1 wireless laptop & 1 ethernet wired desktop connect to modem rout

From: Charles Robertson (CharlesRobertson_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/03/05 

Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 10:21:02 -0800

Problem:

I have a wireless connection from my laptop (Windows XP Pro SP2) to a
BTVOYAGER 2100 modem (ADSL 1MBPS) router & a desktop (Windows XP Pro SP2)
attached via wired ethernet to the same router; I get great internet
connections from both and I can print, using the printer connected to my
desktop, from my laptop, so I have managed to connect both the laptop and the
desktop, using a 1394 connection from my laptop.

A few days ago, I managed to see the desktop's shared file folder on the
laptop and vice versa, but now it has disappeared.

Basically, I did the following to set up my network:

1) Created a wireless network from my laptop, using WPA-PSK security
2) Created a home network on my desktop, using the Network Wizard; I named
the workgroup MSHOME.
3) I set the IP address for the laptop in the TCP/IP properties to
192.168.1.2 & 192.168.1.3 on my desktop; the mask was 255.255.255.0 on both
and the rest was 192.168.1.1
4) I made 'print & file sharing' exceptions in both my firewall programs;
turned print sharing on in the printer properties.

I have perfect internet connections on both machines and I can print on a
network, but I cannot see the shared folders or workgroups (MSHOME) on either
machine.

Can someone help...

Charlie

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