I once networked a desktop running AVG and a Netbook running Avast. I did this running the Network setup wizard first on the Desktop XP machine.
I then created a network setup wizard onto a USB pen to run on the Netbook. I did this and the wizard reported success but initially both machines could not see each other. For some reason I had to run the network setup again on the desktop this time from the USB pen and then again from the USB pen on the Netbook. I cannot remember if I had to reboot or not. Anyway after the repeated running of the network setup wizard on both machines it worked. By the way I am assuming that you have already set up sharing permissions on the folders you want to share on the network? Of course nothing will be seen unless you set this up under sharing and security in the drive or folder properties. Regards David Griffith -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DoubleLegal Sent: Sunday, 18 October 2009 09:11 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] networking 2 computers with a wireless router Thanks for the info David. I am not using it; I've never liked it and have never really heard good things about it. I use Avast and have never had any troubles with it. I'll keep experimenting with the networking. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 12:50 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] networking 2 computers with a wireless router > Do you have, by any chance, MacAfee Internet security installed? > This product is fairly notorious for fouling up attempts at home > networking. > I have had similar problems to the ones you describe and all these > problems > disappear as soon as you remove MacAfee. > Products like Eset Smart Security are no problem at all with home > networking apart from you needing to specify in my case with the Jaws > cursor > that I wanted to allow network folder sharing during setup. > Using AVG Internet Security is slightly less straightforward. If you want > safe home networking you need to run the setup wizard and select a > profile > called computer and domain. This is jargon to describe situations > including > home networking. You also need to then check after a system reboot that > this > option is selected as your profile. > As far as I can see Avast requires no settings relevant to home networking > and has been fine. > > The final thing is that if you do have MacAfee Internet Security it is a > difficult beast to properly get rid of. > My advice is to go to the Eset home page. >>From there select Support > On that page select uninstallers > On that page there is a link to the latest MacAfee uninstall utility. > > It may not be your situation but I have personally have never known a PC > in > which it has been possible to successfully home network with MacAfee > software installed. If anybody knows it would be great to hear as I still > have an old laptop with MacAfee which is obstinately refusing to network. > I > have not got around to getting rid of the anti-virus software as I > inherited > it from an old job as a leaving present . As it is an old work machine > there > does at least appear updates for life on the protection which is > outweighing > the benefits of home networking. > > Regards > > David Griffith > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DoubleLegal > Sent: Sunday, 18 October 2009 00:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] networking 2 computers with a wireless > router > > Hi Dan, > > Yes, we ran it but still not seeing between the 2 computers. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dan Kerstetter" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 5:40 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] networking 2 computers with a wireless > router > > >> Have you run the wireless connection wizard on the second computer? >> >> Dan >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DoubleLegal >> Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2009 7:21 PM >> To: Blind Computer Users >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] networking 2 computers with a wireless router >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I can't seem to figure out how to network 2 computers together using a >> wireless router. >> >> Before, when I networked them through a "hard-wired" router, it was >> simple. >> I just plugged both into the router, went through the "My Network Places" >> setup wizard, and was able to let the second computer see my shared >> documents and print to the printer I had connected to my main computer. I >> tried to do the same thing with the wireless setup wizard, but I couldn't >> find the steps to set anything up like I did in the regular network setup >> wizard. The second computer doesn't see the printer or the main computer. >> >> The main computer is hooked directly into the router, the other computer >> that is hooked up wirelessly can't see my shared folder or the printer. I >> can't see the wirelessly connected computer either. I also have a 1 >> terabyte >> external drive hooked up to my main computer. I'd like to let the second >> computer see that also. I can see it just fine in My Network Places on my >> desktop so I figure I got that setup correctly. >> >> Both computers are running XP. >> >> Please help as the second computer is used by my wife in another room and >> she has threatened to make me sleep in the dog house if I can't figure it >> out; and it's getting cold here in Colorado at night! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Ken >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > database 4518 (20091017) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature > database 4518 (20091017) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4518 (20091017) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4518 (20091017) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
