Regonnizing Workgroup Computers

I am new to networking, so please bear with me. This is similar to the
thread that was started by shaoen01, but since it was fairly long I started
new. I have a Desktop and Laptop on a wireless network. The desk top has a
wireless adapter and the laptop has the wireless card that was provided when
I purchased the computer. I have used the "Setup a wireless network for a
home or small office" and the "Setup a home or small office network" wizards
numerous times. I have set both the desktop and laptop to share the C:\ on
both computers and I have set the desktop to share the printer. My problem
is that I cannot get the computers to recognize each other. On the desk top
when I go to view work group computers, I see both computers, but I cannot
access the laptop. On the laptop, I don’t see either computer and get a
message that says [workgroup name] not accessible and that I might not have
permission to use the network resource. I tried some of the things
suggested to shaoen01, like disabling the windows firewall, but I run McAfee
for protection

Any help? I am at my wits end!!

Hi
Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings,
http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what is allowed
to be shared. http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"kelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8D14EC29-F039-4521-A9F5-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I am new to networking, so please bear with me. This is similar to the
> thread that was started by shaoen01, but since it was fairly long I
> started
> new. I have a Desktop and Laptop on a wireless network. The desk top has
> a
> wireless adapter and the laptop has the wireless card that was provided
> when
> I purchased the computer. I have used the "Setup a wireless network for a
> home or small office" and the "Setup a home or small office network"
> wizards
> numerous times. I have set both the desktop and laptop to share the C:\
> on
> both computers and I have set the desktop to share the printer. My
> problem
> is that I cannot get the computers to recognize each other. On the desk
> top
> when I go to view work group computers, I see both computers, but I cannot
> access the laptop. On the laptop, I don't see either computer and get a
> message that says [workgroup name] not accessible and that I might not
> have
> permission to use the network resource. I tried some of the things
> suggested to shaoen01, like disabling the windows firewall, but I run
> McAfee
> for protection
>
> Any help? I am at my wits end!!
>

Thank you. I knew it would be simple. The McAfee Firewall was blocking it.
With a few adjustments, all seems to be good. The site that helped was
http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html.

Thanks,

kelly

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." wrote:

> Hi
> Successful Sharing involves some general consideration in Network settings,
> http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
> As well as specific adjustment of each computer according to what is allowed
> to be shared. http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;304040
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "kelly" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:8D14EC29-F039-4521-A9F5-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I am new to networking, so please bear with me. This is similar to the
> > thread that was started by shaoen01, but since it was fairly long I
> > started
> > new. I have a Desktop and Laptop on a wireless network. The desk top has
> > a
> > wireless adapter and the laptop has the wireless card that was provided
> > when
> > I purchased the computer. I have used the "Setup a wireless network for a
> > home or small office" and the "Setup a home or small office network"
> > wizards
> > numerous times. I have set both the desktop and laptop to share the C:\
> > on
> > both computers and I have set the desktop to share the printer. My
> > problem
> > is that I cannot get the computers to recognize each other. On the desk
> > top
> > when I go to view work group computers, I see both computers, but I cannot
> > access the laptop. On the laptop, I don't see either computer and get a
> > message that says [workgroup name] not accessible and that I might not
> > have
> > permission to use the network resource. I tried some of the things
> > suggested to shaoen01, like disabling the windows firewall, but I run
> > McAfee
> > for protection
> >
> > Any help? I am at my wits end!!
> >
>
>
>