I have the following equipment items:
1. Dell PC with Windows XP Home SP1, with McAfee firewall
2. Dell PC with Windows XP Professional SP1, with ZoneAlarm free firewall
3. Laser printer connected to item 1
4. DSL modem connected to SBCGlobal service
5. Asante router/hub connected to item 4
Computers 1 and 2 are connected by Ethernet to item 5. Both computers
have Internet access. The router supplies IP addresses via DHCP, of
course on the same subnet.
I wish to set up a file and printer sharing network between computers
1 and 2. I prefer not to use ICS, rather perhaps peer-to-peer, with a
workgroup as domains are not needed. I have run through the setup
wizards in both XP machines and set up shared directories, but I
cannot see any network devices. I have disabled both firewalls
simultaneously and retried, but no improvement. |
Request for Question Clarification by
endo-ga
on
22 Nov 2003 13:57 PST
Hi,
When you use the search tool to search for the computer name of the
other computer are you able to find it? If you do and click on the
found computer, are there any items in there?
I would suggest you use fixed IP addresses on the computers rather
than DHCP, this would make it easier to have shortcuts to the folders
you want to share the the printer. If you need any help with that,
please do not hesitate to ask.
Once you have done that, we can try and locate the printer and folders
on the network.
Thanks.
endo
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Clarification of Question by
olimak-ga
on
22 Nov 2003 14:09 PST
Search is unsuccessful.
DHCP is part of the router's function. If DHCP means networking is
impossible, then I would be willing to dump it, but before I do that I
need a recommendation on a router that allows fixed IP addresses.
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Request for Question Clarification by
endo-ga
on
22 Nov 2003 14:21 PST
Hi,
I'm pretty sure you can set your computers to have fixed IP addresses
even though the router runs a DHCP server.
To find out your current settings:
start->run->cmd->ok->ipconfig /all
This will give you your IP address, subnet, DNS and gateway.
To change your TCP/IP settings:
right click on My Network Places->properties->right click on your
connection->properties->Internet Protocol->properties->check Use the
following IP address and check Use the following DNS server->fill in
the details you got from ipconfig.
Now please try searching for the IP address of the other computer and
see if you can find it.
Thanks.
endo
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Clarification of Question by
olimak-ga
on
22 Nov 2003 14:52 PST
I set the IP and DNS parameters on both machines, but after reboot
neither was able to get to the Internet with the firewall enabled.
With the XPHome computer firewall disabled, Internet was still
inaccessible, but with the XPPro computer browsing was ok with
firewall turned off.
I have reset to DHCP to be able to communicate with restofworld.
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Request for Question Clarification by
endo-ga
on
22 Nov 2003 18:16 PST
Hi,
Sorry about that then. What if you search for the IP of the other
machine, does it find it? If not, are you able to ping the other
machine?
start->run->cmd->ping ipaddress
Where ipaddress is the IP address of the machine you want to ping.
What if you disable the firewalls, are you able to find/ping the
machines? You might want to change the firewall settings to allow
access to the machines over the local area network.
Thanks.
endo
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Clarification of Question by
olimak-ga
on
22 Nov 2003 18:23 PST
Sorry, I have resolved this question after a long session with a
consultant. Thanks for your help. I will cancel the question.
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