Re: Printer sharing with MS network

Neal wrote:
Lem,

I checked Norton on both computers and on the computer with the printer attached it appeared that Norton had been automatically configured to trust the network. On the other computer I had to manually trust the network. After I did that when I used the add printer wizard it found the network but not the printer. I had to manually put in the printer address and then it worked just fine. Thanks for the help.

Neal

"Lem" wrote:

Neal wrote:
Lem,

One computer has XP Home and the other (the one with the printer) has XP Pro.
I have Norton Internet Security 2008 for a firewall and antivirus.
I have not tried file sharing but will check it out and respond.

Neal

"Lem" wrote:

Neal wrote:
I have two desktops connected through a Linksys router (wired).
I have run the network setup wizard on both computers with no error messages.
The printer (Epson Stylus 860) is connected to one computer(A) by a USB cable.
I went through the process on the computer the printer is connected to to allow this printer to be shared. I believe this worked ok as well since there were no error messages and it was assigned Printer2 as the share name.
Then I went to the second computer and attempted to add the printer.
When the wizard browses for the printer it shows microsoft network in the window but no printers.
I have tried typing in the printer share name and the computer name (for the computer to which the printer is connected) along with the printer share name with no luck.
I have run out of ideas.

Neal
Do you have any firewalls other than Windows Firewall installed, including Norton Antivirus? If you are not absolutely positive that you have no other firewalls, open Task Manager and review all of the running processes (not "applications") to make sure.

Can you share any files between the 2 computers? Do you have XP Home or Pro or MCE (on each computer)?
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When you ran the Network Setup Wizard, it turned on Windows Firewall and configured it to allow file and printer sharing. Unfortunately, Norton Firewall has not been configured. You should disable either the Norton firewall or the Windows firewall. See http://tinyurl.com/2o26l2

If you elect to keep Norton Firewall, you need to configure it to allow your Local Area Network traffic as trusted. The usual way to do this is to allow a range of IP addresses. For example, 192.168.1.1 through 192.168.1.254. Your settings will vary depending on how you have configured the DHCP server in the router (the foregoing numbers are Linksys defaults). See http://tinyurl.com/2j7dc4

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Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm


Glad you got it working/

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Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
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