Linksys Router - unable to map drive to another network!

[tarzan69]

I have a strange problem that I can't figure out and am the end of my rope. 😕

I have a cable connection (two way) that last week was working perfectly. I have since then isntalled a linksys router to allow my better half to connect her new pc so we can share the connection. Everything works great except one thing. I used to map a drive letter to a server on my work network so I could upload and download some files to. Now when I try to do the mapping it tells me network name not found. If I try the mapping in dos using the net command it gives me an error 18, network path not found. I can ping the server that the share is on (my lmhosts file has this server in it). It has to be the router because I can map if I remove the router and go back to the oringinal way it was connected or if I dialup to the internet via several isps I have access to. For some reason when connecting thru the linksys router, I cannot do this. I have tried opening different ports, using static ips instead of dhcp with the router - cannot get it to work. I have tried my laptop with the router and it does the same thing. Am running Win98 on my desktop and Win XP PRo on my laptop. Everything else works wonderfully - wife and I share the internet, printers, files etc. We both get good speed on the downloads, just cant figure why I can't map a drive! Linksys tech support has been awful as has their knowledgebase and cant find this anywhere else. Any idea are welcome and thanks!

 

[JackMDS]

Nothing will surprise me in Network issues, however it seems unlikely that your problem has to do with your cable/DSL Router.

What you describe is usually a result of some mistake in the network setting, mainly in the sharing setting.

Sharing the Internet is not the same as sharing Drives; the word sharing appears in both topic but that about it.

Go over all you sharing setting.

Take a look at the following links:

Networking and sharing between computers.

Windows XP Professional Ed. Sharing Disks /Folders

 

[tarzan69]

Thanks for the links, some good info there. I have checked and rechecked all settings. What makes me truly believe it is the router is the fact that when I go from two computers connected to this router which is then connected to the cable modem to my single computer connected to the cable modem I can map a drive letter to the share at my office server (which has the public ip address). I do this all the time also when I am on the road and connect via my laptop and use a dialup connection.

I think I may just get another brand of router which has some good support behind it, have had good support from 3com on their switches and such - will look into their cable modem routers.

Still searching....