Networking WinXP

[Nigel Andrews]

I have a network running on a Netgear wireless router connected to the
Internet via cable.
I found no problem being able to access between 2 PC's on the network
(WinME and WinXP) some months ago. It configured so easily.
But a new WinXP PC can't be seen from the others nor can I see them from it.
(tho' curiously the new XP PC name does show on the WinME PC, but I cannot
see it's shared drives)
They are all setup in the MSHOME workgroup and each can access the Internet
thru' the router without a problem.
I have ZoneAlarm on each and have entered, in the firewall trusted zone, the
IP of the new PC on each of the original ones and theirs on it. But again
the original 2 PC's have never had their IP adds in ZA, but still they
worked without any problem.

Please can anyone advise what might be blocking this access?
Thanks

Nigel

 

[Nigel Andrews]

I have half solved the problem. By running the XP network wizard.
Some may say that this is obvious, but I never used the Wizard when getting
the original PC's to talk
Further more, now I have run it one of the original PC's cannot see the
other! I am working on that.

Nigel

 

[Nigel Andrews]

The remaining problem is proving more sticky than I hoped.
Of the access between 2 XP PC's and 1 ME PC. Curiously the access that
doesn't work is to/from one of the XP PC's. Curious because that PC is the
one I ran the wizard on and on which generated the floppy disk!

I would have thought that PC would have worked if any.

Nigel

 

[Allain]

Have you disabled XP's Internet Connection Firewall on the machine?

 

[Nigel Andrews]

Allain,

No, not considered that as I have never configured it since I have
ZoneAlarm.
But I guess you are suggesting that it is invoked by default.
I will look.
But as that PC connected OK to the WinME PC until I ran the network wizard,
I suspect it may not be involved.

Nigel