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connects to Internet but not home network???

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Felecha

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I have a home network, Linksys 4-port router, off a cable modem connection. Now one of them (this one I'm on right now) is able to get to the Internet but not the local network. On here Network Neighborhood says "Unable to browse the network ... " etc. From the others, it's just not visible. I don't know a whole lot, but I looked in network Properties, and it looked like what I'm used to seeing there. I've released and renewed with winipcfg. The numbers come up correctly there, as far as I understand these things. No changes in the system lately, no event I know of that would change or screw anything up.

Where to begin??
 
Can you ping the other machines on the local network? If so, you probably need to enable windows networking on all the home network machines.
 
There are many possible causes for this kind of error. As previously mentioned, you need to enable networking on each of the computers. Each PC must be logged into at startup, not hitting the "ESC" button. The organization names need to match in the second line. Also, you need to ensure that under the IP addressing that each of the computers has the same subnet mask. These are usually something like 255.255.255.0. The absolute number is not important, only that they are the same on all PCs.

Good luck
 
I had forgot about the ping thing. I'm a networking amataeur -- I installed the system myself with coaching from friends. I was shown how to ping, and it was explained to me, but long ago I forgot.

Anyway, it did ping the others successfully, so I scratched my head and wondered if I should change from Microsoft Family Logon to Client for Microsoft Networks. Tried that and rebooted, and no luck. So I went back to Family Logon and rebooted and -- hey!! it's working again.

Curious.

So, looks like the problem's gone for now, but, what does all that mean?

 


<< So, looks like the problem's gone for now, but, what does all that mean? >>



It means you did something to make it work, silly! 🙂

No, seriously, there could be many things that happened and it would hurt to try and do that mentally. I suggest since it works, leave it, and the next time a net guru comes around your parts, have them take a look at it...

🙂
 
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