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Help me .. Networking wired desktop with wifi laptop win xp via BT 2091 voyager
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jpe20
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Hi folks,
I am unexpectedly having trouble setting up my wireless laptop to do file and print sharing with my desktop (wired). Both machines connect to the internet ok (laptop - wirelessly, desktop - wired).
Setup is as follows .....
(1) Wi-Fi Router BT Voyager 2091 - Gateway [192.168.1.1]
(2) Desktop PC (WinXP-SP2) [192.168.1.2] Connected via ethernet cable
(3) New laptop (IntelPRO wireless) -WinXP MCE 2005 [192.168.1.3] connected wirelessly
Seems that with this mixed wired/wireless setup I cannot setup these two machines to see one another!!! I have tried both the wireless net setup wiz and the normal network setup wiz to no avail.
Any pointers??
Jools
PS Is the Windows Wireless Zero Config service vital??? -- I think it is turned off and I am using the defauly INTEL PRO WIRELESS Driver software instead. I could not connect to the internet unless I use this INTEL software.
I am unexpectedly having trouble setting up my wireless laptop to do file and print sharing with my desktop (wired). Both machines connect to the internet ok (laptop - wirelessly, desktop - wired).
Setup is as follows .....
(1) Wi-Fi Router BT Voyager 2091 - Gateway [192.168.1.1]
(2) Desktop PC (WinXP-SP2) [192.168.1.2] Connected via ethernet cable
(3) New laptop (IntelPRO wireless) -WinXP MCE 2005 [192.168.1.3] connected wirelessly
Seems that with this mixed wired/wireless setup I cannot setup these two machines to see one another!!! I have tried both the wireless net setup wiz and the normal network setup wiz to no avail.
Any pointers??
Jools
PS Is the Windows Wireless Zero Config service vital??? -- I think it is turned off and I am using the defauly INTEL PRO WIRELESS Driver software instead. I could not connect to the internet unless I use this INTEL software.
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It is most likely that any firewalls you have are causing this. Try to shut down all the firewalls and see what happens.
Reading this site may help http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/russel_hni.mspx
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