Re: Unable to create home network

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Malke gave some great advice and I concur that most likely a host or
software firewall is the issue on the laptop. Make sure that the built in
Windows Firewall has the exception for file and print sharing enabled and
any internet protection/antivirus program also trusts the local network.
Since you are behind a router try to disable any host or software firewall
even if just temporarily with the understanding that if you do that you
still may not see the laptop from the desktop right away but you should be
able to access it by it's IP address as shown when run ipconfig in the
command window on the laptop [enter cmd in run box if unsure of how to acess
command prompt]. Once you find that, on the desktop first verify you can
ping the laptop by entering the command ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx [where
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP of the laptop] and get a reply. Once that is
confirmed in the run box of the desktop enter \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx [where
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP of the laptop] and you should then see any shares
on the laptop and be able to access them assuming you have proper
permissions to them. See below for examples of the commands I mentioned

Steve

D:\WINDOWS\system32>ipconfig

Windows IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : umbach3.com
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.201
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1



D:\WINDOWS\system32>ping 192.168.1.1

Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 4ms, Maximum = 8ms, Average = 5ms



"wjvonde" <wjvonde.157f827@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:wjvonde.157f827@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have to XP pc's - a desktop and a laptop.

They are connected with a simple 4-port router. The router is
cable-connected to the Internet.

Both the desktop and laptop connect OK to the Internet. The desktop is
accessible from the laptop in My Network Places. I can edit and save
desktop files from the laptop.

No matter what I try, the laptop is NOT accessible from the desktop.
The workgroup name and computer names look OK.

What am I doing wrong on the desktop in setting up the network?

Thanx.

wjvonde




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wjvonde


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