Win XP Pro networking problem

This issue has already been discussed often, but none of the solutions I find
seems to work for me.
The configuration: D Link DI-524 wireless router connected to my cable
modem. The network consists of a laser printer with printer server, wired to
the router,
a laptop with Win XP Pro and build in Intel WLAN adapter, and a desktop
running
Win XP Pro, with Belkin DWL-G122 wireless adapter.
All devices have the same workgroup set, NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled,
Firewalls are turned off, My Document folders and external drives are made
"shared". Initially I could ping and access the shared folder on the
desktop, although executing "show workgroup" on the laptop only showed the
laptop.
Executing the same command on the desktop shows me laptop and desktop, but I
can not ping or access the laptop. I get the message "... not accessible ...
network path not found".
I then tried to turn off Simple file sharing on the laptop, but this did not
change anything. Then suddenly after rebooting the laptop, I can not ping or
access the desktop anymore.
I did also try to add one line to the HOSTS file. For desktop
(127.0.0.1 localhost)
IP_laptop laptopname

and for the desktop
(127.0.0.1 localhost)
IP_desktop desktopname
But, this did not change anything either.

Any help of how to solve this problem would be greatly appreciated

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).

"Guy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:77CE9EC0-8E66-4752-8B66-(E-Mail Removed)...
> This issue has already been discussed often, but none of the solutions I
> find
> seems to work for me.
> The configuration: D Link DI-524 wireless router connected to my cable
> modem. The network consists of a laser printer with printer server, wired
> to
> the router,
> a laptop with Win XP Pro and build in Intel WLAN adapter, and a desktop
> running
> Win XP Pro, with Belkin DWL-G122 wireless adapter.
> All devices have the same workgroup set, NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled,
> Firewalls are turned off, My Document folders and external drives are made
> "shared". Initially I could ping and access the shared folder on the
> desktop, although executing "show workgroup" on the laptop only showed the
> laptop.
> Executing the same command on the desktop shows me laptop and desktop, but
> I
> can not ping or access the laptop. I get the message "... not accessible
> ...
> network path not found".
> I then tried to turn off Simple file sharing on the laptop, but this did
> not
> change anything. Then suddenly after rebooting the laptop, I can not ping
> or
> access the desktop anymore.
> I did also try to add one line to the HOSTS file. For desktop
> (127.0.0.1 localhost)
> IP_laptop laptopname
>
> and for the desktop
> (127.0.0.1 localhost)
> IP_desktop desktopname
> But, this did not change anything either.
>
> Any help of how to solve this problem would be greatly appreciated
>

'Hello Jack,

Thank you for the links, but I already went through these, and they dont
seem to solve my problem.
What I forgot to mention is the following.
From the desktop, I can not ping the laptop, but when I do a "show
workgroup", the laptop does show up.
From the laptop, I can not ping the desktop, but when I activate the Sygate
personal firewall on the desktop, I notice that the ping is received and is
passed through. So, something behind the Sygate firewall is blocking the
ping. Yesterday, I suddenly did get through, and could browse the desktop,
but for the ping I still got a timeout. The access however did not get
through for very long, and then I got the error message that \\desktop\shared
was already defined, when trying to open the share on the desktop.
Does this maybe give you another hint what might be wrong?

Thanks


"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).
>
> "Guy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:77CE9EC0-8E66-4752-8B66-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > This issue has already been discussed often, but none of the solutions I
> > find
> > seems to work for me.
> > The configuration: D Link DI-524 wireless router connected to my cable
> > modem. The network consists of a laser printer with printer server, wired
> > to
> > the router,
> > a laptop with Win XP Pro and build in Intel WLAN adapter, and a desktop
> > running
> > Win XP Pro, with Belkin DWL-G122 wireless adapter.
> > All devices have the same workgroup set, NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled,
> > Firewalls are turned off, My Document folders and external drives are made
> > "shared". Initially I could ping and access the shared folder on the
> > desktop, although executing "show workgroup" on the laptop only showed the
> > laptop.
> > Executing the same command on the desktop shows me laptop and desktop, but
> > I
> > can not ping or access the laptop. I get the message "... not accessible
> > ...
> > network path not found".
> > I then tried to turn off Simple file sharing on the laptop, but this did
> > not
> > change anything. Then suddenly after rebooting the laptop, I can not ping
> > or
> > access the desktop anymore.
> > I did also try to add one line to the HOSTS file. For desktop
> > (127.0.0.1 localhost)
> > IP_laptop laptopname
> >
> > and for the desktop
> > (127.0.0.1 localhost)
> > IP_desktop desktopname
> > But, this did not change anything either.
> >
> > Any help of how to solve this problem would be greatly appreciated
> >
>
>
>