can't ping desktop from laptop

iambored

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ok, so i can't ping the desktop from the laptop over home wireless network. also can't share the desktop printer, but can see it on laptop. i know they're related. i can access internet wirelessly fine from laptop. router is linksys wrt54g. i can ping laptop from desktop. i can ping router from laptop. desktop has zone alarm, laptop ip is in trusted zone. laptop has windows firewall enabled now, but tried sharing and pinging with firewall disabled without success. i could try a print server but get the feeling it wouldn't work until i get this resolved. suggestions anyone?
 

toosober

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Make sure that you enable file and printing in windows. Make sure that the firewall is allowing file and print sharing as well.
Without information about your OS, that's the best I can do for you.