Trying to add new XP laptop to home network

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I recently set up a wireless network and have two PCs and one laptop all
working fine. But I now want to add a fourth laptop and for some reason it
cannot see or be seen on the network. It access the internet fine, via the
Belkin wireless router.

Can anyone suggest a course of action I can take (other than scouring help
sites like this, which I am doing).

Thanks

 

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In article <39870623-F3A6-4F99-AC48-6979480818E7@microsoft.com>,
Dragontomato <Dragontomato@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I recently set up a wireless network and have two PCs and one laptop all
>working fine. But I now want to add a fourth laptop and for some reason it
>cannot see or be seen on the network. It access the internet fine, via the
>Belkin wireless router.
>
>Can anyone suggest a course of action I can take (other than scouring help
>sites like this, which I am doing).
>
>Thanks

Without any details of how you've set up the network, it's hard to say
what's wrong.

Make sure that a firewall isn't blocking access on the fourth laptop.
Try the troubleshooter here:

http://www.michna.com/kb/wxnet.htm
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[Clark]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless (More info?)

Check your WEP or WAP settings. The 802.1x seems to be enabled by default,
you might try turning that off.

Clark

"Dragontomato" <Dragontomato@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:39870623-F3A6-4F99-AC48-6979480818E7@microsoft.com...
>I recently set up a wireless network and have two PCs and one laptop all
> working fine. But I now want to add a fourth laptop and for some reason
> it
> cannot see or be seen on the network. It access the internet fine, via
> the
> Belkin wireless router.
>
> Can anyone suggest a course of action I can take (other than scouring help
> sites like this, which I am doing).
>
> Thanks
>