[Rob100]

I'm new to networking and just set up a basic wireless net with a desktop running Win XP connected by cable to a Linksys WRT54G router, and a laptop running Windows Vista. Internet access works fine on both machines, but I can only share files from the laptop - the desktop can access the shared folders on the laptop with no problem.Problem is that while "net view" on the laptop is listing the desktop, it can't see anything from the desktop and can't ping the desktop. In fact, the desktop can't even ping itself (I've tried by computer name and by static IP address). "net view" on the desktop yields "There are no entries in the list." There must be something fairly basic that I need to configure on the desktop's XP system, but I'm not sure what it is. (Apologies if this is answered elsewhere - I know there are a lot of threads on similar network config issues, but I couldn't find one that described my situation exactly.)Please help...

[biscxs]

I'd look at the AV and/or Firewall software on the desktop computer and make sure that computers on the local network have access to it. I had a friend with this problem and we found that a setting in Norton AV that needed to be changed.