I see them, but they can't see me

[jonefer]

I just networked 3 computers under Windows 2000
Professional. 2 are PC's and the other is a Mac G4.

The PC I am referring to I will call MainPC, the other PC
I will call OtherPC and the Mac.. Mac

I'm using a Netgear MR814 wireless router.
I've successfully mapped a network drive to the Mac as
well as OtherPC, but I haven't been able to go to those
computers and successfully connect to MainPC. (Me)
OtherPC is wireless, the Mac and MainPC are connected to
the router with Cat5.

I do have permissions set on MainPC and am loggin on with
those permissions from both OtherPC and Mac.

One peculiar thing I notice is that I don't see myself or
anyone else in "Network Places" or "computers near me"

I have TCP/IP, Microsoft Client for Networks and printer
and file sharing installed on both MainPC and OtherPC.

What else am I missing?

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

assuming you don't have firewall running, what do you get when using net
share on mainpc?

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[jonefer]

I believe you've answered my question.
It's my firewall, I completely forgot about it.

But anyhow, I didn't try netshare. I guess, first I'll
enable the firewall to let the others in.

But if that doesn't work, is that just another protocol to
install?

 

[Robert L [MS-MVP]]

thanks for the feedback. looking forward to your update.

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