I didn't know where to put this or even where to go to ask this, so maybe one of you could help me or at least point me in the correct direction, as this is a very easy questions I am sure.
Okay here is the layout.
I have a computer in my living room connected to the internet with an ethernet cable (Coming out of my wireless router, but it is indeed hardwired and not wireless, as I would like to keep this one this way).
Then I have my wireless router broadcasting to my other PC in my room. This PC as I just said gets it's internet connection from the same router as the computer in my living room, only this pc accesses the internet wirelessly where the one in my living room is hard wired through the router.
So my question is this, I just want to be able to put both computers on a simple network while keeping the hard wired ethernet cable connection on my living room computer and a wireless connection on my other computer (And also be able to share the printer on the computer in my living room, the one hooked up by ethernet cable, that it is hooked up to.
Here is where I am running into trouble.
I have run the Network setup on each computer, turning file and print sharing on on each, and have put them in the same workgroup, but I still can not access one computer from another; i.e. I can not connect to computer a from computer b and vice versa, however, I can connect to computer a from computer a by typing in it's on computer name.
What am I doing wrong here? I know it must be simple. Can someone please help me out or at least point me in the correct direction?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Mike.
Okay here is the layout.
I have a computer in my living room connected to the internet with an ethernet cable (Coming out of my wireless router, but it is indeed hardwired and not wireless, as I would like to keep this one this way).
Then I have my wireless router broadcasting to my other PC in my room. This PC as I just said gets it's internet connection from the same router as the computer in my living room, only this pc accesses the internet wirelessly where the one in my living room is hard wired through the router.
So my question is this, I just want to be able to put both computers on a simple network while keeping the hard wired ethernet cable connection on my living room computer and a wireless connection on my other computer (And also be able to share the printer on the computer in my living room, the one hooked up by ethernet cable, that it is hooked up to.
Here is where I am running into trouble.
I have run the Network setup on each computer, turning file and print sharing on on each, and have put them in the same workgroup, but I still can not access one computer from another; i.e. I can not connect to computer a from computer b and vice versa, however, I can connect to computer a from computer a by typing in it's on computer name.
What am I doing wrong here? I know it must be simple. Can someone please help me out or at least point me in the correct direction?
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Mike.