Home Networking help needed.
I have a cable modem and a Linksys Wireless B router. The router is connected to the modem. They both are in my living room. I have set up WEP encryption on the router and my SSID is not being broadcasted.
From my room on 2nd floor I am accessing the Internet through the router from my PC1 (WinXP Pro Sp2) using a PCI apadater Wi-Fi card. I am also able to access internet from another PC, PC2 (Win2K) through the router using USB Wi-Fi adapter.
So no problem with accessing internet from either pc or both simultaneously.
I want to share the files from PC1 and PC2 over the network. This is where the problem is. When I try to ping the PC2 from PC1 it fails and vice-versa. Both can ping the default gateway and access internet through the wireless router. So it seems both are going to the router but unable to see each other.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
I have a cable modem and a Linksys Wireless B router. The router is connected to the modem. They both are in my living room. I have set up WEP encryption on the router and my SSID is not being broadcasted.
From my room on 2nd floor I am accessing the Internet through the router from my PC1 (WinXP Pro Sp2) using a PCI apadater Wi-Fi card. I am also able to access internet from another PC, PC2 (Win2K) through the router using USB Wi-Fi adapter.
So no problem with accessing internet from either pc or both simultaneously.
I want to share the files from PC1 and PC2 over the network. This is where the problem is. When I try to ping the PC2 from PC1 it fails and vice-versa. Both can ping the default gateway and access internet through the wireless router. So it seems both are going to the router but unable to see each other.
Any help is greatly appreciated.