Thank you all for your help. It turned out it was a problem with how I had my AVG firewall configured. The computers are now talking to each other! Makes it much easier to get files from one to the other. In the past I had to Email each file to myself and save them from my Email.
Thanks again for your help. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Ventura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] networking computers > OK, look at the basics first. Make sure file and printer sharing are > turned on in each of the two computers. Then go to each folder you want > to share and make sure that sharing is turned on for that particular > folder. Temporarily disable the firewalls on both computers. Go into "My > network places" on each computer and see if the folder(s) that you have > set up to share are shown. If all is well enable the firewallls again. > Do not worry about the firewall on the router as that is for your WAN > which has nothing to do with your LAN. > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DoubleLegal > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:56 AM > To: Blind Computer Users > Subject: [Blind-Computing] networking computers > > Hi everybody, > > I'm having a lot of trouble networking 2 computers through a router. > > I've gone through and run the Windows "Network Setup Wizard", but my 2 > computers still aren't talking to each other and I can't use the printer > or file sharing. > > I have Windows XP Pro on both and am using JAWS 8. My router is a > Linksys. > > My firewall is AVG, the full paid suite version on one, and the free AVG > 7.5 and AVG Anti Rootkit on the other. > > Both computers are connected to the router and the router is connected > to the cable modem. > > I've been trying to figure this out for months and just can't get it. > > Any ideas would really be appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
