Sharing problem

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Tom Brown

I just had to replace my router and now I can't share files or printers.

My laptop is XP Home and my wife's machine is XP Pro. Both are hooked to
the router via network cable and she has all the printers attached to her
machine via USB. When I use the Add a Printer wizard on my computer, it gets
to a point where it shows the MSHOME icon under Microsoft Windows Network
but shows no printers

If I get on the XP Pro machine and try to share the printer or share a
folder, it give me dire warnings about not doing it since this computer is
hooked to the internet. Well, how else am I supposed to do it? I did drop
a large folder into the Shared Folders on the XP Pro machine and I still
don't see
that from my laptop.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom
 
Tom Brown said:
I just had to replace my router and now I can't share files or printers.

My laptop is XP Home and my wife's machine is XP Pro. Both are hooked to
the router via network cable and she has all the printers attached to her
machine via USB. When I use the Add a Printer wizard on my computer, it
gets
to a point where it shows the MSHOME icon under Microsoft Windows Network
but shows no printers

If I get on the XP Pro machine and try to share the printer or share a
folder, it give me dire warnings about not doing it since this computer is
hooked to the internet. Well, how else am I supposed to do it? I did
drop
a large folder into the Shared Folders on the XP Pro machine and I still
don't see
that from my laptop.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom
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It is hard for me to understand what you have done or not done. For
starters, please post the results of ipconfig/all for both computers.
Isn't that message the result from a computer that is connected directly to
the internet?
Jim
 
Jim,

Sorry for not being more clear.

Both computers are hardwired (Ethernet) to a Linksys router and that router
is connected to my Comcast modem. So, both computers have internet access
but not though one or the other, only through the router. But, both
printers I am wanting to access from one computer are hardwired (USB) to the
other computer. I have added many network printers in the past but I don't
recall it ever putting me down that road with the danger, not recommended,
warning.

TIA,

Tom

Here are the contents of the INCONFIG/ALL

=============================


Windows IP Configuration



Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : tomvaio

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : hsd1.co.comcast.net.



Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:



Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.co.comcast.net.

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8036 PCI-E Fast
Ethernet Controller

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-A9-8E-E5-D9

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.87.85.98

68.87.69.146

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, February 06, 2008
11:23:19 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, February 07, 2008
11:23:19 PM

=============================
 
I just had to replace my router and now I can't share files or printers.

My laptop is XP Home and my wife's machine is XP Pro. Both are hooked to
the router via network cable and she has all the printers attached to her
machine via USB. When I use the Add a Printer wizard on my computer, it gets
to a point where it shows the MSHOME icon under Microsoft Windows Network
but shows no printers

If I get on the XP Pro machine and try to share the printer or share a
folder, it give me dire warnings about not doing it since this computer is
hooked to the internet. Well, how else am I supposed to do it? I did drop
a large folder into the Shared Folders on the XP Pro machine and I still
don't see
that from my laptop.
Click to expand...

Tom,

This will be easier to diagnose, with logs from "browstat status" and "ipconfig
/all", from each computer. Read this article, and linked articles, and follow
instructions precisely (download browstat!):
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-network-neighborhood.html#AskingForHelp

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
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