Author: Harald Faber
Date: 12:32:05 03/22/04
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On March 22, 2004 at 13:16:08, Nick Rowe wrote: >On March 22, 2004 at 05:52:37, Harald Faber wrote: > >>On March 22, 2004 at 00:40:17, Nick Rowe wrote: >> >>> I have recently gotten a second computer and have wanted to network the two >>>computers. One of the computers is connected to my router wirelessly(computer >>>A) and the other cmputer is hard wired(computer B). The hard wired computer(B) >>>can see and access files on the wireless computer(A). The wireless computer(A) >>>can see the wired computer(B), but can not access it or files. Both computers >>>have sharing activated. >>> >>>If i ever get this to work can programs play each other directly through a >>>network? >>> >>>Thanks >> >>Do you have Windows XP and the firewall active? Or another firewall? >> > >No Firewalls. It just seems as if the wireless pc just doesn't have acess >priveleges of anysort ven though it sees and can ping the hard wired computer. > Two more hints: a) Consider the ip adresses. Did you set them manually, if so, which ips do you use, which does the wlan router provide for dhcp e.g.? b) Remember that usually on the Win XP machine you have to have an admin account with the same name as with which name you are logged in on the other computer and try to connect to the XP computer.
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