computers don't see each other

I have a pc with a linksys lne100tx ver 5.1 card and a laptop with
wnc802.11b usb300 wireless card. They are connected to ntl broadband
through a linksys wrt54g wireless-g broadband router. Both can access
the internet although not as well as when I ran just one pc through a
usb connection.
My problem is getting the 2 machines to see each other. In my network
places, on both machines there is a folder called 'sharedDocs (with
the name of the pc)' but nothing I have tried has let me see the other
pc/laptop. I want to be able to share information across the 2
machines and to share the printer as well.

Can anyone help?

Thanks
Ron

 

(Ron) wrote in

http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/sag_NWLnkconcepts.htm

It works for me.

Duane

 

Shared docs has nothing to do with networking. It allows you to share files
with different users on the same XP machine.
If both computers connect to the Internet through the router, it seems as
though the router is fine.
I suggest you run the XP networking wizard and follow the bouncing ball.
Good luck.

 

(Ron) wrote in

Windows networks rely on communication on ports 137, 138, 139. The
usual cause of systems not 'seeing' each other is that something,
usually a software firewall (including WinXP's ICF) is blocking this
traffic.

If you have a software firewall, disable it or uninstall it. If this
solves the problem, then you need to configure it with a rule to
allow communication on these ports.

Some products have a specific option to allow this, or to set up a
specific 'trusted zone'. Unless you feel unduly paranoid you can
probably allow all communication on all ports between all systems in
the router's subnet.

Hope this helps

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We had this problem at work on a wired network. Running Windows XP,
installing one of the windows updates stopped windows' file sharing from
working. I think they must have fixed a problem by removing the
functionality.

Bob