win 98 home office...can't share a printer

i have 2 win 98 machines (and another win xp machine)
connected to an SMC router/firewall which connects us all
to an internet connection. we all have internet access
just fine. i want to share my printer with the other
computers and i've managed to turn on PRINT sharing (but
not file sharing), i've given resource level access to the
printer, and i've set my computer and one other to use
window family logon to login, but these computers STILL
cannot see each other. i have this funny feeling it's
because of the router or the dynamic IP addressing.
anybody have any suggestions?

i've looked at

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm


but nothing seems to apply to my case there. anybody have
an idea?


j adams

If you reset your network using Step #1 at the web site you listed, I think
you'll find your problems behind you.

Carey

"j adams" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6adf01c3e6f4$2783e5b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> i have 2 win 98 machines (and another win xp machine)
> connected to an SMC router/firewall which connects us all
> to an internet connection. we all have internet access
> just fine. i want to share my printer with the other
> computers and i've managed to turn on PRINT sharing (but
> not file sharing), i've given resource level access to the
> printer, and i've set my computer and one other to use
> window family logon to login, but these computers STILL
> cannot see each other. i have this funny feeling it's
> because of the router or the dynamic IP addressing.
> anybody have any suggestions?
>
> i've looked at
>
> www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
>
>
> but nothing seems to apply to my case there. anybody have
> an idea?

In article <6adf01c3e6f4$2783e5b0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "j adams"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>i have 2 win 98 machines (and another win xp machine)
>connected to an SMC router/firewall which connects us all
>to an internet connection. we all have internet access
>just fine. i want to share my printer with the other
>computers and i've managed to turn on PRINT sharing (but
>not file sharing), i've given resource level access to the
>printer, and i've set my computer and one other to use
>window family logon to login, but these computers STILL
>cannot see each other. i have this funny feeling it's
>because of the router or the dynamic IP addressing.
>anybody have any suggestions?
>
>i've looked at
>
>www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm
>
>
>but nothing seems to apply to my case there. anybody have
>an idea?

I don't think that dynamic IP addressing is the problem, since all of
the computers can access the Internet.

Make sure that the router isn't configured to block file and printer
sharing between the LAN computers.

If you've installed a firewall program (Norton Internet Security,
ZoneAlarm, etc) on any computer, un-install it while troubleshooting
the network. Don't just disable it: un-install it. That's safe,
because your router's firewall function protects your computers from
Internet hackers. Note that some recent antivirus programs include
firewall capabilities.

See if each computer can ping itself and the other computers by IP
address and by computer name.
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