Hi All,

I am trying to set up a home network. All three machines use windows xp
home sr2. I have a 2wire dsl modem/router. The main computer is connected
through an ethernet card the other two are wireless. Here is what is going
on. The laptop can ping the hard wired desktop but, when I ping the laptop
it times out. None of the computers can see any of the computers in the
workgroup. I am a newbie at networking and can use all the help I can get.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

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Regards, Gary Metzler
Outta Sight Travel, Inc.
send to: gmtravel@bellsouth.net
http://www.outtasighttravel.com

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:30:45 -0500, "Gary Metzler" <gmtravel@bellsouth.net>
wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>I am trying to set up a home network. All three machines use windows xp
>home sr2. I have a 2wire dsl modem/router. The main computer is connected
>through an ethernet card the other two are wireless. Here is what is going
>on. The laptop can ping the hard wired desktop but, when I ping the laptop
>it times out. None of the computers can see any of the computers in the
>workgroup. I am a newbie at networking and can use all the help I can get.
>Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,

Gary,

Both the ping time out, and the lack of visibility, could be explained by a
misconfigured or overlooked firewall.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/your-personal-firewall-can-either-help.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...ther-help.html

Look for other possibilities too.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html

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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.

Hello,

Make sure all of the machines are part of the same workgroup, and that there
isn't a firewall and/or Internet Security suite installed blocking them.
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Ryan


"Gary Metzler" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to set up a home network. All three machines use windows xp
> home sr2. I have a 2wire dsl modem/router. The main computer is connected
> through an ethernet card the other two are wireless. Here is what is going
> on. The laptop can ping the hard wired desktop but, when I ping the laptop
> it times out. None of the computers can see any of the computers in the
> workgroup. I am a newbie at networking and can use all the help I can get.
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,
>
> --
>
> Regards, Gary Metzler
> Outta Sight Travel, Inc.
> send to: gmtravel@bellsouth.net
> http://www.outtasighttravel.com
>
>
>