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Can use wireless internet, can't access network
by bri-man - 12/30/04 12:51 PMI have my cable modem feed into a wireless access point. There's a cabled ethernet connection to the "master" computer (XP SP2). There's a wireless connection to a desktop computer (98), and there's a wireless connection to laptop computer (XP SP2).
All of the computers can access the internet, so I'm guessing that all of the connections are correct.
BUT, the laptop computer cannot connect to the shared drive on the "master computer". In fact, the master computer can't see the laptop and vice versa.
I've run the XP network setup wizard on both the master computer and the laptop, but still cannot get the laptop onto the "network" (although it is connecting to the access point for the sake of internet sharing).
I'm guessing that there's a setting somewhere that's preventing the connection, but have no idea where to look.
Any ideas?
Not a supportable configuration. Where's the router?
by R. Proffitt
- 12/30/04 12:54 PM
In reply to: Can use wireless internet, can't access network by bri-man
"I have my cable modem feed into a wireless access point. There's a cabled ethernet connection to the "master" computer"
Without a router, your LAN is the internet and you better not share there!
Bob
my bad... I gave incorrect info
by bri-man - 1/1/05 8:43 PM In reply to: Not a supportable configuration. Where's the router? by R. Proffitt
I wrote "wireless access point", I should have written "wireless router". How can I set up a network connection, even though I can access the internet wirelessy through the wireless router?
As I mentioned, I've run the network setup wizard on both computers, and still nothing.
The basics are:
by Michael Geist - 1/1/05 9:21 PM In reply to: my bad... I gave incorrect info by bri-man1) Workgroup names the same
2) Firewalls down until Network is established.
3) File and Print sharing enabled on 98 machine.
Disable your firewall
by oldgoat - 1/2/05 1:12 PM In reply to: Can use wireless internet, can't access network by bri-manIf you have a firewall disble it to the systems. You can do that by plugging in your IP address of each system. I have Norton so I had to do that to get my systems to recognize a new printer that I hooked up. I also had to make a couple of minor changes in Norton to allow some communication to occur. Do you know how to get your IP address for each system?
Sounds like FWs on the systems, not router - Try this...
by kencarp - 1/2/05 9:18 PM In reply to: Can use wireless internet, can't access network by bri-manI have had these system-to-system problems, too. As others have said, make sure the software firewall on each PC is configured to allow NETBIOS traffic through (I think it's ports 137, 138, and 139 - but make it easy on yourself and just allow all TCP/UDP traffic to/from each machine on all ports). I have the software firewalls on each PC in my home configured to "trust" the local network - just add the address range 192.168.1.0 - 192.168.1.255 to the firewall on each machine to enable this - the method of doing this will of course vary according to the SW firewall you are using (also, some routers use the range 192.168.2.x instead of 192.168.1.x as their base - your router's config web page will tell you the right range). You also need to make sure that the "Client for Microsoft Networks" and "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" components are present in the Network Connection properties page for each connection on each PC (XP should install these by default when it creates the connection), and that the "NetBIOS setting" for each connection is either set to "Default" or to "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP" (XP should have properly set this setting as described also, but it never hurts to double-check!). This setting is found on the WINS tab in the "Advanced" setting for the TCP/IP protocol for each connection (WHEW!). Hope this helps!
Thanks, but still not working
by bri-man - 1/3/05 4:18 PM In reply to: Sounds like FWs on the systems, not router - Try this... by kencarpOK, I've disabled all firewalls (Windows & NIS), and enabled the NetBios, now for some reason the desktop computer can't even access the network that it's already on. I get a message saying:
"Bncw2" is not available. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions. the list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available.
The laptop, to which I made the same adjustments, will at least find itself on the network, but does not see the desktop.
Any further ideas?
It's now working!
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