No, I didn't use the Network Setup Wizard. The laptop was not shipped
with a floppy drive, so I was unable to do it that way. I just ran it
on each machine from the XP installation.
I did enable dynamic DHCP on the router, but did not specify static ip
addresses on each machine - I don't think this should make a difference
but I will give it a try. Where would I add these addresses in the
router settings?
I think I may start pushing Linux on home desktops. I have installed
the latest Red Hat at home and in installed without a hitch, and network
setup was a snap as well - no more confusing than Windows.
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Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Windows XP Home Network setup
Greetings David & List--
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From: "David R. Enberg" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
> I have a client that has XP Home on a desktop and a laptop. I just
> installed a wireless router so that the laptop can be used wirelessly.
> I gave both computers the same workgroup name, different computer
> names, TCP/IP set up on both, and set up file and printer sharing on
> both. The desktop is the only one that has a printer - purpose is to
> print wirelessly from the laptop as well.
>
> I enabled the router as a DHCP server, and it hands out ip addresses.
> Internet access works fine, but the workgroup cannot be accessed. The
> workgroup NAMES show up on each computer, but the shares do not show
> up, and the printer can not be found by doing a network install on the
> laptop.
>
[snip]
When you set up your peer-to-peer network, did you use the network setup
wizard and create the setup disk to use on all other computers in the
workgroup? I found that by doing this, all machines in my workgroup can
"see" each other even though the Internet Firewall built into Windows XP
was still enabled.
I'm fairly certain that the router uses NAT (Network Address
Translation), so when you say it gives out IP addresses, does it do so
dynamically? Is there any reason not to assign each computer in your
workgroup a local network IP address, then add these to the router's
configuration settings as permanent local addresses? This is how I've
configured a couple of DHCP-enabled routers, and all computers in the
workgroups can see each other and print to printers installed on one or
another of the machines.
HTH,
Paul A. Shippert
Library Media Specialist
Margaret Brent Middle School
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