File and Printer sharing on wireless network

I have just set up a home wireless network with my desktop and laptop. Both
computers can access the high speed internet and will ping eachother but I
can't get any filr and printer sharing between them. I have tried disabling
the firewalls on both computers with no luck. The laptop uses the windows
firewall and the desktop used the Norton firewall. I have also configuerd
both firewalls to accept file and printer sharing. I have set the drives on
both computers for sharing but still no luck. The wireless router is a
Linksys G broad band router. Is there something I am forgetting or missing?

Cheers
John

Hi
It is not a matter of Wire or Wireless.
It is the Network Sharing that are not set well.
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).


"John Lyle" <John (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C86590DC-4AF5-4A37-9883-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have just set up a home wireless network with my desktop and laptop. Both
> computers can access the high speed internet and will ping eachother but I
> can't get any filr and printer sharing between them. I have tried disabling
> the firewalls on both computers with no luck. The laptop uses the windows
> firewall and the desktop used the Norton firewall. I have also configuerd
> both firewalls to accept file and printer sharing. I have set the drives on
> both computers for sharing but still no luck. The wireless router is a
> Linksys G broad band router. Is there something I am forgetting or missing?
>
> Cheers
> John

"John Lyle" wrote:

> I have just set up a home wireless network with my desktop and laptop. Both
> computers can access the high speed internet and will ping eachother but I
> can't get any filr and printer sharing between them. I have tried disabling
> the firewalls on both computers with no luck. The laptop uses the windows
> firewall and the desktop used the Norton firewall. I have also configuerd
> both firewalls to accept file and printer sharing. I have set the drives on
> both computers for sharing but still no luck. The wireless router is a
> Linksys G broad band router. Is there something I am forgetting or missing?
>
> Cheers
> John

Hi Jack
Thanks. your information helped, I got the network working. The problem was
the firewall configurations. The laptop Microsoft firewall is fine, I just
have to work on the Norton firewall on the desktop now. At least now when I
want to file and printershare all I have to do is disable the firewalls and
shut off the internet connection.

"Jack (MVP)" wrote:

> Hi
> It is not a matter of Wire or Wireless.
> It is the Network Sharing that are not set well.
> May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
>
> "John Lyle" <John (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:C86590DC-4AF5-4A37-9883-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have just set up a home wireless network with my desktop and laptop. Both
> > computers can access the high speed internet and will ping eachother but I
> > can't get any filr and printer sharing between them. I have tried disabling
> > the firewalls on both computers with no luck. The laptop uses the windows
> > firewall and the desktop used the Norton firewall. I have also configuerd
> > both firewalls to accept file and printer sharing. I have set the drives on
> > both computers for sharing but still no luck. The wireless router is a
> > Linksys G broad band router. Is there something I am forgetting or missing?
> >
> > Cheers
> > John
>
>
>