Hi,

I have two laptops (Windows XP home edition) conneted to a wireless router.
One IP is 192.168.0.100, the other IP is 192.168.0.102.

Both can pin 192.168.0.1 , the router. Both can access internet.
Also both can PING another DESTOP PC 192.168.0.103.

But two LAPTOP can't ping each other. Is anyway to trouble shoot this?
I have rebooted both laptops many times. They just can't ping each other.
When I log into the router (192.168.0.1) , they both are shown connected
to the router. It just doesn't make any sense.

I really appreciated if anyone can HELP me on this.

Sincerely,

Jay



Firewalls often block incoming pings. So my guess would be that there's a firewall enabled on both laptops.
If you haven't installed any firewall or internet security type software, then the Windows firewall is probably enabled.
You can check the status of the windows firewall by going to the Control Panel and selecting Security Center. The Firewall will either be OFF or ON.

Can I ask why the laptops needs to be able to ping each other?
are you WANTING to play games or share files between the computers across the network?