Can't access computer on home network through ip address

I have set-up a home network with Vista and connected all computers through a
linksys router. File sharing and folder access works, but I can't access the
computer within the network through their ip address. I enabled the telnet
server and client on all computer and I am also not able to open a telnet
session using the ip address.

What am I doing wrong any idea?

Can you ping each other by IP? By default, you should be able to ping if you
have enabled file sharing.

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"holger" <holger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DBC24091-743F-4CA9-99F3-9E3D4E915FB7@microsoft.com...
>I have set-up a home network with Vista and connected all computers through
>a
> linksys router. File sharing and folder access works, but I can't access
> the
> computer within the network through their ip address. I enabled the telnet
> server and client on all computer and I am also not able to open a telnet
> session using the ip address.
>
> What am I doing wrong any idea?

Thanks that helped a lot. The program I am using needed a specific port and
this was not open on the host and remote computer. I added the port in the
windows firewall and now everything is working fine.

Thanks for the suggestion - it helped me to rule out one problem.

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> Can you ping each other by IP? By default, you should be able to ping if you
> have enabled file sharing.
>
> --
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "holger" <holger@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DBC24091-743F-4CA9-99F3-9E3D4E915FB7@microsoft.com...
> >I have set-up a home network with Vista and connected all computers through
> >a
> > linksys router. File sharing and folder access works, but I can't access
> > the
> > computer within the network through their ip address. I enabled the telnet
> > server and client on all computer and I am also not able to open a telnet
> > session using the ip address.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong any idea?
>
>