Hello everyone. I've been working for the last 4 hours on trying to get this particular issue resolved so if anyon can offer any advice at all, it would be much appreciated. My situation is as follows: I have 3 computers connected to a D-Link DI-514 router (802.11b). They all have Windows XP w/ SP2 and only use the built in windows firewall which has been configured to have an exception for file & print sharing on all of them. Computer A is a laptop that connects wirelessly. Computer B and C are both desktops and are connected directly to the router via ethernet cord. I have run the networking setup wizard on all computers, they all have file & print sharing enabled, are in the same workgroup, and they all have NetBios enabled over tcp/ip.
When I go to view workgroup computers on either computer A or B they both show up, but on either computer they can only access themselves e.g. on computer A I can't access computer B. I get the "network path is invalid error". Computer C can't even access the workgroup. However, what makes this so strange is that all of the computers can still ping one another and access each other if you type in their ip address, does anyone have any idea of why this is happening? I've used google for 4 hours and havn't been able to come up with anything. Thanks.
When I go to view workgroup computers on either computer A or B they both show up, but on either computer they can only access themselves e.g. on computer A I can't access computer B. I get the "network path is invalid error". Computer C can't even access the workgroup. However, what makes this so strange is that all of the computers can still ping one another and access each other if you type in their ip address, does anyone have any idea of why this is happening? I've used google for 4 hours and havn't been able to come up with anything. Thanks.
