basic networking gone wrong

banger9365

right my mate is trying to network his pc and laptop with a router they are all connected to the net , base unite can ping the laptop put the laptop cannot ping base unite , it's set up right in network wizard ,just done with my laptop and base unite worked first time put his is not having it at all ,same setting, his pc and lappy do not have any firewall turn oon ,
can any one tell me what I am doing wrong or missing ,ones xp pro and xp home , i now i am doing some thing wrong put what ,it's basic weave done it hundred of times
i now xp home is limited on networking

albertross_2

Are you pinging the name, or the ip address?

Is this wired or wireless, did yours work wired or wireless?

Which router - probably not relevant, but some have a wireless isolation option.

Is it just ping that doesn't work, or everything (file sharing)?

Some file and print sharing tips here:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=121274

banger9365

lapptop is wifi on a BT Voyager 1060 Laptop Adapter and bt voyager 2100 router ,
file sharing ,ifact everthing from lapptop to base unite nothing time outs ,put base unit can see and send thing's to lapptop

flateric_2

Does he have zonealarm or some other firewall installed, If so disable it for a minute and try pinging again.

banger9365

his pc and lapptop do not have any firewalls on or turned on