Home Networking problem

10 Dec 2006 8:14 PM

Marconius

I have recently added a second computer to my home and want to creat a
network. I have networked several computers before, but they've all had
'wired' connections. This time around, one of the computers connects through
the router wirelessly and I can't get the computers to network (although both
computers get the internet, so the router is working). I've tried running the
Network Setup Wizard on both computers. I temporarily disabled my Norton
security suite to see if that was the problem, it wasn't.

Is there some windows setting that I need to fiddle with or something?

Thanks in advance

10 Dec 2006 8:20 PM

Marconius

Also:
The wirelss computer runs XP Pro, while the wired computer runs XP Home...

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"Marconius" wrote:

> I have recently added a second computer to my home and want to creat a
> network. I have networked several computers before, but they've all had
> 'wired' connections. This time around, one of the computers connects through
> the router wirelessly and I can't get the computers to network (although both
> computers get the internet, so the router is working). I've tried running the
> Network Setup Wizard on both computers. I temporarily disabled my Norton
> security suite to see if that was the problem, it wasn't.
>
> Is there some windows setting that I need to fiddle with or something?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>

11 Dec 2006 12:09 AM

Steve Winograd [MVP]

In article <AAAF0752-B3C1-4A0E-8709-4E0273EB4***@microsoft.com>,
Marconius <Marcon***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I have recently added a second computer to my home and want to creat a
>network. I have networked several computers before, but they've all had
>'wired' connections. This time around, one of the computers connects through
>the router wirelessly and I can't get the computers to network (although both
>computers get the internet, so the router is working). I've tried running the
>Network Setup Wizard on both computers. I temporarily disabled my Norton
>security suite to see if that was the problem, it wasn't.
>
>Is there some windows setting that I need to fiddle with or something?
>
>Thanks in advance

What did you say when the Network Setup Wizard asked how the computer
connects to the Internet? With a home broadband router, the right
option is "through a residential gateway". Other options will block
file and printer sharing.

Can the computers ping each other by IP address? Can they ping each
other by computer name?

What exactly happens when you try to access one computer from the
other? If there's an error message, what does it say?

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