Setting up a wireless network

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Randall

I have set up a wireless network with XP to 98. The
network is up and working fine as far as getting to the
internet. My problem is when I try to connect to the
share that I have shared out It will not connect. I am
able to ping both computers with the ip address, but not
by the computer name themselves. Acts like the DNS is not
working properly and is not doing name to ip resolution.
When I look in My network places I can see both computers
in the window but when I click on the other computer I
get a message the says "\\ computer not accessable. you
might not have permissions to use this network resource.
Contact the admin Can someone help on this thanks
 
This is probably a firewall problem. Ensure XP firewall
is disabled. If you are running Norton Security or other
firewall like Zone Alarm these need to be configured to
enable IP addresses of computers you wish to share
information on the network in the Trusted Zone.

To confirm that the problem is a firewall problem they
can usualy be disabled and if everything workes fine then
that confirms that firewall setting is the problem.

John
 
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