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topdawg66
01-24-2004, 03:06 PM
Help!
I just hooked up a netgear wireless router.
i can connect to the internet from both my laptop and pc

but i cant seem to get file sharing to work
what am i doing wrong?

the laptop cannot see the pc
the pc can see the laptop in the workgroup but can see or access folders

both say(network name) is not accessable see admin for rights

both run xp home, i ran the network setup on both

what should i be checking?

ktkendall
01-24-2004, 03:54 PM
Need to check that file and printer sharing is enabled, and that at least 1 folder or drive is actually enabled as a shared drive or folder on 1 of the PC's, and be sure the workgroup names match exactly, and you may need to turn of XP firewall, found by right clicking the local area connection and then properties. I would say other than those things you should be set up properly as far as IP addresing since you can share the internet connection thru the router....

topdawg66
01-25-2004, 01:43 PM
file and print sharing is enabled.
as far as i can tell ics is enabled my home pc doesnt have the option to select ics
both have the same workgroup

what else can i do?

ktkendall
01-25-2004, 06:53 PM
OK, you don't need ICS enabled with the router in place, so I don't know for sure if that could be causing problems and do you actually have a folder or drive on one of the PC's with sharing enabled???

glc
01-26-2004, 09:31 AM
Turn off the XP firewalls.