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alevine1986
12-04-2007, 10:33 PM
I'm sure this is a basic question, but I can't seem to figure this out myself. My setup...

Linksys Wireless-G Broadband router
Desktop running Windows Vista Pro, which is hard wired to the router
Laptop running Windows XP Home which is connected wireless to the router

I have made sure that Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP was selected on both network connections and that File and Print Sharing is connected.

I shared a drive on both boxes to test.

Both can connect to the Internet fine and when I go into the router's status, I see both in the DHCP Clients Table.

On the Desktop, I see the laptop's machine name in the Network folder in Windows explorer. On the laptop, I cannot even access the workgroup tab (both are in the WORKGROUP workgroup). I cannot ping either from the other box.

Does anyone have any ideas what I'm missing here?


I'm sure this is a basic question, but I can't seem to figure this out myself. My setup...

Linksys Wireless-G Broadband router
Desktop running Windows Vista Pro, which is hard wired to the router
Laptop running Windows XP Home which is connected wireless to the router

I have made sure that Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP was selected on both network connections and that File and Print Sharing is connected.

I shared a drive on both boxes to test.

Both can connect to the Internet fine and when I go into the router's status, I see both in the DHCP Clients Table.

On the Desktop, I see the laptop's machine name in the Network folder in Windows explorer. On the laptop, I cannot even access the workgroup tab (both are in the WORKGROUP workgroup). I cannot ping either from the other box.

Does anyone have any ideas what I'm missing here?

I am connecting via PPPoE