Hi David,
Yes I set up all the folders for sharing. I will try to run the setup wizard
again on both machines using the setup disc way.
Thanks for the ideas.
Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Griffith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 4:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] networking 2 computers with a wireless router
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
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