Re: Ip address not recognized

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Make sure that your systems are in the same workgroup.


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Regards,

Jerry M. Gartner
"mschie" <mschie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:875257C9-E40C-4D18-B2BA-0AC1AB257D8E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm new to networking. I just purchased a laptop and would like to network
> my
> desktop with my laptop. My desktop is connected to a dsl router with
> wireless
> capabilities and my laptop connects to the internet via this router by a
> wireless card. I have tried running the network wizard, just connecting to
> each computer via the run feature in windows and typing in the address and
> I
> have also ping the IP addresses as well. When I run the wizard I get a
> error
> message occassionally about the spool app. and I do not see the network
> list
> in my networks. (I have service pack 1 on both computers and I'm running
> Windows xp) When I ping the addresses I get "timed out". Any suggestions?
> When I did ping the addresses it did recognize the router so it is
> connecting
> with it. I am able to connect to the internet on both computers. I would
> appreciate any help.
>
> Thanks.


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