secondtube Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 a friend has added a third computer to a preexisting network, has added it to his wireless router, and has got a connection to the internet. what he is now trying to do is access the shared files from his main computer (which his laptop, which has been on the network for around a year is able to do) on his new computer, that does have a working internet connection on the network. he's not at the computer now, but he said the main problem is, on the NEW computer, the MAIN computer is NOT showing up in the network neighborhood...even though the computer has connectivity to the network... anyoen have any suggestions? without his comp in front of me, i'm not sure what to tell him, so that his main computer shows up in his new computers network neighborhood, so that he can access his shared files, that are currently accessable on his laptop. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 my guess is one of the computers has a domain assigned and shouldn't, or the workgroup names don't match - usually 'workgroup' is the default name...check those. Also, turn on file sharing on folders before looking for computers. If he's on a router, does he use static or dynamic ip's?? Make them all static. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 Is the machine that can't see the network XP as well? I've heard with XP, getting machines on other OS's to share can be tricky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted April 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 Cyber, yes, both are on Xp, one is home and one is pro, but it shouldn't matter.tungsten, router is running dynamic, but i'm not going to explain static over the phone. the shares are already set, as the network is already preexisting...he said all the workgroups were named 'workgroup', but i'll tell him to double check it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted April 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 if his domain is assigned, but to the wrong one, where, over the phone, can i tell him to check, and possibly release the domian? i'd think the domain would be correct, as he has an internet connection....i have a feelign i'm going to be paying him a visit in the next coupla days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted April 12, 2004 Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 Tell him to run Windows 98 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondtube Posted April 12, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2004 no, then it would work, and i wouldn't get paid to fix it. win98 was working too well, they needed to go ahead and screw it all up. my house: three Win98 box's, one win95 box. all networked, all working beautifully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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