Can access one computer on my network but not another?? Please try to help.

Using
Windows: XP
Router: WRT54GS

Hi,

I am trying to set up a printer on my friends network. I set the static ip's addresses (computer ip's) each one is set up the exact same besides one computer is 192.168.1.100 and the other is 192.168.1.101
The Printer is plugged in via usb on .100 and is properly shared and all. (il explain how i know towards the end of this post)
i go to run type in \\192.168.1.100 from the computer with 101 and it cant find it or comes up with the message about needing permission. I try doing it in the reverse way and get the same message (from .101 to .100).
I tried accessing the printer on .100 from my laptop via wireless and it goes straight in.

NOTE: On both desktop computers (not my laptop) i clicked the option in network connections to set up a home network and turn on file and printer sharing. I am pretty sure i did that all correct.

Please try to advise me on how to go about solving this problem.
Thanks,
Jack

 

xp pro or home? Are they in the same workgroup? Is simple file sharing on? If you temporarily diable the firewall, does it work? Is your laptop Windows XP or Vista? On the computer with the printer, go to My Network Places and clock on VIEW WORKGROUP COMPUTERS....are both computers there?

Click on the computer the printer is attached to...this will show all shared printers and folders....is the printer showing? Share a folder on the computer....does the folder show?

 

Both desktops are xp pro (i believe)
yes they are in the same workgroup
laptop is vista home basic (i believe)

printer is obviously shared properly because i was able to access it from the laptop.

I will try the rest tom. when i am around those computers.
Thanks.

 

have you made sure to enable all the settings and sometimes the firewalls can block it like Norton

 

Please list all settings that you know of that must be changed. I believe i have changed most of them already.
Norton may be getting int he way will try to figure it out and check back in a few.

Thanks
Please post any other ideas that you may have

 

Hi i have tried all these and have had no success i can view computers through workgroup on one computer but not on the other.

This does not work either.
Thanks anyhow.

I am trying one more thing as of now.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/903267

 

Norton....why didn't you say so?

That is likely your issue. Can't tell you how many times Norton does something like this....

 

Ok so here is what happened.
Norton was installed on computer "1" and mcafee on computer "2"
computer giving me problems was computer "2" (couldnt access it or access any other computers from it.)

SOLVED (well not really):
I connected printer to computer 2 and was only able to access it from computer 1 or any other computer by going to network connections and viewing workgroup computers. IT DID NOT WORK by just typing in \\192.168.1.101
This was my problem because every time i got the error message of needing administrative permission. which didn't make sense because everything was unlocked and shared properly.
Moral of my story its very weird how using \\................ did not work and viewing workgroup did.

Another question. I don't know why but in computer 2 when i clicked workgroup it kind of froze and did nothing?

 

Another question withstanding, it has to be the firewalls.

Both programs are often more trouble than they are worth and I am hesitant to recommend them to anyone, though I have not used the most recent version of Norton.

Both programs go to great pains to hide the configuration settings that would allow you to work with them. I cannot tell you to remove a program you paid for, but I would certainly consider it

 

Honestly we both seem to work in the computer world and know how to get software. So the $$$ isnt an issue here. (NOW OF COURSE PIRATING IS ILLEGAL SO I CANT POSSIBLY MEAN THAT! )

The firewalls seem to have been the only issue but the strange thing is that i disabled them anyhow i guess i did the best i could as far as this issue is concerned. Of course there is always the option of redoing xp from scratch but why bother when its not your computer

 

Disabling either Norton or McAfee is like wiping out a really tough virus...you think you got it all, but.....

Norton, McAfee and now even AVG have become so integrated into Windows that you literally have to run a special program to make sure you got it all

 

So, other than the slick logos and the advertising, what, really, is the difference between Norton, McAfee, AVG and the rest, and your garden-variety rootkit/trojan?

 

Ok i work in virus removal and il tell you one thing best program flat out is Malware Bytes. Its free (google it)and will more often then not get rid of your spyware/ malware/ or virus.

There is more then a logo difference. Difference between many of them is how much it bogs down your computer. If you have a slow computer i recommend using avg or Eset security because those will use the least CPU usage.
I just regular windows firewall and haven't had much of a problem. (and im always downloading new programs and searching the web).

 

I'm not sure you got the gist of my tongue-in-cheek question, but I like your answer anyway, so I'll go with it - are you saying that, in effect, Norton, McAfee, AVG and the rest will bog your computer down more than will a rootkit and/or a trojan?

 

HAHA i hear your question loud and clear but AVG in combination with running frequent Malware Bytes test. You really should be OK.
And just to answer your question straight out YES programs such as norton, and mcafee, will hog your computers CPU.

 

Any program that performs real-time monitoring of your system will bog down the computer to some degree. Security Suites, which monitor more things, will be worse than those that monitor less. The question is not "Will this program bog my system down?", but "Is the tradeoff worth it?"

I don't have any issues with Norton, McAfee, Avg, Avast, etc. My problem with programs is when they misbehave.

Norton and McAfee make good products, but my experience is that Norton prior to 2009 products will eventually break down and cause an issue. Sometimes it is the user who clicked something he she shouldn't have, sometimes, the program just decides all on its own that web browsers are up to no good.

In recent years, McAfee joined the club with this sort of thing, and even more recently, AVG. In the past year, AVG has gotten bigger and buggier, it seems. I no longer recommend it.

I've been recommending different products like Avast and Comodo for riskier users and Avira for people who exhibit less risky behavior.