Adding a new wireless comp to network.

24 Dec 2005 1:12 AM

Gotekk

I have just recently bought a Dell Inspiron B130 and I am attempting to
incorporate it into my existing network between a my printer, and to other XP
machines both home edition. The laptop is also running home. I have ran
through the wizard multiple times I have even tried to change the name of the
network by starting from scratch. The funny thing is is when I change the
network name of my workgroup by running the wizard on one of my desktops to
MSHOME2 and I do the same to the laptop they still cant see one another
but...both my desktops and the printer can still see one another even though
the workgroup names are deiifrent. I can ping all of the machines with the
laptop and the lap top can see the router and it has internet access. Any
help wpuld be appreaciated.

24 Dec 2005 6:04 AM

Chuck

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 17:12:02 -0800, Gotekk <Got***@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I have just recently bought a Dell Inspiron B130 and I am attempting to
>incorporate it into my existing network between a my printer, and to other XP
>machines both home edition. The laptop is also running home. I have ran
>through the wizard multiple times I have even tried to change the name of the
>network by starting from scratch. The funny thing is is when I change the
>network name of my workgroup by running the wizard on one of my desktops to
>MSHOME2 and I do the same to the laptop they still cant see one another
>but...both my desktops and the printer can still see one another even though
>the workgroup names are deiifrent. I can ping all of the machines with the
>laptop and the lap top can see the router and it has internet access. Any
>help wpuld be appreaciated.

Lack of complete visibility in a workgroup can be caused by several problems,
but the most common is a misconfigured or overlooked personal firewall.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html

If no help there, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each
computer, and we can diagnose the problem. Read this article, and linked
articles, and follow instructions precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
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