Sharing Printers

[Joachim]

Hello gang, thanks for those who have already answered a few of my
questions.
As simple as XP is supposed to be with setting up a home network, I cannot
seem to share my local printer.
I have 2 PCs. Main desktop is XP Home, and 2nd is a laptop with XP Pro.
Both are sharing a cable modem with a router/10/100 switch.

I have the printer hooked up to the XP Home machine and it works fine. If I
hook the printer straight to the laptop it works fine.
I want the printer to be hooked to the desktop 100% of the time.
I have gone to the laptop and deleted the printer as "a local printer." I
have made sure that the printer is being shared on the XP Home machine.
When I go to set it up on the laptop as a network printer, I then try to
browse for the printer. Under "Shared Printers" this is what comes up:
"Microsoft Windows Network" and "NDPS Printers"
I double click on the first selection thinking it should take me to the
network name "MSHOME." Nothing happens. I get the hourglass for about 15
seconds and then nothing.
Any ideas?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Disable the firewall on the desktop, it will interfere with printer sharing.
This is by design, as it is meant for systems connected directly to the
internet, not those setup on an internal lan (which is what you have behind
the router).

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Joachim]

It's already disabled. Thanks for the response.

Hi,

Disable the firewall on the desktop, it will interfere with printer sharing.
This is by design, as it is meant for systems connected directly to the
internet, not those setup on an internal lan (which is what you have behind
the router).

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone



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[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

You have file and printer sharing for MS networks installed on the desktop?
Also, recheck share settings on the printer. Chack and recheck both the pc
name and that the workgroup is the same on both systems.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Joachim]

Thanks for the continued response. I'm fairly handy with my computer, this
is just a new area for me. Just upgraded to XP about 3 days ago and have
never connected computers together like this before.
The problem is a bit deeper, I think. I just tried to ping the other
computer and it failed. I then tried to ping this computer from the laptop
and that failed, too. I'm checking the settings on my router to see if that
is the problem. Both computers are behind the router and work fine for
email, internet, VPN, etc.

 

[Joachim]

I have gotten the desktop to ping the laptop, but the laptop cannot ping the
desktop, which is where the printer is. I'm still messing around with it.
Hopefully I don't make it worse

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

This may help:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/winfileandprinter.htm

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Joachim]

I got it figured out a little while ago! It was my firewall interfering.
It's all good now. Thanks for you help, though!