Wireless File & Print Sharing

marbar2k · 21 February 2006 at 1:05AM

i want to be able to share files and my 1 printer between 2 laptops the are connected via i wireless medin router. i have had a look through the "wireless" stick but i can fid an answer.

we are both running XP but i cannot get the files shared, plz help

spurs1234 · 21 February 2006 at 1:10AM

Are they both useing the same xp e.g Home/pro ?

MercilessKiller · 21 February 2006 at 1:10AM

The major point to remember on this is that firewalls MUST be switched off!
(Norton firewall/mcafee firewall/zone alarm/windows firewall)

I say this because a lot of reasons for faulty file/printer sharing come from the basics! So make sure these are both disabled.

Also make sure the machines are on the same workgroup, and are both auto-getting the ip addresses (if you have not manually configured ip's they prob will be!)

If you have manually applied ip addresses, make sure they are on the same subnet ip, and using the same default gateway.

Hope this helps.

marbar2k · 21 February 2006 at 1:11AM

xp home! i have tries the wizard to no avail & they seem to be different versions

MercilessKiller · 21 February 2006 at 1:12AM

One other thing... to test whether both pc's can talk to each other do the following:

On machine 1:
Start > run > cmd
type in: ipconfig

Record the first ip address (should be like 192.168.0.2)

On Machine 2:
start > run > cmd
type in: ping ipaddressofmachineone
i.e
ping 192.168.0.2

If they can talk you'll get a reply saying the destination responded in <1ms or something similar in a long line of text

If it can't, you'll see something like "destination host unreachable" or "Request timed out"

marbar2k · 21 February 2006 at 1:12AM

the ips are all set to auto and the firewalls are allowing file & print sharing

MercilessKiller · 21 February 2006 at 1:15AM

Ok, they may be allowing but please disable them as well! It is just for testing purposes but who knows where the problem may lie without actually disabling certain procedures!

Also what are the test results? And are the computers 100% on the same workgroup (such as MSHOME or WORKGROUP)

marbar2k · 21 February 2006 at 1:16AM

how do i make sure they are on the same work group?

spurs1234 · 21 February 2006 at 1:18AM

Try looking at Simple File Sharing , unsure if it exists in home but in pro you have to turn this off to set permissons.

open my computer > Tools > Folder Options > View > then down the bottom there is a tick box (Simple file shareing) tick or untick the box and do the wizard again

MercilessKiller · 21 February 2006 at 1:19AM

Right mouse click on my computer > click properties > click "Computer Name" tab:

There are 3 things:
Computer Description
Full Computer Name:
Workgroup

Make sure Workgroup is the same (click "Change" underneath if not... and make them both the same)

Also make sure "Full computer name" does not have any special characters in and are just plain text. Once again you can change this by clicking change.

Also make sure to do to the ip ping test afterwards if its still not working. If the computers can't talk to each other through ping, its more of a link problem rather than an actual config problem...

marbar2k · 21 February 2006 at 9:54AM

thanks for the help i am going to try all workgroup suggwestion later when i get a chance!

i have been having a scoot around the net, and i have found mention of NETBUI (sp) what is this?

Wireless File & Print Sharing

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