Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Cannot connect two computers together wirelessly?

Hi all!



I am trying to connect my desktop and my laptop to see each other wirelessly but im having no luck. i have tried using the network wizard it finishes and doesnt show either computers. i am using windows xp pro sp2 and my wireless router is buffalo WHR-G54S. i have tried pinging each of the computers but it bombs out big time and i have tried tracert to see where it goes down but that doesnt work either. please help!



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You can not use a domain name unless you have a domain controller server on the network. They need to be in the same workgroup. You need to set the exception for file and printer sharing in both firewalls and both machines need at least one resource (printer or folder) set shared. You do not say if they can connect to the internet, if so they should at least reply to a ping but you will need to try pinging by IP address, both of which should be set to automatic. If this works, the problem is simply browsing. Go to the tcp/ip properties of each machine click advanced and in the wins tab set always use netbios over tcp/ip. This may raise a warning about a missing wins address, cancel the message.

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