hi i have a small home network and its been up and runing. it containts a wireless network connection, a sharing folder and a shared printer. i got a new pc and its recognized by the "host" computer after using the net setup disk to set it up but it doesn't acciess it the network's "stuff". it doesnt see a printer, or the shared folder. it also cant view the other computers. the host pc sees it but when the host tries to view whats on the new pc, it simply comes up w/ an error saying somthing and "network path unreachable" something along those lines. the new pc runs xp MCE and all the others run either XP H.E. or Pro. it can access the internet, but not other stuff. help?
2007-03-17 06:37:33 · 5 answers · asked by genius 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Computer Networking
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2007-03-17 06:44:24 · update #1
It is probably the firewall settings on the new computer.
Check to see if local computers are allowed.
2007-03-17 06:45:11 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not a networking expert, yet I doubt you may get to the internet with a swap. you want a router to translate the nearby IP addresses on your little nearby community to cyber web IP addresses, and the swap is interior the incorrect place (whether it had the flair, which I doubt) to try this. The router sits between each and all of the desktops (conversing directly to them, not via the different laptop) and the internet. there's a fashion, with homestead windows XP and Vista, of sharing the cyber web connection on one laptop by employing hooking the different directly to it (no swap), yet i counsel against it. The secondary laptop is then completely based on the widespread being as much as gain the international. If this is down, the secondary can not get help from Yahoo! solutions. a thank you to pass fairly is a router, under pressure out or instant. desire that facilitates.
2016-12-19 07:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you turn on all the nodes that you want on your network and then use Network Wizard to make them ALL part of the same network, meaning they all have to be part of the SAME NAMED network or workgroup?
Turn off any firewalls you have up.
2007-03-17 06:42:59 · answer #3 · answered by up.tobat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the computers firewall on ?
2007-03-17 09:02:18 · answer #4 · answered by J H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you given your workgroup a name?
All the machines should be in the same workgroup if you want them to access each other.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/default.mspx
2007-03-17 06:44:12 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋