Dear Sir or Madame:I am trying to connect two computers, Which I have named System A and System B. Both computers and a Westel Wirespeed DSL modem are connected to an Asus WL-520GU wireless/wired router by means of LAN ethernet cables. An HP PSC 2355 printer is connected to the router by means of a USB cable. The onboard LAN's of both computers automatically configure to the IP addresses of the form 192.168.x.x, which, I believe, work. However there is no connectivity between the two computers, Systems A and B. They do not see each other's shared disk drives and files. The operating system is Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Version 2002 with Service Pack 3, No. 76477-OEM-0015717-31545.When I ran the ipconfig program on each computer one specification said that the IP routing is not enabled. See configuration below. Must the IP routing be enabled in order to have connectivity? How is IP routing enabled in Windows XP? In the Services section of the Control Panel there are the Routing and Remote Access, which is disabled and other networking related services, some of which are also disabled. Which services must be enabled in order for the computers to connect to share files and disk drives?Windows IP ConfigurationHost Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : SYSTEM-APrimary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : MixedIP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : NoWINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : NoEthernet adapter Up-Dock Local Area Connection:Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :Description . . . . . . . . . . . : ADMtek ADM8511 USB To Fast EthernetConverterPhysical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-5B-00-0A-4BDhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : YesAutoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : YesIP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.168.237.161.12 Regards Peter Dooling1 person needs an answerI do too

HiThe readout is OK. The Routing setting that isOoff is not relevant in your case.----------------Configure all computers to Share files and you will have a Lcall Network.Make sure that the Software Firewall on each computer allows free local traffic. If you use 3rd party Firewall On, Vista/XP Native Firewall should be Off, and the active Firewall has to adjusted to your Network IP numbers on what is some time called the Trusted Zone (consult your 3rd Party Firewall instructionsGeneral example, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#trustedPlease Note that some 3rd party Software Firewalls keep blocking aspects of Local Traffic even it they are turned Off (disabled). If possible configure the Firewall correctly, or totally uninstall it to allow clean flow of local network traffic. If the 3rd party software is uninstalled or disables, make sure that Windows native Firewall is On .Windows XP File Sharing - http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304040Printer Sharing XP - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/honeycutt_july2.mspxWindows Native Firewall setting for Sharing XP -http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875357In Win XP pro you can Visually see the Permission/Security setting, and configure them to your liking.http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/learnmore/accesscontrol.mspx#securityTabWhen finished with the setting of the system it is advisable to Reboot all the hardware including the Router and all computers involved.Jack-MVP Windows Networking. WWW.EZLAN.NET