All PC have to have the same network name.
Do you have a software firewall, and if so, have you enabled sharing? With my Zone Alarm, it's under Zones and I added the IP range for the router. It should be such as 192.160.0.100 to 192.160.0.199.
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I currently have a home network setup with 3 computer, a router, and a cable internet connection. all 3 computers can access the internet without any problems.
howver, i have been trying to set up file sharing between the computers, and i've hit a wall: nothing seems to work.
I belive I have everything in Windows configured properly, and I ran through the windows troubleshooter.
According to the troubleshooter, it appears as if computer 1 on the network is not able to ping computer 2 (and vice-versa, including computer 3). Windows seems to think this is a hardware problem, but my rationale is if all the computers can connect to the internet properly, then the hardware obviously works.
So, does anybody have any suggestions as to why I can't ping a computer that's 15 feet away from me?
I figure if I can get the Ping-ing problem solved, the whole file sharing thing will start working as well. However, any and all suggestions are welcome...
Thanks for your time,
Yoni
ykurland@gmail.com

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