wireless home network problem

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 12:26 am

I have made a change in my home network setup. Now it is completely wireless, and I am trying to add another wireless laptop but I'm having some trouble with getting the new laptop on the network.

It is part of the same workgroup, but when I try to access it from my main computer, it won't allow me permission, and If I try and access the network from the laptop, it also denies, even though the other stations show up in the workgroup. I am the admin on all machines.

I figure I'm missing something simple, but I tried all the options I know. I have set the new lap to share files and folders, but still - I can't see the folder for that on the network.

I had no trouble setting up the others, so this one has me scratching my head. Got any links or ideas?

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:10 am

Firewall permissions?

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:54 am

nope. xp firewall turned off

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:10 am

on the new laptop - XP pro or home?

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:06 am

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:14 pm

Have you defined the maximum number of dhcp connections? I have mine set to the exact number of PC's on my network, so in order to add a PC, I must add an additional connection. It's good security if you haven't already done so. I'd also check any firewall settings (Not the XP firewall, but any additional software firewalls). You might need to trust the range of IP's you are using.

Mister Bushice · Post by **Mister Bushice** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:33 pm

Yes there are more than enough dhcp connections.

I use zone alarm on all computers. I'll check to see if that is a contributing factor.

The only difference with the new laptop is the card being used. it is a high end cisco brand.

I have a secured network, that I know.

What do you mean by "trust the range of IPs"?

Headhunter · Post by **Headhunter** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:56 pm

I use Norton, but I'm sure zone alarm has similar settings. Maybe a Zone Alarm guy can chime in, but in NAV, I have all incoming traffic restricted, I then have an exception list, which is all the computers in my domain. I changed the IP range of the router from the default 192.168.1.x to a more secure IP range.

I then define that range in NAV, so it trusts everything coming inbound from the router (computers inside the hardware firewall).

So instead of defineing the assigned IP or MAC address of each machine, I trust the range of IP's coming from my router. Example would be to trust 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.10. Any IP falling in that range is trusted. Allows a little flexibility in adding new PC's to your network without having to re-configure the software firewall on each PC in the network. Still need to add an additional DHCP connection, but at least that's a single configuration.