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I have a router that I have been using for my desktop and my PS2 so I can be on one and not have to unplug the modem everytime I want to use one or the other. So a couple of days ago I bought a laptop and connected it through the wireless feature on it, and then I thought "Maybe I should play around with a network" and this came to me because I have a larger hard drive on my desktop. My original intent was to be able to connect to the desktop from the laptop. Well I did the home network setup and used the option "This computer connects to the internet through another computer or through a residential gateway" for both the laptop and the desktop. I did the wizard for both and I could view the laptops shared files on the desktop and laptop but I could not view shared files on the desktop through the Laptop. So I maped out the network drive and used Z: for the network drive and that was done on my Desktop. I clicked on the "View workgroup computers" and I can see both on my desktop but I can only see the laptop on my laptop. The desktop is connected through an ethernet adapter and my laptop is done through 802.11 wireless lan card. I have everything set up through my router (WEP, wireless enabled, encryption set at 128, and my key specified). Can someone please tell me if I am doing something wrong or any suggestion would be greatful. I will give my EMAIL adress, please feel free to email if you have anyquestions at all.

 

[Guest]

You should check what IP address and Subnet Mask are used for the router

Set your wireless network connection on the laptop to a fixed IP address, I suggest that if the router is 192.168.0.1, then you should set the Laptop to 192.168.0.11 and use the same subnet, again this is most likely to be 255.255.255.0. The router's IP address can be found in properties for the Router in the Network Connections

Next step is to set the default gateway to the IP address of the router [192.168.0.1].

If you have difficulty accessing the internet then you will also need to include the DNS of your ISP. This can be found in properties for the Internet Connection in the Network Connections.