Home Networking Problems with Win XP

[Guest]

I have a wireless router connected to one computer via RJ45 cable, and three
others wirelessly (B). All four computers can connect both to the router
(web-based menu) and to the internet thru the router.

My desktop (1) is wired directly to the router, the other three computers -
a notebook (2), and two other desktops (3) and (4) connect wirelessly.

Computers 1 and 2 are networked and can share files between them. However,
computers 3 and 4 are not visible from either 1 or 2 and computers 1 and 2
are not visible or accessible from 3 or 4. It's like computers 3 and 4 are
islands and are not connected to the network.

I have tried running the network setup wizard on all four computers
repeatedly and all I can get is computers 1 and 2 onto the network.

Please help.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

I have a wireless router connected to one computer via RJ45 cable, and three
others wirelessly (B). All four computers can connect both to the router
(web-based menu) and to the internet thru the router.

My desktop (1) is wired directly to the router, the other three computers -
a notebook (2), and two other desktops (3) and (4) connect wirelessly.

Computers 1 and 2 are networked and can share files between them. However,
computers 3 and 4 are not visible from either 1 or 2 and computers 1 and 2
are not visible or accessible from 3 or 4. It's like computers 3 and 4 are
islands and are not connected to the network.

I have tried running the network setup wizard on all four computers
repeatedly and all I can get is computers 1 and 2 onto the network.

Please help.

How are you trying to access one group of computers from the other
one? What exactly happens when you do it? If there's an error
message, what does it say?

Try accessing another computer directly, not through My Network
Places, by typing its name in the Start | Run box in this format:

\\computer

See if each computer can ping itself and the other computers, both by
IP address and by computer name. The commands would look something
like this:

ping 192.168.1.100
ping 192.168.1.101
ping 192.168.1.102
ping 192.168.1.103
ping computer1
ping computer2
ping computer3
ping computer4
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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