Home Network Mapping Network Drive Problem
Fellow ppruners (computer techies!)
I'm having trouble getting a drive mapped to allow file sharing across a private (secured) home netowrk.
Tower is running XP, laptop is running Vista.
Tower is hard wired to router/modem via ethernet, laptop is wireless.
In my network places, the home network is showing but NEITHER or the computers is showing connected to the network. I have checked the workgroup names and both are identical.
I have tried pinging each computer's IP. The tower cannot get a return from the laptop (request timed out), but the laptop can get a return from the tower IP.
Vague i know but could anyone give me pointers (or better yet a link to a good tutorial!)
many thanks