Wednesday, August 11, 2010

How do I network a bunch of computers already sharing an internet connection?

My computers are all successfully sharing a dsl internet connection via a wireless router. But I can't figure out how to get them to see each other on a file sharing network, What am I missing? No single computer can see any other computers, but they can all use the dsl connection. What gives? I've networked the old fashioned way before so what am I missing?How do I network a bunch of computers already sharing an internet connection?
The faster/easier way to get from one computer to another is to just go to start%26gt;run, type \computername, hit ok, and it will show all the shared files/printers avaliable on that computer.





If you would really like to go the long browsing way just make sure each computer is in the same workgroup here:


rightclick on my computer and go to properties


go to computer name


click change


enter your workgroup name/make sure it is correct


hit ok on everything (including restart)


All of the computers should now appear in the same workgroup in my network places.

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