Networks

Did you enable File & Printer Sharing?

When you setup a Peer to Peer Workgroup it's important to have every machine on the Network in the Same Workgroup and it's generally easier to allow Auto Detection of IP Addresses so forget the Static IP Addressing except for the Network Printer.

If the other computers in this LAN are not running XP you'll need to make the floppy that is available on the XP machine when you finish the Network Setup Wizard and then move the floppy to each non XP machine and run it to setup the Networking Protocols.

What I do is start off with the computer connected to the Internet first no matter how that is connected unless it's through a Router then you need to remove all but 1 Computer to setup the Router properly. When you have the Router setup correctly you can then set about setting up the Network Setup Wizard which when doing you should allow File & Print Sharing and when you get to the section about how it connects to the Internet tell this system that it connects to another computer or Remote Gateway. If you have a Modem connecting to this computer and then a router from there it's different and you'll need to tell the computer that this Computer connects directly to the Internet and Other Computers connect to the Internet through this one.

Then depending on how the LAN is actually setup and Forget about the Companies NB here you'll either need to disconnect the working computer from the Router and then connect another one and do the same thing all over again or connect 1 computer to the router if that connects to the computer that is directly connected to the Modem.

You will need to do this for every computer on the network if everything is running through a router and then plug in all the computers and share the desired components. With Printers you need to install the software on each workstation and then tell the computer that you are installing a Network Printer click on Browse to find the location of the printer and then finish off the install. That should give you access to the printer at the very least.

Actually just post back with a description of the way that you have setup your Home Network starting with the type of Internet connection that you are using and what connects directly to the Internet then how the computers are connected from there. Forget about the Company NB as it's not important here at the moment and is just a nuisance/distraction at the moment.

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make sure your user account on the laptop has password. You can't access workgroup share with an account without a password.

I have the exact same problem.
My work laptop which is on a domain cannot access the workgroup on my home network. However I can ping the computers on the network.

As far as I know, you cant be a member of a domain and a workgroup. I think your problem lies there. Become a member of the workgroup and I recon all will work. But thats not a long term solution.

More info and Download here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4F01A31D-EE46-481E-BA11-37F485FA34EA&displaylang=en

Please post back if you have anymore problems or questions.

If you work laptop is not a member of the same workgroup, you WILL have a problem printing to the shared device. Add your laptop to the workgroup, and make sure that the computer that is controlling the shared equipment has it's firewall turn off.

Hope this helps!