Network only sees computer one way

I have set up a network in my home that consists of a D-Link router and three
computers, two PCs and a laptop. One PC is wired to the router, the other has
a usb wireless adapter and the laptop has built in wireless card. all three
computers access the internet with no problem, however for file sharing, the
laptop can see both PCs and transfer files and access shared folders, the PCs
can see each other but neither can see the laptop or access its files in the
shred folders. Have run the set up wizard 5 times, disabled the firewalls and
run it again, nothing seems to work.

Help!

I have essentially the same issue. I have just set up a NetGear wireless
router WGT624. My desktop computer is using a wired network connection to the
router, while my laptop is wireless. Both can access the internet (DSL) and
the desktop can access shared files on the laptop. But the laptop can't
access any files on the desktop and doesn't recognize the desktop in "my
network" places.
--
Mark


"Dan Witherell" wrote:

> I have set up a network in my home that consists of a D-Link router and three
> computers, two PCs and a laptop. One PC is wired to the router, the other has
> a usb wireless adapter and the laptop has built in wireless card. all three
> computers access the internet with no problem, however for file sharing, the
> laptop can see both PCs and transfer files and access shared folders, the PCs
> can see each other but neither can see the laptop or access its files in the
> shred folders. Have run the set up wizard 5 times, disabled the firewalls and
> run it again, nothing seems to work.
>
> Help!

1st, make sure you have file and printer sharing enabled on all computers.
(network properties) 2nd, make sure your network name is the same on all
computers and that the computer names are different on each. (my computer
properties) 3rd, if you're using WinXP pro, make sure you have simple file
sharing set, it's easier. (sharing properties, right click the shared drive)

"Dan Witherell" <Dan (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:08819770-CCF9-4569-BEF3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have set up a network in my home that consists of a D-Link router and
>three
> computers, two PCs and a laptop. One PC is wired to the router, the other
> has
> a usb wireless adapter and the laptop has built in wireless card. all
> three
> computers access the internet with no problem, however for file sharing,
> the
> laptop can see both PCs and transfer files and access shared folders, the
> PCs
> can see each other but neither can see the laptop or access its files in
> the
> shred folders. Have run the set up wizard 5 times, disabled the firewalls
> and
> run it again, nothing seems to work.
>
> Help!

Thanks, Carol, I have done all that, wish it was that easy. I am running XP
Home if that makes a difference.

"Carol" wrote:

> 1st, make sure you have file and printer sharing enabled on all computers.
> (network properties) 2nd, make sure your network name is the same on all
> computers and that the computer names are different on each. (my computer
> properties) 3rd, if you're using WinXP pro, make sure you have simple file
> sharing set, it's easier. (sharing properties, right click the shared drive)
>
> "Dan Witherell" <Dan (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:08819770-CCF9-4569-BEF3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I have set up a network in my home that consists of a D-Link router and
> >three
> > computers, two PCs and a laptop. One PC is wired to the router, the other
> > has
> > a usb wireless adapter and the laptop has built in wireless card. all
> > three
> > computers access the internet with no problem, however for file sharing,
> > the
> > laptop can see both PCs and transfer files and access shared folders, the
> > PCs
> > can see each other but neither can see the laptop or access its files in
> > the
> > shred folders. Have run the set up wizard 5 times, disabled the firewalls
> > and
> > run it again, nothing seems to work.
> >
> > Help!
>
>
>

I have a very similar issue with 3 machine a, b, c. a & b is running xp home,
and c is running xp pro. a & c can share files, but b will not allow any
machine access. I can't ping machine b either. I have turned of all
firewalls that I can identify and still can not get to b. What makes this so
frustrating is that early in the process of setting up these machines, I was
able to access b.

"Dan Witherell" wrote:

> Thanks, Carol, I have done all that, wish it was that easy. I am running XP
> Home if that makes a difference.
>
> "Carol" wrote:
>
> > 1st, make sure you have file and printer sharing enabled on all computers.
> > (network properties) 2nd, make sure your network name is the same on all
> > computers and that the computer names are different on each. (my computer
> > properties) 3rd, if you're using WinXP pro, make sure you have simple file
> > sharing set, it's easier. (sharing properties, right click the shared drive)
> >
> > "Dan Witherell" <Dan (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:08819770-CCF9-4569-BEF3-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >I have set up a network in my home that consists of a D-Link router and
> > >three
> > > computers, two PCs and a laptop. One PC is wired to the router, the other
> > > has
> > > a usb wireless adapter and the laptop has built in wireless card. all
> > > three
> > > computers access the internet with no problem, however for file sharing,
> > > the
> > > laptop can see both PCs and transfer files and access shared folders, the
> > > PCs
> > > can see each other but neither can see the laptop or access its files in
> > > the
> > > shred folders. Have run the set up wizard 5 times, disabled the firewalls
> > > and
> > > run it again, nothing seems to work.
> > >
> > > Help!
> >
> >
> >

I found something that works. Don't know if this will help others, but might
be worth a try.

Using the computer that CAN'T access the shared files (a laptop in my case):
I Clicked on the Start Menu, Clicked on "Run" then typed
\\NameofComputer\SharedDocs
with Name of Computer being the name I gave the computer I wanted to access.
And, SharedDocs was the shared documents folder that I wanted to access.

(Finding the correct name of the computer was tricky -- Go to explorer and
right click the "my computer" icon to go to "properties" under properties
you'll get a "System Properties" dialog box. Click the tab that says
"Computer Name" you want the FULL COMPUTER NAME not the COMPUTER DESCRIPTION!)

After I typed in the address, I hit okay, the hourglass icon came up and
then "presto!" my desktop shared documents files suddenly appeared on my
notebook. And, I could access them!

Once I was confident it worked, I was able to use the "add a network place"
wizard to add an icon to my local network list under My Network Places by
manually typing in the same address \\nameofcomputer\shareddocs

After that, I added printers by using the address \\nameofcomputer\printer1
(or two or three, depending on what printer I was adding) To find out what
your printer is called, go to your printers and faxes section of Control
Panel, open your printers and right click on the printer you want to share.
click on properties and then pick the "sharing" tab. Enable sharing that
printer and write down the name shown (it will likely be different from the
name you use -- mine was printer3) Once you know its name and address you can
use the add printers wizard to add it to your other computer.

Not very pretty, but it worked and I am now networked, wirelessly with the
ability to access files and print documents from my laptop.

Mark


"Dan Witherell" wrote:

> I have set up a network in my home that consists of a D-Link router and three
> computers, two PCs and a laptop. One PC is wired to the router, the other has
> a usb wireless adapter and the laptop has built in wireless card. all three
> computers access the internet with no problem, however for file sharing, the
> laptop can see both PCs and transfer files and access shared folders, the PCs
> can see each other but neither can see the laptop or access its files in the
> shred folders. Have run the set up wizard 5 times, disabled the firewalls and
> run it again, nothing seems to work.
>
> Help!

Turning off firewalls is insufficient. Go to the firewall settings of the
PC & specifically allow the entire range of IP addresses 192.168.0.0 up to
192.168.0.255.



"quartus" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E94F8ACA-4AD9-4703-A27D-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have a very similar issue with 3 machine a, b, c. a & b is running xp
>home,
> and c is running xp pro. a & c can share files, but b will not allow any
> machine access. I can't ping machine b either. I have turned of all
> firewalls that I can identify and still can not get to b. What makes this
> so
> frustrating is that early in the process of setting up these machines, I
> was
> able to access b.
>
> "Dan Witherell" wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Carol, I have done all that, wish it was that easy. I am running
>> XP
>> Home if that makes a difference.
>>
>> "Carol" wrote:
>>
>> > 1st, make sure you have file and printer sharing enabled on all
>> > computers.
>> > (network properties) 2nd, make sure your network name is the same on
>> > all
>> > computers and that the computer names are different on each. (my
>> > computer
>> > properties) 3rd, if you're using WinXP pro, make sure you have simple
>> > file
>> > sharing set, it's easier. (sharing properties, right click the shared
>> > drive)
>> >
>> > "Dan Witherell" <Dan (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
>> > message
>> > news:08819770-CCF9-4569-BEF3-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > >I have set up a network in my home that consists of a D-Link router
>> > >and
>> > >three
>> > > computers, two PCs and a laptop. One PC is wired to the router, the
>> > > other
>> > > has
>> > > a usb wireless adapter and the laptop has built in wireless card. all
>> > > three
>> > > computers access the internet with no problem, however for file
>> > > sharing,
>> > > the
>> > > laptop can see both PCs and transfer files and access shared folders,
>> > > the
>> > > PCs
>> > > can see each other but neither can see the laptop or access its files
>> > > in
>> > > the
>> > > shred folders. Have run the set up wizard 5 times, disabled the
>> > > firewalls
>> > > and
>> > > run it again, nothing seems to work.
>> > >
>> > > Help!
>> >
>> >
>> >