Frustrated beyond comprehension..printing over wireless network

[Jerome Ranch]

I have a wireless network at home with my desktop and laptops.
A printer is run off one of the laptops (which is running wirelessly
on the network).
All the machines are running XP Pro. I cannot see the other machines
on the network, even though I have set the c: drive to share for all
the machines. And I cannot see the HP1300 printer either. I go to
network places and see the wirelees network, but no machines are
associated with it.

I am getting real frustrated. I don't want to screw with the network
setting because I use these machines at work to connect to the
coorporate LAN.

How do I setup my machines to print to the network printer?
Nothing I try works

Jerry

 

[Conor]

I have a wireless network at home with my desktop and laptops.
A printer is run off one of the laptops (which is running wirelessly
on the network).
All the machines are running XP Pro. I cannot see the other machines
on the network, even though I have set the c: drive to share for all
the machines. And I cannot see the HP1300 printer either. I go to
network places and see the wirelees network, but no machines are
associated with it.

I am getting real frustrated. I don't want to screw with the network
setting because I use these machines at work to connect to the
coorporate LAN.

How do I setup my machines to print to the network printer?
Nothing I try works

1) Is it just one machine that can't see the rest or are non of them
able to see each other?

2) Have you gone to Control Panel, Windows Firewall, Exceptions and
made sure the File And Printer Sharing is ticked as well as allowing it
on any third party firewall on all the computers?

3)If all the above is OK, if you go to Start, Run, and then type in
\\<ip address of target computer with the printer on>, i.e:

\\192.168.0.3

does an explorer Window eventually open showing the shares on that
machine?

 

[Jerome Ranch]

1) Is it just one machine that can't see the rest or are non of them
able to see each other?

The main desktop is cabled into a cable modem, and there a d-link
wireless router in the chain


A long long time ago I set up the desktop to see the one laptop,
wirelessly. It sees the C drive of the laptop and I can print from
the desktop to the printer attached to the laptop.


BUT the laptop with the printer cannot see the desktop,
and no other laptops in the house can see any other machine, nor can
the desktop see any other laptop.

The wireless works flawlessly for the internet for all the machines

2) Have you gone to Control Panel, Windows Firewall, Exceptions and
made sure the File And Printer Sharing is ticked as well as allowing it
on any third party firewall on all the computers?

Done..it was set that way already

3)If all the above is OK, if you go to Start, Run, and then type in
\\<ip address of target computer with the printer on>, i.e:

\\192.168.0.3

does an explorer Window eventually open showing the shares on that
machine?

No, I get an error, windows can find any of the machines
(192.168.0.100, 101, 102 103 etc etc)


Jerry

 

[Ron Martell]

I have a wireless network at home with my desktop and laptops.
A printer is run off one of the laptops (which is running wirelessly
on the network).
All the machines are running XP Pro. I cannot see the other machines
on the network, even though I have set the c: drive to share for all
the machines. And I cannot see the HP1300 printer either. I go to
network places and see the wirelees network, but no machines are
associated with it.

I am getting real frustrated. I don't want to screw with the network
setting because I use these machines at work to connect to the
coorporate LAN.

How do I setup my machines to print to the network printer?
Nothing I try works

Jerry

Make certain that you have the same (exactly the same) workgroup name
configured for all of the computers on the network.

If problems persist try disabling all firewalls, including the Windows
XP built-in firewall, on all of the computers, at least temporarily.
If you have a NAT router in use there is really very little practical
need to also have software firewalls installed.

And if the issue remains unresolved then try posting your question to
microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web as that is where you will find
most of the networking experts.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca
Syberfix Remote Computer Repair

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Conor]

The main desktop is cabled into a cable modem, and there a d-link
wireless router in the chain


A long long time ago I set up the desktop to see the one laptop,
wirelessly. It sees the C drive of the laptop and I can print from
the desktop to the printer attached to the laptop.


BUT the laptop with the printer cannot see the desktop,
and no other laptops in the house can see any other machine, nor can
the desktop see any other laptop.

The wireless works flawlessly for the internet for all the machines



Done..it was set that way already




No, I get an error, windows can find any of the machines
(192.168.0.100, 101, 102 103 etc etc)

Turn off all the firewalls on all the machines...you'll be OK as the
NAT in the router/cable modem will protect you from incoming
connections.

Can you ping each machine from the other?


Assuming you can, try going into the Properties of the network
connections, select TCP/IP protocol and Properties, then Advanced, then
WINStab and make sure Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled.

Bloody XP networking is well broken. I stuck 98 on a laptop for my son
and it found all the shares on my LAN pretty much instantly and could
browse them far quicker than XP.

I've been trialling Vista and it doesn't get any better.

 

[Jerome Ranch]

Turn off all the firewalls on all the machines...you'll be OK as the
NAT in the router/cable modem will protect you from incoming
connections.
Done


Can you ping each machine from the other?
Yes



Assuming you can, try going into the Properties of the network
connections, select TCP/IP protocol and Properties, then Advanced, then
WINStab and make sure Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled.

Did that and still no connection

Bloody XP networking is well broken. I stuck 98 on a laptop for my son
and it found all the shares on my LAN pretty much instantly and could
browse them far quicker than XP.

I noticed that the one laptop that has the printer attached (to which
I can print from the desktop) has a network bridge installed in the
network connections..is this important? (not of the other machines has
this installed)

Jerry