Network Problem

alan4cult

I have a problem on my home network and was wondering if anybody has a solution.

I have two machines both running Windows XP HOME SP2. One machine is connected wirelessly through a Wireless router and the other is wired to the wireless router.

MAIN ROUTER -> WIRELESS ROUTER -> COMPUTER A (WIRED) and
COMPUTER B (WIRELESS)

^^^(I'm not sure if this matters)

Anyway the problem is that my file and printer sharing has stopped working. Both computers have the same WORKGROUP name and both have File and Printer Sharing enabled in network connections. I spent last night trying to fix the problem but I can't find a solution.

When I try to access workgroup in My network Places I get:

HOMENET is not accessible....
The list of servers for this workgroup is not currently available,

Oh, and I can ping the Computer A from B but not vice versa?

I'm not really familiar with network configurations so I'm not going to spend another night of trial and error!

Any ideas?

aidan_walsh

Made any changes to firewall rules on Computer A recently? if you disable all firewalls are you able to connect to it then?

alan4cult

Yes, I installed AVG 8 but I disabled the firewall on Computer A and that didn't work?

Zynks

Have you tried running the Network Setup Wizard in the control panel?

alan4cult

Zynks wrote: »

Have you tried running the Network Setup Wizard in the control panel?

Yes, loads of times.

alan4cult

Ok, I disabled all firewalls and everything worked a charm! So, does anyone know what I need to change in the firewall settings to allow file and printer sharing. I'm using AVG 8?

Zynks

alan4cult wrote: »

Ok, I disabled all firewalls and everything worked a charm! So, does anyone know what I need to change in the firewall settings to allow file and printer sharing. I'm using AVG 8?

258:
Local network is not accessible after installing AVG Plus Firewall Edition

If you have installed the AVG Plus Firewall Edition, ran the Automatic configuration wizard and then, after the computer has restarted, your local network is not accessible, please check the following configuration:
AVG Control Center->AVG Firewall->Configure->System tab->"Microsoft file sharing and printing"
This application´s default setting is "Block" (for security reasons). If your local network is not accessible or you cannot print on network printers, please re-configure this option to "Allow" (choose "Microsoft file sharing and printing"->click on "Edit rule" button->click on "Edit rule" button)



The correct configuration of the Microsoft file sharing and printing service is very important for your computer's security. Because of this, we recommend that you carefully consider its configuration. We also recommend that you only allow the Microsoft file sharing and printing service for IP addresses of computers that must use this service with your computer, or only for your local network. You can set up your local network in the AVG Firewall configuration as:

* range of secure IP addresses connected to your local network
* IP address/Mask
* one IP address