Networking help.

Meloco

Meloco

Meloco

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Hey guys,

recently lost my whole network configuration and havn't a clue how i managed to get everything working. My problem at the moment is:

I have re-done my network, i am trying to get a wireless laptop and a lan cabled pc to go through my router and share an internet connection. I also would like to share files between them so i can access files on either computer.

The Internet is working on both. My problem however is that i can access files from my main (lan connect) pc that are on my laptop, but not access the files on my main pc from my laptop. It simply says i do not have permission...

Any clues on this? Any help would be very much appreciated.

Cheers,

P.S. Yes there are folders that are being shared.
I do not have internet connection sharing enabled (it doesn't work on laptop says ip already in use, and with main pc it just doesnt show up).
Yes i have run the connection setup wizard.
Router : Netgear DG834GT
 
windows firewall is disabled.

also tried disabling software firewall (lavasoft). Still no joy

Yes they're both in same workgroup.

any more ideas :(.


cheers for help,

-Meloco
 
pinging results...


Pinging from laptop to main pc is ok.

Pinging from main pc to laptop, the box just says request timed out.
 
no.

If i try and enable it on the laptop it says ip address in use, and with the main pc the option is simply not there.
 
oh also, if i try and enable the lan adapter on the laptop (which says is not in use) it makes my ip the default gateway, so i loose all connectivity even to the internet :/. However if i disable it then the option does not appear in wan options.
 
Yes i think DHCP is enabled. ' Use Router as DHCP Server ' is ticked.

And by saying configured to have them automatically assigned? Do you mean in the TCP/IP options where you add in the ip and add in correct dns sever ip's because that has been done on both?

*also both are pinging now*
 
ok i've done like you have in the picture, it had some ip's in there already which i set-up for torrenting.

Ok, done more fiddling about, managed to tick the "Internet and file sharing" box on the WAN connection, and now on my main pc it has come up with an internet gateway icon. However now the laptop cannot even see/access the workgroup, only the main pc can.
 
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***On the internet gateway icon, instead of it just saying like yours internet connection it says... 'Local Area connection on [computer name]' and underneath it says... 'Unavailable device disabled'.

main pc can see the workgroup, laptop can't. Both restarted, still saying access denied from laptop when trying to look at shared files on main pc :/.
 
Ok restarted both of them again, and now i both laptops can see both workgroups and computers, but still the laptop is getting "access denied" when trying to access the main pc. Also the Internet connection icon has gone on the main pc now. (But internet still is on).
 
lol it's alright mate cheers for your help tho.. seriously cannot see how i got this all working in the first place :/.
 
LOL!!! I don't think your going to believe this but, just entered one of the shortcut folders, which are shown as you probably know in the main window when you click on view networks. Well i just got access to all my files :/. Err...
 
however if i try and click on the computer icon and access the files going through full network tree it still says access denied. WEIRD.
 
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