[Nick]

i have two computers, mine is wireless and runs vista and the other is ethnert and runs XP. the other day i was pleased with my self as at last i was able to print from my computer to the printer which is attached to the ethnert XP computer

then yesterday when i view computers which are in my work group i can see the XP computer but i cannot access it as it says "check the spelling of this computer" but the spelling is definitely correct.

so now i cant access files on the XP computer or print from my Vista computer. is there something i have to do to the router e.g turn off the firewall or open a port etc.

this is a similar model to my router but mine only has one ariel:

oh yeah another thing is when i click on my computer it says "Network Location: and the name of my network" but if i click on the XP computer it dosnt say "Network Location: and the name of my network"












Belkin : Wireless G Plus Router

[Law]

Open up CMD on both computer and just do nbtstat -R

[Nick]

ive tried it, it says its not a recognized command

i dont know much about the CMD have you spelt it right?

[Ethereal_Dragon]

the command was mis-spelled, it should be "netstat -r"

[Nick]

thanks i typed it in and i got all these numbers (like i said i know pretty much nothing about the CMD) and at the bottom it says persistent routes: none

please can you tell me what this means

it dosnt seem to have done anything

[Ethereal_Dragon]

input the command, and paste the results here in a post.

[Law]

I don't know about Vista, but nbtstat -R should work on XP.

[Nick]

here are the results, i dont have time to resize it:



if you zoom you can read it, sorry

[TheEnd187]

are both of the computers in the same workgroup? if not that can be the prob my wireless-g card always sets my worgroup to default(MSHOME) whenever i unplug it

[Nick]

i changed it back to the default but tht hasnt made any differnce, also can osmeone please tell me wht the results of netstat -r mean