problems with connecting computers on same network

[yz125rider21]

Ok like title says I trying get on the same network that way i can send stuff from my laptop to my house computer...I put both computers under the same group but its not showing up on either computers...any help be nice please thanks

[anonymez]

start-->control panel-->network setup wizard. run it on both PCs

[yz125rider21]

tried that still not showing up...grrr...makes it better my laptop is wireless...thanks for the advice so far though

[nwg]

It shouldn't matter if it is wireless. I have a wireless sharing on 3 computers and each computer can see each other on the network. My main PC is hardwired to the router but the others are all wireless.

The biggest and most popular reason for problems is make sure any firewalls is configured properly. As a test, turn them of temporily to see if a connection is made.

Also, when running the network wizard it is important to select "residential gateway" as the connection to the internet. It only seems to work for me if I select that option.

[yz125rider21]

I done that....I had windows vista installed on laptop and it showed up on the main computer but I went back to windows xp pro cause vista kept loosing my wireless signal and now everything works fine again but home network

[Chewy]

what's the OS for the main computer? Have you run the network setup wizard on it again since changing the laptop? You have to dot every I and cross every T with this networking. All kinds of things can confuse it.
Windoze firewire bridges are the ones I hate most.

[yz125rider21]

i ran the wizard 4 times now and still no hope....how can I make sure its not being blocked even though I dont have firewall on????

[Chewy]

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/networking/

[yz125rider21]

ok I ping both computer and they came out fine...both said 4 recieved 4 sent and zero lost packets...so what can I do now...I am confused with that site you listed I trying to read it but kinda got lost cause my modem is not a router...its a 2wire.com home network modem for dsl and all computer running on windows xp pro

[Chewy]

go to my network places/entire network/microsoft windows network/workgroup name?(should be exactly the same and only 1 should show up)/then you should see the computers listed

[yz125rider21]

Thanks Chewy I just coming to say I got it...was something stupid I didnt see but I guess it was blocking me....I had the DMZplus mode check thinking it would let me do everything on my laptop and it did but blocked the home network so I unchecked it to see if anything would happen and walla there was all my shared stuff on both computers....didnt think that mode would block me from local network...how wierd

Edit firewall settings for this computer:
Maximum protection – Disallow unsolicited inbound traffic.
Allow individual application(s) – Choose the application(s) that will be enabled to pass through the firewall to this computer. Click ADD to add it to the Hosted Applications list.
All applications Games Audio/video Messaging and Internet Phone Servers Other User-defined Hosted Applications:
Utor1 Age of Empires Age of Kings Age of Wonders Aliens vs Predator Anarchy Online Asheron’s Call Baldur’s Gate BattleCom Battlefield Communicator Black and White Dark Reign Dark Reign 2 Delta Force Delta Force 2 Descent 3 Descent Freespace Diablo (1.07+) Diablo I Diablo II DialPad DirectX Games DNS Server Doom Dune 2000 Elite Force Everquest F16, Mig29 F22 Lightening 3 F22 Raptor (Novalogic) Falcon 4.0 Fighter Ace II Fighter Ace II DX Freetel FTP Server Ghost Recon Gnutella Half Life Heretic II Hexen II Hotline Connect 1.9 HTTPS Server IMAP Server IRC I’76 KALI KaZaA LapLink Gold LIVvE Lotus Notes server MechWarrior 3 Mechwarrior 4 Midtown Madness Motocross Madness Motorhead server MSN Gaming Zone MSN Gaming Zone DX Myth: The Fallen Lords Need for Speed Need for Speed 3 Net2Phone NetMech Netmeeting, Default PC NNTP Server OKWeb OKWin Outlaws pcAnywhere v7.5 PhoneFree POP3 Server PPTP Server Quake II Quake III Quake III Server Rainbow Six Red Alert Rise of Rome Roger Wilco Rogue Spear ShoutCast Server SMTP Server Soldier of Fortune Speak Freely SSH Server StarCraft SWAT3 Telnet Server The 4th Coming Tiberian Sun: C&C III Timbuktu Pro Total Annihilation Ultima Unreal Server Unreal Tournament Via Video VNC VoxPhone 3.0 Warbirds 2 Web Server WebPhone 3.0 WinMX X Windows XBox XP Remote Assistance XP Remote Desktop Yahoo Pager


• Add a new user-defined application
Allow all applications (DMZplus mode) – Set the selected computer in DMZplus mode. All inbound traffic, except traffic which has been specifically assigned to another computer using the “Allow individual applications” feature, will automatically be directed to this computer. The DMZplus-enabled computer is less secure because all unassigned firewall ports are opened for that computer.