hi , i have a laptop and i want to network with my pc,
laptop has wireless and the pc is ethernet cable, laptop
has xp home and pc has xp pro, please could someone tell
me how to network , i have used the the wizard with no
sucess
Sometimes the wizard causes more problems than it solves. Let's see what your
actual problems are.
Please provide ipconfig information for each computer.
Start - Run - "cmd". Type "ipconfig /all >c:\ipconfig.txt" into the command
window - Open c:\ipconfig.txt in Notepad, copy and paste into your next post.
Identify operating system (by name and version) with each ipconfig listing.
From each computer, test connectivity:
1) Ping the other by name.
2) Ping the other by ip address.
3) Ping itself by name.
4) Ping itself by ip address.
5) Ping 127.0.0.1.
6) Ping the router.
Report success / failure of each test (12 tests total).
From each computer, test shares visibility (use actual name / address of each
computer as appropriate):
Start - Run then:
1) \\ThisComputerByName
2) \\ThisComputerByIPAddress
3) \\OtherComputerByName
4) \\OtherComputerByIPAddress
Report visibility of shares / error displayed in each test (8 tests total).
Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
