Cannot Connect to printer in other room

I have a wireless network and it wont connect or find the other printer yet i
have all of the drivers installed and i have disabled norton security center
but it still doesn't work!

HELP ME!

Taylor Owens wrote:

> I have a wireless network and it wont connect or find the other
> printer yet i have all of the drivers installed and i have disabled
> norton security center but it still doesn't work!
>
> HELP ME!

This is not enough information to get focused help. Is the printer
connected to another computer or directly to the network? The Norton
Security Center is only an alerter - you need to configure the Norton
*firewall*. What operating systems (versions, Service Pack levels) are
involved? What exactly does "it won't connect" mean? Are your wireless
computers able to get to the Internet? Are you getting any error
messages? If so, quote the text. Here is a link that will show you what
kind of information you should include in your next post:

http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

In the meantime, here are some links with basic wireless and networking
information:

http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm - Small Network Troubleshooter by Hans-Georg
Michna
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ilesharing.htm (Home)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm
(Pro)
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/myths.htm

http://www.ezlan.net/index.html
http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

The printer is connected to another computer. I don’t know exactly how to
configure the Norton Firewall. I am running Windows XP on both systems and
have Service Pack 2 on both computers. I am running Network Magic (a
networking program) and it recognizes it. My computer just won’t find the
other printer hooked up to the network. Error message says that Norton needs
to be configured but I don’t know how to. Then it says I have to have Network
Magic on both computers which I do.

"Malke" wrote:

> Taylor Owens wrote:
>
> > I have a wireless network and it wont connect or find the other
> > printer yet i have all of the drivers installed and i have disabled
> > norton security center but it still doesn't work!
> >
> > HELP ME!
>
> This is not enough information to get focused help. Is the printer
> connected to another computer or directly to the network? The Norton
> Security Center is only an alerter - you need to configure the Norton
> *firewall*. What operating systems (versions, Service Pack levels) are
> involved? What exactly does "it won't connect" mean? Are your wireless
> computers able to get to the Internet? Are you getting any error
> messages? If so, quote the text. Here is a link that will show you what
> kind of information you should include in your next post:
>
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
> In the meantime, here are some links with basic wireless and networking
> information:
>
> http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm - Small Network Troubleshooter by Hans-Georg
> Michna
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ilesharing.htm (Home)
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm
> (Pro)
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
> http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/myths.htm
>
> http://www.ezlan.net/index.html
> http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

The printer is connected to another computer. I don’t know exactly how to
configure the Norton Firewall. I am running Windows XP on both systems and
have Service Pack 2 on both computers. I am running Network Magic (a
networking program) and it recognizes it. My computer just won’t find the
other printer hooked up to the network. Error message says that Norton needs
to be configured but I don’t know how to. Then it says I have to have Network
Magic on both computers which I do.
An error message I get:
{\\Computername is not accessible. You might not have permission to use
this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out
if you have access permissions.

The network path was not found.}


"Malke" wrote:

> Taylor Owens wrote:
>
> > I have a wireless network and it wont connect or find the other
> > printer yet i have all of the drivers installed and i have disabled
> > norton security center but it still doesn't work!
> >
> > HELP ME!
>
> This is not enough information to get focused help. Is the printer
> connected to another computer or directly to the network? The Norton
> Security Center is only an alerter - you need to configure the Norton
> *firewall*. What operating systems (versions, Service Pack levels) are
> involved? What exactly does "it won't connect" mean? Are your wireless
> computers able to get to the Internet? Are you getting any error
> messages? If so, quote the text. Here is a link that will show you what
> kind of information you should include in your next post:
>
> http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
> In the meantime, here are some links with basic wireless and networking
> information:
>
> http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm - Small Network Troubleshooter by Hans-Georg
> Michna
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ilesharing.htm (Home)
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm
> (Pro)
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
> http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/myths.htm
>
> http://www.ezlan.net/index.html
> http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

Taylor Owens wrote:

> The printer is connected to another computer. I don’t know exactly how
> to configure the Norton Firewall. I am running Windows XP on both
> systems and have Service Pack 2 on both computers. I am running
> Network Magic (a networking program) and it recognizes it. My computer
> just won’t find the other printer hooked up to the network. Error
> message says that Norton needs to be configured but I don’t know how
> to. Then it says I have to have Network Magic on both computers which
> I do.

OK, I can't help you with anything to do with the third-party Network
Magic program. I don't know it and I don't use it. I also don't use
Norton products, but I'm sure there is a Help file. It sounds like you
have misconfigured the firewall(s). I would just disable or uninstall
Network Magic and use Windows to configure your network as follows:

Run the Network Setup Wizard on both computers, making sure to enable
File & Printer Sharing, and reboot. The only "gotcha" is that this will
turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall. If you aren't running a third-party
firewall or have an antivirus with "Internet Worm Protection" (like
Norton 2005/06) which acts as a firewall, then you're fine. If you have
third-party firewall software, configure it to allow the Local Area
Network traffic as trusted. I usually do this with my firewalls with an
IP range. Ex. would be 192.168.1.0-192.168.1.254. Obviously you would
substitute your correct subnet.

Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
Shared Documents folder.

If that doesn't work for you, here is an excellent network
troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. Take the time to go through it
and it will usually pinpoint the problem area(s) -
http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User