setting up new pc on a home netwk. can 2 pc's conncted wirelessly to a router retrv files from each othr?

Question

there is a desktop connected by netwk cable to the router. both wireless pc's can retr files from that hard drive, but I can't get wireless PC A to be able to pull files from wireless PC B? file sharing on the relevant folders has already been set up.

I have 3 PCs trying to access files on each other's hd drvs. Wireless PC A can not find Wireless PC B (nor vice versa) when I do Search for Computers from the right-click menu on My Network Connections in Windows Explorer. I have double checked several times that they are all connected to the same workgroup name.

In addition, I am able to print to a network printer from both of these wireless PCs, so that tells me something is connected.

The desired folders have already been checked to allow sharing, as has the box for allowing other users to modify.

what could be preventing these 2 PCs from finding each other?

I have looked at opening a port and putting it on the exceptions tab in Windows Firewall. Right now I have Firewall on, with no exception specifically set up for my other PCs. Do I really need to open up a port?

Answer 1

Be sure that ALL machines are within the same WORKGROUP. That setting is on each machine and some may be set differently by default. If you are using windows just use the network setup wizard on each machine.

Answer 2

So, they all in the same workgroup?
Try this, copy down the mac address for both of the pc. Just go to command prompt and type in ipconfig /all. You should be able to see the mac address for you wireless ethernet, should be something like this, 00:BC:01:20:A4: and so on, jot them down.

Next, go into your router setup, and on the wireless setup, go to mac filtering and input the mac address and the name of the computer. Do for both of the computers. Make sure you save all the changes.

See if that works.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

That's the whole theory behind networking. I recommend following the guidelines of the operating system you are using in setting up a home network. If you're using Windows, check out this website to set up a home network:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/setup/default.mspx

Answer 4

Of course you could, that is what networking is all about. However, you need to share out the folder or disk drive for others to access it with or without restriction.