Big problems in printing wirelessly from my laptop

techexpert

do all the computers have the same network name?

HC_2

techexpert, thank you for your help.

Answer to your question, I think so.

I have just run Network Setup Wizard on this laptop, saved the settings to a flash drive, run it on desktop B, and called it the default name on both - MSHOME.

Is that what you mean by network name?

Or do you mean the SSID or SSDI or whatever-it-is-name - the name of my wireless network...?



Apologies once again for being dense!

HC_2

I have just tried, out of interest, to ping my laptop from desktop B - and it worked.

So desktop B can see laptop C, but not the other way around.

Not sure if this is useful or not.

geewhiz

I would run the network setup wizard on PC B and make sure it's added to the network then try the same on the laptop and hopefully you will then be able to see it

HC_2

Geewhiz, I have run the Network Setup Wizard on my laptop and then desktop B; and then the other way around.

Still nothing in My Network Places, and still unable to ping.

totalsolutions

You need the same workgroup name. Right click My Computer/Properties/Computer Name and change workgroup to WORKGROUP, in place of HOME or MSHOME for each pc

HC_2

totalsolutions, thank you for your reply.

I did that, restarted both. But still no change.

albertross_2

which version of ZA?

http://forum.zonealarm.com/zonelabs/board/message?board.id=cfg&message.id=51012

HC_2

In ZA, I've gone into Custom, and ticked Allow Outgoing Ping (ICMP Echo) and also Allow Other Outgoing ICMP but I still cannot ping desktop B.

But then I can't ping it even with ZA shut down, so maybe ZA is not part of the problem?

puppet1984

does the labtop have any form of firewall?