How do I use Window's workgroups on a college LAN? I have a switch, cant make it work.

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Brazen

Originally posted by: Leros
I figured it out in case anybody is having the same problem.

I unplugged my swtich from the college network and set static IPs. Everything worked great. I plugged back into the college network, let the DHCP server set IPs and it wouldnt work. I'm pretty sure the college is blocking that kind of stuff to keep bandwidth down across the network. What makes me suspect this is that they are already limiting us to 10Mbit on the network.

My solution was to plug the campus directly into ethernet port 1 on my desktop. Set my laptop to get internet wirlessly. My LAN plugs into my laptop and my desktop's secondary LAN port, with static IPs, free from the college network.

Have you tried accessing the other computer using \\ipaddy\sharename as has been suggested here many times?!

Also, are you using ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) on your desktop pc so you can get internet on your laptop? If so, you have just turned your desktop pc into a router, and if you are going to have a router, you might as well get a linksys wrt54gs.

No, I am not using ICS, im using a switch.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Leros

You're not listening to the very knowlegable people here telling you how to do it. reference the computers with \\ip address\share name.

I've done that. It doesn't work.

When both devices are plugged into your switch or from across the university?

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: Leros

You're not listening to the very knowlegable people here telling you how to do it. reference the computers with \\ip address\share name.

I've done that. It doesn't work.

When both devices are plugged into your switch or from across the university?

When both are plugged into the switch.