Home Networking Setup

[Sanfran327]

Here's what I got:

PC, Laptop, PS3, Wireless Network Printer, Blackberry, iPod Touch.

What I really care about is file sharing between my PC and laptop (both running Vista), and I can't seem to get that going for the LIFE of me. I consider myself a fairly computer-literate individual, but for some reason, this is giving me fits.

Any config suggestions or steps to allow me to access files from one machine to the next would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[theonestevewh]

I'm assuming you have a broadband connection with a WiFi router.

Can you ping the other computer? Go to Command prompt and type "ping COMPUTERNAME"
Can you get to the other computer by going to Run and typing "\\COMPUTERNAME"
Is file sharing turned on?
Is the workgroup name the same?
Is the firewall permitting file sharing?

Here's a link with some File Sharing information on it for Vista: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727037.aspx