Hope you can help and sure someone will.

I have got a PC running XP Home ed and a Laptop running XP media ed on
a Netgear wireless router and ASDL. I want to get them to talk to each
other and share resources bujt can not get anywhere I have tried adding
them to a workgroup but they just can't see each other.

What should I do step by step if poss please

Thanks

Clippos wrote:

> Hope you can help and sure someone will.
>
> I have got a PC running XP Home ed and a Laptop running XP media ed on
> a Netgear wireless router and ASDL. I want to get them to talk to each
> other and share resources bujt can not get anywhere I have tried
> adding them to a workgroup but they just can't see each other.
>
> What should I do step by step if poss please
>
> Thanks

Windows machines do not need to be in the same Workgroup to share files,
etc. The most common cause of difficulties is a misconfigured firewall.
Only run one firewall on a computer and make sure you've allowed lan
traffic as trusted.

Usually just running the Network Setup Wizard on both XP machines is
enough.

http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/myths.htm
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/howto/
http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm - Small Network Troubleshooter by Hans-Georg
Michna

Malke
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On 14 Dec 2005 08:17:24 -0800, "Clippos" <*email_address_deleted*> wrote:

>Hope you can help and sure someone will.
>
>I have got a PC running XP Home ed and a Laptop running XP media ed on
>a Netgear wireless router and ASDL. I want to get them to talk to each
>other and share resources bujt can not get anywhere I have tried adding
>them to a workgroup but they just can't see each other.
>
>What should I do step by step if poss please
>
>Thanks

This is usually a misconfigured or overlooked personal firewall, but there are
other possibilities.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/10/irregularities-in-workgroup-visibility.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/1...isibility.html

If no help, provide "browstat status" and "ipconfig /all" from each computer, as
a start. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow instructions
precisely:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/0...#AskingForHelp

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