Greetings David & List--
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From: "David R. Enberg" <[log in to unmask]>
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> 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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