Can't find (wireless) networked computer

PapaJim · #1 (**permalink**) 08-01-2006, 06:51 PM

First of all, this setup has been working flawlessly for about 8 months and now...

I have 2 computers running XP Pro connected via a Belkins wireless router and (2) Belkin 54G PCI cards.

Computer 2 sees and talks to the other through the network but Computer 1 cannot see nor communicate with #2. Icon for computer #2 is not visible in network window.

Computer #1 ipconfig readout:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix...: Belkin
IP Address..............................: 192.168.2.2
Subnet Mask...........................: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway......................: 192.168.2.1

Computer # 2 ipconfig readout:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix...: Belkin
IP Address..............................: 192.168.2.3
Subnet Mask...........................: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway......................: 192.168.2.1

I have forgotten the command I used to try to communicate with with computer #2 at the cmd level but whatever it was...failed.

I tried Windows wizard but it could find #2 either so I couldn't add it.

Thanks for the help.

Noodles · #2 (**permalink**) 08-01-2006, 10:18 PM

Are you using a firewall on either computer? Sometimes windows networking screws up and you can't see other computers, but if you go to the start menu, run, and type \\computername then you should be able to connect to it (depending on permissions on the other computer).

Also, you should be able to ping between the computers, go to start menu, run, type cmd and hit enter, this will bring up a dos box, type ping 192.168.2.3 (on computer #1) or ping 192.168.2.2 (on computer #2).

This should return something like this:

Quote:

Pinging 192.168.0.100 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.100: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

PapaJim · #3 (**permalink**) 08-03-2006, 11:45 AM

Thank you for your reply, noodles.
I tried both your suggestions with no success. Here are the results:

When I typed "\\ariel" at the cmd prompt, the result was "The filename, directory name, or volume name syntax is incorrect." ("ariel" is the name of computer #2)

When I typed "ping 192.168.2.3", the request timed out three times.

Window Firewalls on both computers are disabled. Firwall from Internet Provider is enabled but it has never interfered with communicating between computers before, so I can only assume it is not doing so now.

Open to any other suggestions.