router problems

[wheresmyplacebo]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002TSUA6/026-6053612-5742869

got this recently, set up thr network, set up the right internet ports to use, laid cable to one computer, and set up wireless on the other so internet works on both

i want to file share across my network ie see shared drives, but it doesnt seem to be working at the moment

any advice

ones xp home ones xp pro

i think i may not have windows network file and print sharing allowed at moment on one, any other suggestions though?

[Makoto]

Take a look at these

1 (http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/net-browse-xp.asp)
2 (http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1427&page=9)
3 (http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm)

[wheresmyplacebo]

thanks but i was looking yesterday and it was cause i had windows firewall on as well as my hardware router firewall, and apparantly windows file sharing dont work when windows firewall is used in a router/switch based network

was only using windows firewall until i got a proper one anyway

best pay for firewall to get?

[Mist]

thanks but i was looking yesterday and it was cause i had windows firewall on as well as my hardware router firewall, and apparantly windows file sharing dont work when windows firewall is used in a router/switch based network

was only using windows firewall until i got a proper one anyway

best pay for firewall to get?

That config you describe there as not working works fine here.

[wheresmyplacebo]

That config you describe there as not working works fine here.


well according to many it sites it is true

so what is your set up anyway? just out of interest

[ShyBoy]

I get the same problem, haven't solved it, I just resort to memory sticks to use the printer. Bloody annoying though, if you find a solution let me know :)

[wheresmyplacebo]

just what is your set up, if you have all your computers attached to a router which dishes out internet to them all, theres a few possible reasons

1. on the network cards on all the computers, turn off the windows firewall as it does sod all on networks other than stop filesharing across network

2. if you have firewall software on your computers, you need to tell the software to allow incoming traffic from the other computers on your network, normally through ip addresses, which we can help you get if you dont know how to do it


this was useful to me
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm

[ShyBoy]

Well, have a linksys wireless-b router which acts like a hardware firewall apparently, there is my computer upstairs with a cheapo wireless LAN card and no firewalls whatsoever, downstairs computers with kind of the same except norton internet security, and two roaming laptops that are on sometimes and off sometimes with norton again.

Still can't see each other =( think it could be SP2 on the other computer messing it up, I recently deleted it to try to get steam to work on my computer and have not yet reinstalled it. Not sure if I will bother - lots of people seem to think it does more harm than good.

The computers don't even ping each other though, that's the issue. (And they're on DHCP, when i used fixed IP they don't seem to connect to the router).

[Mist]

well according to many it sites it is true

so what is your set up anyway? just out of interest

Draytek wireless router with firewall, windows XP with windows firewall, windows 2000. Clients used to do filesharing no problem. Only bit that needs sorting is the option in the windows firewall that allows file and print sharing. The router only firewalls external traffic.

[wheresmyplacebo]

Only bit that needs sorting is the option in the windows firewall that allows file and print sharing.


thats the bit i mean :thumb:


not everyone means filesharing as in p2p ;)

[wheresmyplacebo]

Well, have a linksys wireless-b router which acts like a hardware firewall apparently, there is my computer upstairs with a cheapo wireless LAN card and no firewalls whatsoever, downstairs computers with kind of the same except norton internet security, and two roaming laptops that are on sometimes and off sometimes with norton again.

Still can't see each other =( think it could be SP2 on the other computer messing it up, I recently deleted it to try to get steam to work on my computer and have not yet reinstalled it. Not sure if I will bother - lots of people seem to think it does more harm than good.

The computers don't even ping each other though, that's the issue. (And they're on DHCP, when i used fixed IP they don't seem to connect to the router).


hmm all ove rthe place you seem

well if they dont ping it could be that norton is blocking requests from their ips

surely manual ips should work as long as you do it correctly, by making them in same range as router, and the norton firewall is set up for them

ill pm you if you want and help you through msn or something

[Mist]

Well, have a linksys wireless-b router which acts like a hardware firewall apparently, there is my computer upstairs with a cheapo wireless LAN card and no firewalls whatsoever, downstairs computers with kind of the same except norton internet security, and two roaming laptops that are on sometimes and off sometimes with norton again.

Still can't see each other =( think it could be SP2 on the other computer messing it up, I recently deleted it to try to get steam to work on my computer and have not yet reinstalled it. Not sure if I will bother - lots of people seem to think it does more harm than good.

The computers don't even ping each other though, that's the issue. (And they're on DHCP, when i used fixed IP they don't seem to connect to the router).

Normally the router will only firewall traffic heading to and from the net, so it shouldn't interfere. The problem you seem to be having is a lack of basic connectivity, which suggests something like -

Firewall on the clients (as wmp said) - turn this off until everything works locally.

Bad ips / subnet (DHCP should sort this)

bad wireless config - check things like the wireless SSID and the WEP keys.

Faulty hardware.

[wheresmyplacebo]

Normally the router will only firewall traffic heading to and from the net, so it shouldn't interfere. The problem you seem to be having is a lack of basic connectivity, which suggests something like -

Firewall on the clients (as wmp said) - turn this off until everything works locally.

Bad ips / subnet (DHCP should sort this)

bad wireless config - check things like the wireless SSID and the WEP keys.

Faulty hardware.


yeh a good idea would be to disconnect the internet, and then turn off all your firewalls one by one to see what allows what etc

this is my set up, done a little picture