Odd Networking Issue

[Sicorius]

I am having a problem with my home network, here goes...

3 Computers:
1 - Laptop
P3 650Mhz,20GB,128MB,NetGear 108MBWireless Network Card
2 - PC's
1 - Dell GX260, NetGear USB Wireless
1 - Mutt (AMD XP 2000+, 120/60/40GB, 1GB, Wired to Router
The laptop and Dell can both see each other and talk to each other (shared
printer and files), both are wireless. Neither the laptop or Dell will talk
to the mutt or vise versa. They are all running Windows XP Pro SP2 with the
latest updates. The firewall is disabled on all 3. All 3 units can ping
and access the router individually and can access the internet. I have been
fighting this fight for over a month befor asking for help.

 

[Guest]

sounds like you have your router set to seperate the wireless section of your
network from your wired section (there is a name for it but it escapes my at
5.30 in the morning) you need to set you router to infrastructure mode that
should sort it out

 

[Guest]

i did a bit of research and found out that your network is corrently in ad
hoc mode. so there you go do what i said ealier and it'll work fine

 

[Chuck]

I am having a problem with my home network, here goes...

3 Computers:
1 - Laptop
P3 650Mhz,20GB,128MB,NetGear 108MBWireless Network Card
2 - PC's
1 - Dell GX260, NetGear USB Wireless
1 - Mutt (AMD XP 2000+, 120/60/40GB, 1GB, Wired to Router
The laptop and Dell can both see each other and talk to each other (shared
printer and files), both are wireless. Neither the laptop or Dell will talk
to the mutt or vise versa. They are all running Windows XP Pro SP2 with the
latest updates. The firewall is disabled on all 3. All 3 units can ping
and access the router individually and can access the internet. I have been
fighting this fight for over a month befor asking for help.

What firewall is disabled?

This looks like a typical Network Neighborhood visibility issue, but one that
can have many causes.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
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