The IP address, NETMASK must be in the same LAN. But the usual is that a firewall is installed and working. Remember that Zone Alarm can't be disabled.
Bob
I'm trying to set up a network between two desktop PCs (one of which I've recently upgraded from 98 to XP), using a Belkin wireless router and PCI cards installed in both.
The internet connection sharing has worked from the start without any problems, but although I've tried everything I can think of to establish the file sharing, they just don't see each other at all. I've made sure that they are both in the same workgroup, but not done anything to the IP address of the second computer (do I even need to do this?).
Any help in sorting out this problem will be much appreciated.

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