creating a network

Please can you help ?
I have a Linksys wireless broadband router with my main pc wired in directly
and my laptop on a wireless connection.I can use the internet on both and all
works ok,but i can not network the two pc's together with any success.I have
run the windows network connection set up many times,but still can not get
this to work correctly.On my main pc i can see the laptop in view
workgroups,but it is not accessible and i do not have permission,on the
laptop their are no computers and the home network is not accessible and the
list of servers for this workgroup is unavailable
Any help please
Thanks
Paul

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Paul wrote:

> Please can you help ?
> I have a Linksys wireless broadband router with my main pc wired in
> directly and my laptop on a wireless connection.I can use the internet
> on both and all works ok,but i can not network the two pc's together
> with any success.I have run the windows network connection set up many
> times,but still can not get this to work correctly.On my main pc i can
> see the laptop in view workgroups,but it is not accessible and i do
> not have permission,on the laptop their are no computers and the home
> network is not accessible and the list of servers for this workgroup
> is unavailable Any help please
> Thanks
> Paul

This sounds like you have a misconfigured firewall. This isn't a
wireless problem per se; it is a networking problem. Here are links to
help you. I would suggest starting with the first link which is a
network troubleshooter by MVP Hans-Georg Michna. If you take the time
to go through the troubleshooter carefully, it will pinpoint the
problem area(s):

http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ilesharing.htm (Home)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...ring/index.htm
(Pro)
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/...hoot_index.htm

http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/myths.htm

Malke
--
MS-MVP Windows User/Shell
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic"

Malke

"Paul" <> wrote in message
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> Please can you help ?
> I have a Linksys wireless broadband router with my main pc wired in
> directly
> and my laptop on a wireless connection.I can use the internet on both and
> all
> works ok,but i can not network the two pc's together with any success.I
> have
> run the windows network connection set up many times,but still can not get
> this to work correctly.On my main pc i can see the laptop in view
> workgroups,but it is not accessible and i do not have permission,on the
> laptop their are no computers and the home network is not accessible and
> the
> list of servers for this workgroup is unavailable
> Any help please
> Thanks
> Paul

Guessing you use XP Firewall, go to Control Panel on each machine and
disable the firewall. Can each machine access the other now?

If so, re-enable the firewalls, then under Firewall > Exceptions tab >
select File & Printer Sharing, then Edit and then Change Scope; add here the
IP address of each machine to the other to enable access through the
firewall.

__spc__

'... is not accessible and i do not have permission' is a typical
message caused by firewalls. You can test whether or not firewalls are
causing the problem by temporarily turning them all off. Don't forget
to turn them all back on after the short test. Of course, if the
firewall is the problem, you will need to configure it. If you use the
Norton Internet Security Firewall instead of the Windows Firewall,
screenshots of the areas in Norton Internet Security that need to be
configured are at
http://screenshots.leeindy.com/nis_p...tworking.shtml
and
http://screenshots.leeindy.com/nis_p...-general.shtml

Run the Home Network Setup Wizard found in Norton Internet Security on
the Networking tab (Wizard button at bottom right).
The Home Network Setup Wizard will add your nic to the trusted zone.

Webbie

make sure you have right clicked on the drives you want to share and that
sharing is enabled. Then make sure both computers have the same network
name.

"Paul" <> wrote in message
news:1035286A-4B0C-4D3C-879B-...
> Please can you help ?
> I have a Linksys wireless broadband router with my main pc wired in
> directly
> and my laptop on a wireless connection.I can use the internet on both and
> all
> works ok,but i can not network the two pc's together with any success.I
> have
> run the windows network connection set up many times,but still can not get
> this to work correctly.On my main pc i can see the laptop in view
> workgroups,but it is not accessible and i do not have permission,on the
> laptop their are no computers and the home network is not accessible and
> the
> list of servers for this workgroup is unavailable
> Any help please
> Thanks
> Paul

Carol