xp pro - xp home

[Sam P]

I've got two computers I'm trying to network through a DI-624 router using
the wired connections. One runs xp pro and the other xp home. I've run the
network setup wizard on both PCs and they have the same workgroup name. I
even disconnected the router from the internet and then turned off the
Windows Firewall and the computers still couldn't see each other. What else
should I look at?

My end goal is file sharing and sharing a printer connected to the xp pro
machine. I had this configuration working previously, but after a reformat,
I can't get it working again.

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

I've got two computers I'm trying to network through a DI-624 router using
the wired connections. One runs xp pro and the other xp home. I've run
the network setup wizard on both PCs and they have the same workgroup
name. I even disconnected the router from the internet and then turned off
the Windows Firewall and the computers still couldn't see each other.
What else should I look at?

My end goal is file sharing and sharing a printer connected to the xp pro
machine. I had this configuration working previously, but after a
reformat, I can't get it working again.

Have you set File and Printer sharing on each computer?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I've got two computers I'm trying to network through a DI-624 router using
the wired connections. One runs xp pro and the other xp home. I've run the
network setup wizard on both PCs and they have the same workgroup name. I
even disconnected the router from the internet and then turned off the
Windows Firewall and the computers still couldn't see each other. What else
should I look at?

My end goal is file sharing and sharing a printer connected to the xp pro
machine. I had this configuration working previously, but after a reformat,
I can't get it working again.

On each WinXP PC, create local user account(s), with non-blank
password(s), that have the desired access privileges to the desired
shares. Log on to the other PCs using those account(s), and you will be
able to access the designated shares, provided your network is
configured properly. Also, make sure that WinXP's built-in firewall is
disabled on the internal LAN connection.

Usually, WinXP's Networking Wizard makes it simple and painless --
almost entirely automatic, in fact. There's a lot of useful,
easy-to-follow information in WinXP's Help & Support files, and here:

Home Networking
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/default.asp

Networking Information
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking.htm

PracticallyNetworked Home
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm



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[Sam P]

yes, file sharing is on on both computers. I'll try the faqs on the other
message tomorrow.