Small network question

S

Sal

I recently networked two computers together as a workgroup through a
wireless router using the network setup wizard. Both computers are
running XP-SP3. Everything seems to work fine, but in My Network
Places on one computer it shows both computers as a Local Network, and
on the other computer one is on the Local Network and the other is
under the label "The Internet". As I said, everything seems to be
working fine now, but will this cause problems in the future? I'm
curious about this. Why aren't they under Local Network on both
computers?
 
T

Twayne

I recently networked two computers together as a workgroup through a
wireless router using the network setup wizard. Both computers are
running XP-SP3. Everything seems to work fine, but in My Network
Places on one computer it shows both computers as a Local Network, and
on the other computer one is on the Local Network and the other is
under the label "The Internet". As I said, everything seems to be
working fine now, but will this cause problems in the future? I'm
curious about this. Why aren't they under Local Network on both
computers?

They should be. Check the workgroup names and be sure firewalls on both
machines are allowing the comms to happen.
 

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