Help Configuring Home Network

[Chris]

I am trying to set-up a home network using Windows XP
home Edition. I want to link 3 computers in our home.
1) A desktop connected directly to a Linksys wireless G
hub =, which in turn is connected to our DSL modem, 2) a
laptop using a wireless connection to the hub, 3) a
second laptop using a wireless connection to the hub. I
have tried using the home network wizard on all the
mcahines, but no matter what I do I can only see the
compuetr I am accessing in the workgroup. All the
machine have the same workgroup name and each machine has
a ditinct name. How can I get the other computers on the
workgroup to be visible from each machine?

 

[TommyBoy]

Hi Chris
Not knowing your complete configuration but make sure the
ip addresses are correct. Such as 192.168.0.1,
192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.3. Also check your settings on
all wireless devices for the the SSID. Make sure the SSID
on all devices are the same such as 101. Make sure that
all computers have "use simple file sharing" in My
Computer, tools, folder options, view is checked. That
should do it!

 

[john]

Is the SSID the computer name, the profile, the network
type or network name? Where do you enter this?

 

[Bob Willard]

I am trying to set-up a home network using Windows XP
home Edition. I want to link 3 computers in our home.
1) A desktop connected directly to a Linksys wireless G
hub =, which in turn is connected to our DSL modem, 2) a
laptop using a wireless connection to the hub, 3) a
second laptop using a wireless connection to the hub. I
have tried using the home network wizard on all the
mcahines, but no matter what I do I can only see the
compuetr I am accessing in the workgroup. All the
machine have the same workgroup name and each machine has
a ditinct name. How can I get the other computers on the
workgroup to be visible from each machine?

Lots of possible causes; here's a couple of things to check:

1. Permanently disable XP's ICF on all PCs.
2. Temporarily remove all firewall and antivirus apps on all PCs.
3. If that "hub" is really a router, enable its DHCP server and
set each PC to be a DHCP client; that will get all PCs into
the same IPA subnet. Also, tell the wizard that you get to
the net via a "residential gateway", M$'s term for a router.
(I suspect that you have a Linksys router, not a hub; if you
have a hub, then explain how you get your IPAs.)
4. For starters, set each PC to use TCP/IP protocol and disable
all other protocols; then enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP. (After
you get a working LAN with only TCP/IP, you may try adding
other protocols is you want to play.)
5. Enable Client for M$ Nets and F&P sharing on all PCs. Create a
non-root folder on each PC with a short simple folder name, mark
it to be shared with a short simple share name, and inject a file
with a short simple file name. Don't try printer sharing until
file sharing works; printer sharing is less likely to work than
file sharing.

 

[TommyBoy]

Hi John
No. The SSID is located in the config of the wireless
router (Hub). That SSID must mach the SSID on all
wireless network cards. Its just another additive to the
security of your wireless network. kind of like the four
digits on a zip code.