I didn't read your post. All capitals is like shouting and it's all in a long paragraph.
Even so, the most common issue for this is simple. The owner installed a firewall and is still learning how to configure that. I don't offer any firewall support. I will share that once you get the machines behind the router, you can uninstall the firewalls, get the network working and then reinstall the firewall.
If it breaks when you install the firewall, then you seek help on that.
Bob
HEY ...1ST THNX FOR TAKIN TIME READING THIS ISSUE...
I HAVE A COMPUTER RUNNING XP, AND A LABTOP RUNNING WIN 2000,THE LABTOP HAS VERY IMP FILES WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER TO MY COMP. AND NOW ..I HAVE DSL ..WHICH I SHARE USING A LINKSYS ROUTER ...BOTH THE COMP. ARE CONNECTED TO IT, AND INTERNET RUNS ON BOTH OF THEM (PROVING THAT THE WIRES ARE FINE ) AND SO I WANT TO DO IS , BY SOME WAY, TRANSFER FILES FROM THE LABTOP TO THE COMPUTER
DOES ANY1 KNOW HOW TO DO THAT, PS SUGGEST ANYTHING
ITS ALL WORTH A TRY
THNX 4 UR TIME
PS REPLY IF U HAVE ANY INFO REGARDING THIS ISSUE
THANKS
MARK

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