Can anyone help me network my computers?

[Junkieman]

Hi everyone. I've had a router for a fair while now(6 months) and use it to share my broadband between computers in my house. Theres currently three computers, our hallway computer(call it hallway), our laptop using a wireless card(call it laptop), and my brother's computer(call it john). hallway and john are wired in, laptop is wireless. Now I tried shortly after getting it to network them so that i share files and resources(printers etc) between them, without much luck at all. hallway has a printer connected to it(laser mono) and john has a colour inkjet on it. Laptop has nothing. There is no hubs or nothing, just all 3 computers connected into the router, which is then connected to the modem. I've also set the router to give each specific local IPs too when they connect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, what i need is for someone nice who understands my situation to help me out and let me know how I can get my computers to see each other somehow and share files etc(apparently its something to do with IP routing, dunno much about it). I know a bit about computers and stuff, but I'd appreciate it simple. I think im a quick learner, I might be wrong, no ones a good judge of themself. Thanks people for reading, and helping if you can.

[taquar]

im thinking you might have to get a wireless router and disconnect one of the printers because it must be seeing both printers and doesnt register which one to use.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hope it helps but i doubt it

[Junkieman]

anybody know anything about home networking through a router?

[Collective]

Google knows everything. Once all your computers are connected to the router (either wirelessly or with cables), and they have a stable internet connection, read this tutorial.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you have specific questions then ask here, but I doubt anyone is going to spend the time typing out an entire tutorial on Windows networks for you.

[Junkieman]

I found that site through google and followed some steps, thats how i first tried to network it and it didnt work. Although it seems to be a slightly different tutorial to the one I saw on that site, so I'll try it. Thanks.

[Collective]

If that doesn't work, try these:

 

 

 

- Turn off any firewalls you have on each computer.

 

 

 

- Make sure all the computers are in the same workgroup.

 

 

 

- Make a note of the IPs of each computer, then, from Command (Start -> Run -> command) try pinging the other computers using the ping command, e.g: ping 192.168.2.3

 

 

 

- Also in the Command prompt type "ipconfig /all" and paste the information about a couple of your computer's connections.

[Hannibal]

I'm assuming at least one of the pc's runs Windows XP? In that case, you can use the network configuration wizard thing, and have that make cd-roms for older windows machines to autoconfigure them :)

[Junkieman]

Yep, two on XP and one on 98. I tried the configuration wizard before anything, but it didnt seem to help anything at all. I don't know if it can be configured for router usage(it seemed to me to be about making one computer a gateway or something). I'm still trying to find my xp cd at the moment to install the NetBeui. The method I had tried before was sharing through TCP/IP.

[Hannibal]

Yep, two on XP and one on 98. I tried the configuration wizard before anything, but it didnt seem to help anything at all. I don't know if it can be configured for router usage(it seemed to me to be about making one computer a gateway or something). I'm still trying to find my xp cd at the moment to install the NetBeui. The method I had tried before was sharing through TCP/IP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you sure you picked the right wizard, and chose the right options, then? There's an internet connection sharing wizard as well as a home network setup wizard :) (Start > Control Panel > Wizard Network Setup) (actual names may differ, my Windows is in Dutch...)