Laptop will not connect to workgroup

6 Apr 2005 3:13 AM

Nic

I have set up a small network at home using one wired computerto a Hub, and
one with a wireless connection. They work fine. Now I bought a lapttop and
I can't get connected to the other machines. From the two other machines, I
can see the laptop, but I cant access it. From the laptop I can't even see
thr laptop itself? " I mean see, as when one goes into My network Places,
one can see the icon of the computer one is working on" I've run the wizard
a couple of times, but it just doesn't work. I've had this same problem with
another laptop, but I can't remember what I did to fix the problem. All
three machines are using Windoes XP Home with SP 2 installed.

Thanks,
Nic

6 Apr 2005 5:30 AM

Jack (MVP)

Hi
I am not sure how your Network is connected (Wireless Source? How the Internet gets
in?).
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking)

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"Nic" <N**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C276F827-EE7E-43F8-B3D7-7BD545B6D454@microsoft.com...
> I have set up a small network at home using one wired computerto a Hub, and
> one with a wireless connection. They work fine. Now I bought a lapttop and
> I can't get connected to the other machines. From the two other machines, I
> can see the laptop, but I cant access it. From the laptop I can't even see
> thr laptop itself? " I mean see, as when one goes into My network Places,
> one can see the icon of the computer one is working on" I've run the wizard
> a couple of times, but it just doesn't work. I've had this same problem with
> another laptop, but I can't remember what I did to fix the problem. All
> three machines are using Windoes XP Home with SP 2 installed.
>
> Thanks,
> Nic

6 Apr 2005 1:17 PM

Nic

Jack,
I have a router which is connected to the internet, and all three machines
access the internet perfectly. To get a more detailed explanation of my
problem, I just saw that a person posted Help!!! can't get 2 pc'2 wireless on
the discussion, right over mine. He has exactly the same problem I have.

Thanks for your time and efforts,
Nic
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"Jack (MVP)" wrote:

> Hi
> I am not sure how your Network is connected (Wireless Source? How the Internet gets
> in?).
> May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
> Jack (MVP-Networking)
>
> "Nic" <N**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C276F827-EE7E-43F8-B3D7-7BD545B6D454@microsoft.com...
> > I have set up a small network at home using one wired computerto a Hub, and
> > one with a wireless connection. They work fine. Now I bought a lapttop and
> > I can't get connected to the other machines. From the two other machines, I
> > can see the laptop, but I cant access it. From the laptop I can't even see
> > thr laptop itself? " I mean see, as when one goes into My network Places,
> > one can see the icon of the computer one is working on" I've run the wizard
> > a couple of times, but it just doesn't work. I've had this same problem with
> > another laptop, but I can't remember what I did to fix the problem. All
> > three machines are using Windoes XP Home with SP 2 installed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Nic
>
>
>

6 Apr 2005 1:52 PM

Luap

Nic wrote:

> I have set up a small network at home using one wired computerto a Hub, and
> one with a wireless connection. They work fine. Now I bought a lapttop and
> I can't get connected to the other machines. From the two other machines, I
> can see the laptop, but I cant access it. From the laptop I can't even see
> thr laptop itself? " I mean see, as when one goes into My network Places,
> one can see the icon of the computer one is working on" I've run the wizard
> a couple of times, but it just doesn't work. I've had this same problem with
> another laptop, but I can't remember what I did to fix the problem. All
> three machines are using Windoes XP Home with SP 2 installed.
>
> Thanks,
> Nic

Windows is deperate as a networking OS, really, really bad. I had
terrible problems with my wired network (had to assign my own IP's etc.)
and in the end used third party software (Netproxy) to solve the
problem. It took minutes to setup and worked first time.
Lua