Wireless network, can't see shared printer

[wjl11]

Hello,
I have a Netgear MR814 router and a cable modem connected to my WinXP PC.
I also have a Netgear MA311 pc-card connected to my Win98 laptop.
Internet connections work fine on both machines.

After verifying that I have distinct computer names and the same workgroup name for both computers, I set the printer on my Winxp machine to be shareable.

The Win98 machine cannot see the printer when I try to activate it with 'Add Printer'. In fact, it does not even recognize that there is a network when I click on Network Neighborhood.

Any idea on what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
Will

 

[InnoTech]

what components do you have installed in network neighborhood properties on the win98 machine? "Jack of all trades. Master of none."

 

[wjl11]

I have Client for MS Networks, The driver for the wireless card and TCP/IP bound to it.

 

[manarth]

"In fact, it does not even recognize that there is a network when I click on Network Neighborhood."

Forget your printer for the moment - the first problem to resolve is your network. Fixing your network will probably fix the printer access.


Firstly, check if the PCs are connecting in any way.
The MR-314 has some issues with connecting LANs (connects the machines to the DSL WAN fine, but doesn't connect as a LAN). See faq562-3341 for details of this.

Check your IP configuration: what IP policy are you using? (e.g. both machines use an IP 192.168.0.x and subnet 255.255.255.0).
You can see your IP configuration by typing "ipconfig /all" in a DOS window.

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[InnoTech]

also, in your post it don't mention that you set the network up on the software side. &quot;Jack of all trades. Master of none.&quot;

 

[wjl11]

This is the ipconfig from the win98 machine:

Windows 98 IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . : LAPTOP

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . : 167.206.3.201

167.206.112.138

167.206.7.4

Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast

NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No

NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No



0 Ethernet adapter :



Description . . . . . . . . : Sony i.LINK(1394) Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . : 08-00-46-02-22-F0

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 169.254.197.122

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . :

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255

Primary WINS Server . . . . :

Secondary WINS Server . . . :

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 03 31 03 8:15:08 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . :



1 Ethernet adapter :



Description . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR MA401 Wireless PC Card

Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-09-5B-29-A2-97

DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.3

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Primary WINS Server . . . . :

Secondary WINS Server . . . :

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 03 31 03 8:15:13 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

 

[manarth]

your Win98 ip configuration looks OK...

Check if your XP firewall is turned on
Check if you can ping the router (&quot;ping 192.168.0.1&quot
Check if you can ping the XP machine

Check your router's firmware version.
Your manual explains how to do this - the manual & the firmware update can be found at:

http://www.netgear.com/support/products/MR314.asp

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