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Almost got it - just a little wireless help please
Hello: I have a router connected to the internet and by ethernet cable to my
desktop computer. I have a pcmcia wireless network card in my laptop that will connect to the internet via the router (it's wireless capable) and it will share the printer connected to the desktop. However I can't see any of the shared folders on one computer from the other. The laptop can ping the desktop but the desktop gets no response from the laptop if I ping it from there. Both comps will ping themselves of course. Can someone tell me where I'm causing the block, please? thanx a 1,000,000 brian |
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Almost got it - just a little wireless help please
Got a firewall on either PC? If so, remove or disable it.
-- Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * My website, such as it is ... http://rgharper.mvps.org/ * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "brian" wrote in message ... Hello: I have a router connected to the internet and by ethernet cable to my desktop computer. I have a pcmcia wireless network card in my laptop that will connect to the internet via the router (it's wireless capable) and it will share the printer connected to the desktop. However I can't see any of the shared folders on one computer from the other. The laptop can ping the desktop but the desktop gets no response from the laptop if I ping it from there. Both comps will ping themselves of course. Can someone tell me where I'm causing the block, please? thanx a 1,000,000 brian |
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Almost got it - just a little wireless help please
brian wrote:
Hello: I have a router connected to the internet and by ethernet cable to my desktop computer. I have a pcmcia wireless network card in my laptop that will connect to the internet via the router (it's wireless capable) and it will share the printer connected to the desktop. However I can't see any of the shared folders on one computer from the other. The laptop can ping the desktop but the desktop gets no response from the laptop if I ping it from there. Both comps will ping themselves of course. Can someone tell me where I'm causing the block, please? thanx a 1,000,000 brian What version of XP are you running on both computers? Here are some things to check: 1. XP Home uses simple sharing only. If one of your machines is XP Pro, make sure simple sharing is not disabled. 2. For ease of use, make sure both computers are in the same Workgroup and you've created identical user accounts/passwords on both machines. 3. Make sure you've shared out desired resources and permissions are set correctly. 4. If you have SP1 and are using the ICS firewall, make sure the firewall is only on the connection to the Internet and not to the lan. If you have SP2 and are using the Windows Firewall, add the lan to the exceptions as Trusted. If you have a third-party firewall on the computers, add the lan IP range as Trusted. 5. Both computers need unique machine names. Do not name your machines the same as a user account. IOW, if you have a user account "Brian", don't name either machine "Brian". You can also run through MVP Hans-Georg Michna's network troubleshooter to help narrow down the cause of the problem: http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm Malke -- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" |
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Thank you - both run xpPro, both firewalls disabled. I'm looking at that
link now Malke, will post back with results. b |
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Ok, done the questionnaire on that web site and I've re-enabled the firewall
(sp2 firewall) on both comps, and I can still see the desktop from the laptop but not vise-versa. I can ping desktop from laptop but not the other way around either (logical I suppose) I can also share the printer connected to the desktop's parallel port. The laptop is on the internet via a wireless pcmcia card (Belkin) through the router that's connected to the desktop's network card. Any more suggestions please? thanx b |
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brian wrote:
Ok, done the questionnaire on that web site and I've re-enabled the firewall (sp2 firewall) on both comps, and I can still see the desktop from the laptop but not vise-versa. I can ping desktop from laptop but not the other way around either (logical I suppose) I can also share the printer connected to the desktop's parallel port. The laptop is on the internet via a wireless pcmcia card (Belkin) through the router that's connected to the desktop's network card. Any more suggestions please? thanx b Let's go through this again: 1. Are both computers in the same Workgroup? 2. Did you make identical user accounts/passwords on both computers? 3. Did you share out anything on the desktop besides the printer? 4. Did you put the lan IP range as Trusted in firewalls' Exceptions? 5. Do you have any third-party software that could be acting as a firewall, such as Norton Internet Security? 6. Are these both XP Home machines? If so, you can't share the My Documents folder. Put something in the Shared Documents folder and see if it shows up. 7. I don't have any XP Home machines to test this with, but if you right-click on a share you made and look at the Sharing tab (assuming Home has one), are the permissions (Everyone full access) correct? Here are a few more links to help with networking: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ilesharing.htm (Home) http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm (Pro) http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot_index.htm http://www.practicallynetworked.com/howto/ Malke -- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" |
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Ok I'll try and be more helpful:
1. Yes - home 2. No, the desktop has the same user, brian, but no password. Laptop has user, and password. 3. Yes, I've got a couple of folders on both comps shared 4. Not sure what you mean - 'File and Printer Sharing' is checked there, don't know how to add 'IP range', or even what it is to be honest. 5. No 3rd party software. 6. Both are xpPro 7. See above. Thanks for the time - I'll check those links mean time. b |
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brian wrote:
See comments inline: Ok I'll try and be more helpful: 1. Yes - home 2. No, the desktop has the same user, brian, but no password. Laptop has user, and password. Make an identical account with password on the desktop to match that on the laptop. Do this from the User Accounts applet in Control Panel. 3. Yes, I've got a couple of folders on both comps shared 4. Not sure what you mean - 'File and Printer Sharing' is checked there, don't know how to add 'IP range', or even what it is to be honest. 5. No 3rd party software. You have to tell your firewall that the lan traffic is allowed. You're using the Windows Firewall, right? Go to its applet in Control Panel and open it. There will be a tab there for Exceptions. You have an subnet range for your lan, based on what your router is using. If you don't know it, do this on the desktop: StartRun and type (without quotes) "cmd" [enter] This will bring up the commandline box. Type: ipconfig /all [enter] This should show you the desktop's IP address, which will be something like 192.168.x.xxx (where "x" and "xxx" are some numbers specific to *your* network). Then, on the Exceptions tab there will be a place for you to add an exception of the IP range of your lan. I don't have a Windows Firewall running (I use third-party software on my Windows boxen) so I can't tell you exactly where it is, but it will be obvious or you can look in the Windows Firewall Help. The IP range to enter will be: 192.168.x.0-192.168.x.254 Obviously, you have to enter the numbers instead of "x" that match your very own network, which you will have seen using the ipconfig command. 6. Both are xpPro Make sure Simple Sharing is Off on both machines (or On). They need to match. Find the Simple Sharing box to tick or untick in the Folder Options applet in Control Panel. Now see where this gets you and post back if you need more help. Malke -- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" |
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Thanks again Malke. So now I have identical accounts on both computers, same
name & password. I also have Simple File Sharing enabled on both. The firewall is a bit iffy though. I went to Control Panel's applet, Exceptions tab, clicked on File and Printer Sharing and chose Edit; there are 4 services listed there, TCP139, YCP445, UDP137 and UDP138. I chose TCP139 and chose Change Scope. The radio button Custom list is where I put the ip address of the desktop. It won't let me put a list, the ok button won't do anything. When I try a list of ip addresses it just won't accept them. If I put just one in there it accepts it (I put the laptop's) but the desktop still can't ping it, so I took it out. So I'd appreciate some more ideas, please. |
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brian wrote:
Thanks again Malke. So now I have identical accounts on both computers, same name & password. I also have Simple File Sharing enabled on both. The firewall is a bit iffy though. I went to Control Panel's applet, Exceptions tab, clicked on File and Printer Sharing and chose Edit; there are 4 services listed there, TCP139, YCP445, UDP137 and UDP138. I chose TCP139 and chose Change Scope. The radio button Custom list is where I put the ip address of the desktop. It won't let me put a list, the ok button won't do anything. When I try a list of ip addresses it just won't accept them. If I put just one in there it accepts it (I put the laptop's) but the desktop still can't ping it, so I took it out. So I'd appreciate some more ideas, please. Since I don't have Windows Firewall running, I can't check for you, but I think you don't need to edit anything. Undo your editing changes and just enable File and Printer Sharing. Here are some links to help you with Windows Firewall (start with the first one): Manually Configuring Windows Firewall in Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...uy/cg0204.mspx Troubleshooting Windows Firewall in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 http://tinyurl.com/3tnkt Malke -- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" |
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I'm finding that this whole thing is taking too much of my time right now. I
can connect and transfer from and to the laptop - so that's the way I'm leaving it for now. I have disabled the xp firewall and I'm using Panda AntiVirus' one. I still can't ping the laptop from the desktop. Thanks for your help - I'll go back to studying this thing after a couple of weeks. You may see some more questions from me then! b |
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