I'm having some problems networking two machines together. I'm just trying to get them to share files and a printer, not the internet. There is an emachine laptop with XP on it and a desktop with 98. The 98 machine is connected into the Motorola router by a cable and the laptop by an internal wireless card. We can't get the two machines to see each other in network neighborhood. Every time I try to access the network through the XP laptop I get an error saying that it cannot find the workgroup. The 98 machine can see itself in the network but can't see anything else. I'm able to ping the 98 machine with the XP laptop but the 98 machine cannot ping the laptop. File and print sharing has been enabled on the 98 machine and they both have tcp/ip and the 98 machine has NetBEUI too. I shut off XP's firewall incase it interferes and I have given both machines IP addresses. Thanks for any help you can give. GO ARSENAL!

some home routers have a check box that needs to be enabled. Usually its called bridge to lan in the wireless settings. Without this the wireless can't communicate with the wired network [you have one pc on each] Your manually assigned ip addresses, in the same subnet with each other and that of the lan side of the router? Um just noticed you didn't mention that your router was a wireless router. Is it?

yes the IP addresses are on the same subnet mask, but I would have to check the router to see. The router is wireless. GO ARSENAL!

Make sure your router is also a switch. Basicaly you are using your router as a switch and access point. Did you configure your wireless card to match your wireless access point(router)?

I'm going to be looking at the two PC's tomorrow so I can have a better idead of what is going on. The wire less card can get through though. I can ping the 98 machine, but can it do that if it isn't fully configured? GO ARSENAL!