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shamrock_uk · 06-04-2006, 12:47 PM

I can't help you with the process of sharing in Windows, but i can tell you that there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't be able to ping each computer and see the shared printer too. I have a similar setup involving a wireless router and things should work fine.

In short - something's either gone funny in Windows or you're making an error you don't realise.

I'll start with the obvious (my apologies) - all IP address have probably been assigned like this:

192.168.1.1xx but it's entirely possible your router puts them somewhere else (eg) like 192.168.1.x (ie starts at 2 instead of 100).

If you connect to your router, usually by doing http://192.168.1.1 you can see where it assignes your IP addresses.

You can dole the IP addresses out using DHCP (simplest), but you may prefer to have fixed IP addresses so that printer stays at a single address.

You should be able to see your local IP addresses on each machine by going to a DOS prompt (in start -> programmes -> accessories -> Command prompt or similar) and then typing ipconfig -all on WinXP IIRC.

06-04-2006, 12:47 PM	#2
shamrock_uk Dracolich Join Date: January 24, 2004 Location: UK Age: 42 Posts: 3,092	I can't help you with the process of sharing in Windows, but i can tell you that there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't be able to ping each computer and see the shared printer too. I have a similar setup involving a wireless router and things should work fine. In short - something's either gone funny in Windows or you're making an error you don't realise. I'll start with the obvious (my apologies) - all IP address have probably been assigned like this: 192.168.1.1xx but it's entirely possible your router puts them somewhere else (eg) like 192.168.1.x (ie starts at 2 instead of 100). If you connect to your router, usually by doing http://192.168.1.1 you can see where it assignes your IP addresses. You can dole the IP addresses out using DHCP (simplest), but you may prefer to have fixed IP addresses so that printer stays at a single address. You should be able to see your local IP addresses on each machine by going to a DOS prompt (in start -> programmes -> accessories -> Command prompt or similar) and then typing ipconfig -all on WinXP IIRC.