted) zone. Firewall configurations are a very common cause of
(network) browser, and file sharing, problems.
Check connectivity between the problem computer and one other:
1) Ping the other by name.
2) Ping the other by ip address.
3) Ping itself by name.
4) Ping itself by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
6) Ping the router.
Report success / failure, and text of error returned, of each of 12 pings.
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
