Can not reach other computers connected to the wireless lan.

Hi

I have a WRT300N V2.0 that works like it should against the internet. I
have two computers connected by wireless to this router. They are
assigned ip-addresses 192.168.1.102 and 192.168.1.105. Both can reach
the internet.

What I would like is to be able to run remote desktop from one to the
other. The problem is i can not even ping one from the other. Both can
ping the router on 192.168.1.1 but i am not able to ping 192.168.1.102
from 192.168.1.105. It is almost as if when i run ping, it runs it on
the internet instead of the local network.

Both computers run Win XP SP2 with firewall turned OFF.

Any ideas to what I could be doing wrong?

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> Hi
>
> I have a WRT300N V2.0 that works like it should against the internet. I
> have two computers connected by wireless to this router. They are
> assigned ip-addresses 192.168.1.102 and 192.168.1.105. Both can reach
> the internet.
>
> What I would like is to be able to run remote desktop from one to the
> other. The problem is i can not even ping one from the other. Both can
> ping the router on 192.168.1.1 but i am not able to ping 192.168.1.102
> from 192.168.1.105. It is almost as if when i run ping, it runs it on
> the internet instead of the local network.
>
> Both computers run Win XP SP2 with firewall turned OFF.
>
> Any ideas to what I could be doing wrong?


any other Firewalls........Norton or Zone Alarm

No. The firewall that comes with XP is the only one present at both
computers. And that is turned OFF.

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> No. The firewall that comes with XP is the only one present at both
> computers. And that is turned OFF.
>

well when I was messing with Windoz firewall even with it off it prevented
certain accesses.

even though off, go into its settings and under the advanced tab, select
your network and tick a few boxes ref your requirements.

and you are running without any other firewall or antivirus.............on
your head be it.

dj

I have tried this as well, but still not able to ping the other
computer.

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>I have tried this as well, but still not able to ping the other
> computer.
>

do both comps share the same network name.............they should

dj

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> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>>I have tried this as well, but still not able to ping the other
>> computer.
>>
>
> do both comps share the same network name.............they should
>
> dj
>

that's workgroup name sorry...........

Both have the name WORKGROP set as workgroup.

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> Both have the name WORKGROP set as workgroup.
>

another setting

Start, Control Panel, Network and Internet Connections, Network Connections.

Right click your wireless network connection, select Properties.

Under the General tab highlight Internet Protocol TCP/IP then select
Properties.

Again under the General tab select Advanced.

under the Wins tab, select enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP............OK

There may be other methods of reaching these files if so use what you know.

do this for both comps.....

restart both comps and wait a few minutes then try pinging again

report back

dj

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<(E-Mail Removed) om>:

>I have a WRT300N V2.0 that works like it should against the internet. I
>have two computers connected by wireless to this router. They are
>assigned ip-addresses 192.168.1.102 and 192.168.1.105. Both can reach
>the internet.
>
>What I would like is to be able to run remote desktop from one to the
>other. The problem is i can not even ping one from the other. Both can
>ping the router on 192.168.1.1 but i am not able to ping 192.168.1.102
>from 192.168.1.105. It is almost as if when i run ping, it runs it on
>the internet instead of the local network.
>
>Both computers run Win XP SP2 with firewall turned OFF.
>
>Any ideas to what I could be doing wrong?

If there's a wireless isolation feature in the WRT300N, turn it off (if
possible).

Are you pinging the IP address, or the hostname? If the latter, try the
former.

Can you ping when the computers are wired to the WRT300N?

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