File Sharing Between Wired and Wireless Computers

What I have found that sometimes works when you dont know what else to do is to: Select a folder on your desktop and add it to sharing, you will then get some windows that open to configure sharing. Just tell it to share with the other PCs and wallllloh it starts working. Of course if it doesnt work then, make sure file and print sharing is selected correctly in the adapter settings.

"Airhead" wrote in news:41b25fc1$0$797$ snipped-for-privacy@news.cablerocket.com:

Check the Windows firewall settings on the wired computer. Looks like a firewall problem. If you are using Zone Zlarm, check that it recognizes the network as a trusted zone.

I tried your suggestion, but the configuration wizard didn't pop up, probably because I had gone through it previously. On the subject of the adapter settings:

I went to the Network Connection properties from the control panel, and saw that "File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks" was checked on the laptop with a white background, but on the wired computer it is checked with a grey background. Doesn't that usually mean that some, but not all components have been installed. I tried to find a way to install the other components, but I couldn't find one. Could this be the problem?

Thanks for the suggestion, but I had turned off all firewalls temporarily.

If WEP is enabled on the wireless NIC, then you may have a problem communicating wire and wireless due to the NIC protocol being used. If Netbeui is the protocol, then un-install it off the NIC(s) on the machines. You can use NWlink as the protocol on the NIC(s) or just leave Netbeui off the NIC.

I run with the following on the NIC(s):

I use to run with NWlink but found that I didn't need it.

HTH

Duane :)

You also need TCP port 139.

Make sure "Use Netbios over TCP" and "Register this connection's addresses in DNS" are both enabled on your connections. The settings are per connection, so if your wireless uses USB or PCMCIA you'll need to check the settings individually for each slot or port you want to be able to use.

Make sure the computer browser service is running on all machines. It is sensitive to firewall settings and shuts itself off if it doesn't like something.

I have a similar problem ... I completely lost the ability to browse my network when I installed SP2 on my WinXP machines (I have 3 running XPpro, 1 XPhome and 1 Win2K - 2 are wired and 3 are wireless). I can connect the shares using IP addresses and can resolve names statically by editing the hosts file on each machine but dynamic name resolution no longer works on any of them.

I have no answer to it as yet.

George