Here is my network:
One Linksys WRT54GS v2 which takes in the internet, at the back of the router one ethernet goes out to a desktop (with a printer next to it) while my laptop is on the wireless.
For some unknown reason for the past two months I have been unable to print from my laptop through the desktop into the printer and also have been unable to access the computer through "My Network Places".
I have looked at the router DCHP table and I have tried pinging the desktop from my laptop but it times out.
I also get an RPC server unavailable, it is running on my laptop. I also read the Microsoft KB article on the subject but no luck.
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usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate
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What OS do you have on the laptop and on the desktop? Are you using the desktop as a server, and are you running a server OS or any special type of server emulating software?
Have you verified the security settings on the desktop and laptop? Have you verified the network settings on both computers? Can you ping the laptop from the desktop? If so, can you connect to the laptop from the desktop (share files, etc)?
In my experience, when you cannot connect to one computer on a network, it's usually the security and/or network settings on the computer to which you are trying to connect. -
usapatriot Notebook Nobel Laureate
Windows XP SP2 on both, forget it I am going to reformat the desktop this weekend.
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Check your firewall settings.
Cannot Connect to Desktop
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by usapatriot, Aug 22, 2007.