Newbie wireless question - Please!!?

By some miracle, I have managed to get a shared internet connection between
my Main PC (attached to the D-Link 624) and my laptop (with a D-link G650
card). The problem is that I have run the network setup on both machones
(both usinh XP Pro) and I cannot get the networkrunning. Work group names
are the same but the setup on my PC fails, stating that network could not be
finished.

I note that the D-Link router does not actually show up as a piece of
hardware in Device Manger (although, why shopuld it, as it is hidden behind
the Ethernet port). Is there something simple that I am missing here? I
clearly have a connection, as I am internet sharing, but I cannot access
files!!

Any help/comment/suggestion would be hugely appreciated

Thanks

Nick Luck

Nick Luck

Hi Nick,

Try to disable the firewall on both your machines for
starters. Then try to ping between both machines and see
if you get a reply.
Let us know if this works
>-----Original Message-----
>By some miracle, I have managed to get a shared internet
connection between
>my Main PC (attached to the D-Link 624) and my laptop
(with a D-link G650
>card). The problem is that I have run the network setup
on both machones
>(both usinh XP Pro) and I cannot get the
networkrunning. Work group names
>are the same but the setup on my PC fails, stating that
network could not be
>finished.
>
>I note that the D-Link router does not actually show up
as a piece of
>hardware in Device Manger (although, why shopuld it, as
it is hidden behind
>the Ethernet port). Is there something simple that I am
missing here? I
>clearly have a connection, as I am internet sharing, but
I cannot access
>files!!
>
>Any help/comment/suggestion would be hugely appreciated
>
>Thanks
>
>Nick Luck
>
>
>.
>

JR

Hi.
May be this can Help: http://www.ezlan.net/sharing.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).


"JR" <> wrote in message
news:224901c46ffe$96b04fd0$...
> Hi Nick,
>
> Try to disable the firewall on both your machines for
> starters. Then try to ping between both machines and see
> if you get a reply.
> Let us know if this works
> >-----Original Message-----
> >By some miracle, I have managed to get a shared internet
> connection between
> >my Main PC (attached to the D-Link 624) and my laptop
> (with a D-link G650
> >card). The problem is that I have run the network setup
> on both machones
> >(both usinh XP Pro) and I cannot get the
> networkrunning. Work group names
> >are the same but the setup on my PC fails, stating that
> network could not be
> >finished.
> >
> >I note that the D-Link router does not actually show up
> as a piece of
> >hardware in Device Manger (although, why shopuld it, as
> it is hidden behind
> >the Ethernet port). Is there something simple that I am
> missing here? I
> >clearly have a connection, as I am internet sharing, but
> I cannot access
> >files!!
> >
> >Any help/comment/suggestion would be hugely appreciated
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Nick Luck
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Jack