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I have two computers hooked up to the Internet via a DSL and a LinkSys
Etherfast cable/DSL router (with a 4 port switch). I can get to the
Internet with both of them. I can't share files or the printer with
them. The printer is connected to one of the computers via a USB
cable.
I'm running WIN XP on one and WIN 2k on the other (a laptop). The
software that came with the router doesn't help, and I can't seem to
use the normal methods to connect.

Where do I start?

what are "the normal methods to connect" that you have tried??
I assume the printer is connected to the desktop (w XP)??

1) verify they are on the same subnet (ie: 192.168.1.2 & 192.168.1.3) and
that the printer is shared (right click/sharing)

2) on the w2K laptop.....goto control panel/printers/add a printer

3) click next on the first screen of the wizard

4) choose "Local printer attached to this computer" and UNCHECK
"automatically detect and install my plug and play printer"

5) choose "create a new port" radio button and "standard TCP/IP port" in
the drop down; click next; click next again

6) type the IP address where it asks you (you do not need to type anything
for 'port name'

7) identify the NIC card (if it doesnt automatically do so) and click
finish

choose the make and model (drivers) of your printer. ** note: you may
need to download the drivers from the manufacturers website

9) choose "keep existing driver" if prompted. choose a name, deafult (or
not), and share (or not). type a description and click finish

thats it.

good luck,
D

"cblocke3" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> I have two computers hooked up to the Internet via a DSL and a LinkSys
> Etherfast cable/DSL router (with a 4 port switch). I can get to the
> Internet with both of them. I can't share files or the printer with
> them. The printer is connected to one of the computers via a USB
> cable.
> I'm running WIN XP on one and WIN 2k on the other (a laptop). The
> software that came with the router doesn't help, and I can't seem to
> use the normal methods to connect.
>
> Where do I start?

"cblocke3" <> wrote in message
news: om...
> I have two computers hooked up to the Internet via a DSL
and a LinkSys
> Etherfast cable/DSL router (with a 4 port switch). I can
get to the
> Internet with both of them. I can't share files or the
printer with
> them. The printer is connected to one of the computers via
a USB
> cable.
> I'm running WIN XP on one and WIN 2k on the other (a
laptop). The
> software that came with the router doesn't help, and I
can't seem to
> use the normal methods to connect.
>
> Where do I start?

www.practicallynetworked.com is a good starting point..

P.

cblocke3 wrote:

> I have two computers hooked up to the Internet via a DSL and a LinkSys
> Etherfast cable/DSL router (with a 4 port switch). I can get to the
> Internet with both of them.

I think I have the same LinkSys router. Since I only have
2 machines on my network I used a trick to make file and
printer sharing easier. If you go to the router configuration
browser page there is an option to limit the range of dynamic
IP addresses. Limit the range to 2 values, such as
192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.101. For things to work you
have to boot the machines onto the network in the proper
order. So let's say the Printer is attached to the desktop
machine, you would boot that first so it gets assigned
192.168.1.100 and the laptop gets assigned that other
IP. Now on each machine edit the lmhosts file and
put an entry for both machines and the loopback like
localhost 127.0.0.1
desktop 192.168.1.100
laptop 192.168.1.101

Now when you ping by name either 'desktop'
or 'laptop' the network should know which
is which. That should be all you need.
Just share your printers and directories
and choose the desktop machine as the
master browser if necessary.

I guess it wouldn't hurt either to add the
IP addresses in your hosts file the same
as lmhosts. My network has an XP machine
and a Linux machine. The XP machine has
the printer and I can print from Linux
using CUPS and copy files using Samba
Client or an FTP program(FileZilla is
cool for the Windows client.)

By using this IP address trick you don't
have to change your TCP/IP settings to
static IP. So if you change your setup
to take out the router and hook your PC
directly to the modem it should boot
right onto the internet since it's
still set up for DHCP.

Good luck.

--

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."
Woody Allen

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:18:33 GMT, "D" <> wrote:

>what are "the normal methods to connect" that you have tried??
>I assume the printer is connected to the desktop (w XP)??
>
>1) verify they are on the same subnet (ie: 192.168.1.2 & 192.168.1.3) and
>that the printer is shared (right click/sharing)
>
>2) on the w2K laptop.....goto control panel/printers/add a printer
>
>3) click next on the first screen of the wizard
>
>4) choose "Local printer attached to this computer" and UNCHECK
>"automatically detect and install my plug and play printer"
>
SNIP

Not exactly.
Standard TCP/IP port is for use when the printer has a direct
connection, via a print server.

Just click on "network printer"

---** Before this, make sure of some basics such as Workgroup being
the same on both computers.

If the printer is properly shared, and your username/password on
computer 2 exists in computer 1's security, then you should be able to
connect to the share.


---Atreju---

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:39:56 -0400, KungFusion
<> wrote:

>cblocke3 wrote:
>
>> I have two computers hooked up to the Internet via a DSL and a LinkSys
>> Etherfast cable/DSL router (with a 4 port switch). I can get to the
>> Internet with both of them.
>
>I think I have the same LinkSys router. Since I only have
>2 machines on my network I used a trick to make file and
>printer sharing easier. If you go to the router configuration

SNIP

Geez, it's like the blind leading the deaf.

It matters not what kind of router, switch, hub, etc. you have.

If you have two Windows computers on the same subnet (192.168.1.x /
255.255.255.0 for example) then you need only make them part of the
same Workgroup and make sure they have different computer names.

In Windows NT, 2000 or XP you also would need to make sure that
computer 2 (the one trying to access the printer) is using a
login/password that exists in the security database of computer 1 (the
one sharing the printer) this way the user will have "access"

Just share the printer on computer 1 and install it as a network
printer on Computer 2.

If you need further help, post again.


---Atreju---

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out how to do MS File and
Print Sharing between machines using the MS O/S. I don't know what you have
posted here other than some kind of a mess using a router, which doesn't
apply to sharing resources with machines using the MS O/S.

Duane