Windows XP And Home Networking

20 Oct 2006 3:15 PM

Mark2006

My network has disintergrated!

I have one computer connected directly to a wireless router. I have three
other computers that connect wirelessly to the router.

Since I changed my isp provider I have had great difficulty getting my old
network working. Everyone connects to the internet but I cannot see shared
docs or printers on the other computers.

Perhaps it is my Zonealarm Pro.

I wondered if anyone had any suggestions. Also, I wondered whether it is
possible to delete any home networks completely and restart the process.
XP Home just has options to create small networks but not to delete them.

Any help would be appreciated.

20 Oct 2006 3:20 PM

***** charles

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"Mark2006" <Mark2***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My network has disintergrated!
>
> I have one computer connected directly to a wireless router. I have three
> other computers that connect wirelessly to the router.
>
> Since I changed my isp provider I have had great difficulty getting my old
> network working. Everyone connects to the internet but I cannot see
shared
> docs or printers on the other computers.
>
> Perhaps it is my Zonealarm Pro.
>
> I wondered if anyone had any suggestions. Also, I wondered whether it is
> possible to delete any home networks completely and restart the process.
> XP Home just has options to create small networks but not to delete them.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

Did your workgroup name change?

With ZAPro, just add IP addresses to the trusted list.

later....

20 Oct 2006 3:32 PM

Mark2006

Thank you for your suggestion. To answer the question, I did not change my
workgroup. Re: ZAP, forgive my ignorance but do I add the IP address
assigned by the router (and does that change periodically) or another IP
address.
Thank you again! Mark

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"***** charles" wrote:

>
> "Mark2006" <Mark2***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C8481034-5170-4DC9-9AE2-E8B12764FF4F@microsoft.com...
> > My network has disintergrated!
> >
> > I have one computer connected directly to a wireless router. I have three
> > other computers that connect wirelessly to the router.
> >
> > Since I changed my isp provider I have had great difficulty getting my old
> > network working. Everyone connects to the internet but I cannot see
> shared
> > docs or printers on the other computers.
> >
> > Perhaps it is my Zonealarm Pro.
> >
> > I wondered if anyone had any suggestions. Also, I wondered whether it is
> > possible to delete any home networks completely and restart the process.
> > XP Home just has options to create small networks but not to delete them.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Did your workgroup name change?
>
> With ZAPro, just add IP addresses to the trusted list.
>
> later....
>
>
>

20 Oct 2006 6:09 PM

***** charles

"Mark2006" <Mark2***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C6C95F7C-A575-4B88-8DEB-C1EB3883139D@microsoft.com...
> Thank you for your suggestion. To answer the question, I did not change
my
> workgroup. Re: ZAP, forgive my ignorance but do I add the IP address
> assigned by the router (and does that change periodically) or another IP
> address.
> Thank you again! Mark

With that small a number of computers I wouldn't use dhcp I would
preset the ip addresses of all the computers envolved. Then in ZAP
you could "trust" the ip addresses of each computer you wanted "in".

later....

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> "***** charles" wrote:
>
> >
> > "Mark2006" <Mark2***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C8481034-5170-4DC9-9AE2-E8B12764FF4F@microsoft.com...
> > > My network has disintergrated!
> > >
> > > I have one computer connected directly to a wireless router. I have
three
> > > other computers that connect wirelessly to the router.
> > >
> > > Since I changed my isp provider I have had great difficulty getting my
old
> > > network working. Everyone connects to the internet but I cannot see
> > shared
> > > docs or printers on the other computers.
> > >
> > > Perhaps it is my Zonealarm Pro.
> > >
> > > I wondered if anyone had any suggestions. Also, I wondered whether it
is
> > > possible to delete any home networks completely and restart the
process.
> > > XP Home just has options to create small networks but not to delete
them.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > Did your workgroup name change?
> >
> > With ZAPro, just add IP addresses to the trusted list.
> >
> > later....
> >
> >
> >