Networking problem (file/printer sharing)

[Migroo]

Hi guys.

I have ADSL. Using a BT Voyager 240 ADSL Router.

I have two PCs. Both connect to the router via ethernet cables. IPs are assigned using DHCP. Everything works in terms of internet access.

The single problem is that I cannot get the computers to talk to each other. I can't even ping a PC from the other.

I'm trying to share a printer. It is connected to the host PC via USB, and then shared. Obviously this isn't working.

Any ideas? Both PCs are working, their network cards seem OK (I can send/recieve network traffic - Internet!) and the cables seem OK. I looked in the router config manager to see if there were any wierd options stopping cross-network traffic but I didn't see anything.

Any ideas here?

 

[Fardringle]

If the physical network is working properly (it appears to be if both computers can access the Internet), the two most likely causes of file sharing problems are software firewalls on the computer, and different/wrong workgroup names on the computers. If you can't even ping the computers by name or IP address, then it is probably a firewall issue.

 

[Migroo]

Hi Fardringle, thanks for replying.

Both computers have Windows firewall activated, but are set to allow File and printer sharing. The networking on both PCs does have file and printer sharing installed too 🙂

The Host PC does have Norton installed but as far as I'm aware 'Norton Firewall' isn't activated.

I have changed the workgroup of both computers, and they are set properly.

I'll look into the firewall problem, thanks for your help 🙂