Setting up a Network

[webwierdo]

Okay I have a wireless rounter in my room for my lap top. The router allows 4 wireless connections and 4 wired connections. My room mate and I decided to connect him to the network so we could share files and a printer instead of sending them e-mail. We used the windows network wizard and completed all the steps including the restart. When we rebooted, I was able to see my roomate on the network in the "My Network Places" but was not allowed to access any files though he set permissions to allow it. He can not see me at all on the network. Both of us have disabled any firewalls to see if that was the cause and have had no luck.

Any help is much appreciated.

PS I have a Linksys router

[abudhu]

Sir:

On your friends computer (Assuming he is on XP) is go to the Control Panel, find the Network icon, and navigate to the wireless network. Right click on it and click properties. You want to make sure that Internet Protocol TCP/IP is installed.

After that is done, what you want to do is navigate to your computer, find your C:\ Directory, right click it, and go to Properties. Then click on the Sharing Tab. Click "If you understand the risk...click here" Then click the checkbox next to "Share this folder on the network" Then check Allow Network Users to Change my Files.

Hit Ok.

He should now see you over the network.

Hope it works out,
Amit.

[Unregistered]

he isn't wireless sorry. Also I am already set up to share and he still doesn't see me.

[abudhu]

Hm, not sure why I said wireless. Should have said LAN, but its not the point anymore.

Hm, if you right click on the LAN and do properties you may have to install the NWLink IPX/SPX/NetBios Transport Protocol on both machines. I know for a fact I had to install that all the time under Windows 2000 to get Networking going correctly.

To do this Right Click the Lan, go to properties. Then click Install, Protocol, and it should be there. If its not then I shall scratch my head some more until we come to a solution.

Also, try this before. If you double click on My Network Place, I assume this is where you see your buddy? On his computer, when you do this, on the side there should be a sub-menu system called Network Task. Click on View Workgroup Computers. If your comp shows up there then you are golden, if not, then Hmm.

You can also try this.
Go to start -- run -- Type "cmd" (without the quotes) and then type "ipconfig /all" (without the quotes)

Make a note of your IP

Tell him to do the same on his comp, but after, leave cmd open and type "ping *Insert your IP here*" ex. ping 192.168.1.5

If you return 4 packets then you are golden and HE can send you information. If you lose all 4 packets or they time out then "hmmm" again.

Remember, have him PING YOUR ip address not his own.

If in the case you Recieve 4 packets, and he still cant see you on the network you can still connect.

What you can do is right click My Network Computer and go to Map Network Drive. You can then connect to your computer in the fashion of:

\\YourIPHere\ShareDrive

example

\\192.168.1.5\C
\\192.168.1.5\C$

Best of luck. Network problems are lame :)