Re: Peer to peer setup problem

From: Geoff Aukett (spam)_at_f14help.com)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:40:34 +0100

Hi Peter,

The setup is >
- one Desktop running Xp Home - cable connection to router
- one Laptop running Xp Pro - wireless connection to router
- one Router - cabel connection to modem
- one shared printer connected to the desktop

I can ping the laptop from desktop and vice versa, the router is acticng as
a DHCP server, I have shared drives on both machines but the laptop shows up
under microsoft windows network node when you expand windows explorer but
the desktop does not. When I try the same thing from the desktop mshome
shows up as the network name but when I click on it it says not accesible?

Thanks

Geoff.

"Peter Mønnike" <PeterMnnike@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:18615D92-17C7-4136-9D45-0C2964F9B206@microsoft.com...
> Hi Geoff,
> Just to get things straight, your setup is consisting of the following:
> - one Desktop running Xp Home - cable connection to router
> - one Laptop running Xp Pro - wireless connection to router
> - one Router - cabel connection to modem
> - one network printer - cable connection to router
>
> If this is the case you should look into the configuration of LAN IP
> adresses - eg. static or DHCP. Check the DHCP table on the router (if you
> use
> DHCP) and see that all devices are listed. Try to ping the devices (use
> the
> PING command from command promt)
>
> If your printer is not at network printer eg. a printer with ethernet port
> and printserver internally - but a printer connected to the Desktop
> computer,
> there are some other issues to look into. First of all, I imagine that the
> problem is that your wireless laptop cannot connect to the shared printer
> on
> the Desktop computer and print. So you need to check if the to computers
> can
> "see" each other in the first place. Again you can use the PING command to
> see if there is connection. Ping the Desktop from the laptop (if you don't
> know how to use the ping command, type ping ? in command promt). If you
> don't
> get a reply on the ping's there is most likely an issue with the firewall
> settings on the to computers.
>
> Tell me what you found...
>
> Cheers,
> peter
>
> First of
>
> "Geoff Aukett" wrote:
>
>> Sorry I forgot to say XP Pro on the laptop and XP Home on the desktop.
>>
>> Thanks Geoff.
>>
>> "Geoff Aukett" <Geoff(no spam)@f14help.com> wrote in message
>> news:OL1dYX1sEHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I have recently purchased a Belkin Wirless Router and connected it to
>> > my
>> > Cable Modem. I have connected my desktop machine to the router with std
>> > cat5 cable and have a belkin wireless card in my laptop. Both the
>> > desktop
>> > and the laptop have Internet Access no problem but they cant see any of
>> > the shared resourses on the network, the printer for example.
>> >
>> > I have used the network setup wizard and all the settings apear to be
>> > correct. It just does not work. Any help would be appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Geoff.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

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