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bgempire
06-17-2003, 12:08 AM
ok here is how computers are connected at my house:

There is one main desktop which is connected to a hub which is connected to the high speed modem.

An access point also connects to the hub and supplies three laptops in the house with a wireless connection.

Now I have a printer which I want all my computers to be able to print to but only the desktop is connected to it.

I tried to share it and then run the Networking Wizard on the desktop.

I also ran it on the notebooks.

But for some reason the computers are still not networked.

Is there anything special I have to do? Are there instructions somewhere out there on this?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks
Farouk

FW-Mike
06-17-2003, 12:57 AM
Can you ping the internal IP of the desktop fromt he laptops? I'm still a bit confused ony our network setup (i'm tired)

bgempire
06-17-2003, 01:04 AM
Attached is a diagram of how my computers are setup

I just need to know how the rest of the computers can use the printer that is connected to the desktop.

Farouk

FeBox
06-17-2003, 01:36 AM
Make sure your on the same workgroup.

bgempire
06-17-2003, 02:06 AM
anyone with step by step instructions?

All computers have Windows XP.

And all are on the MSHOME workgroup.

I don't know what else is wrong.

FW-Mike
06-17-2003, 02:16 AM
Can you ping the desktop from a laptop though?