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WLAN/LAN: Internet access works... File sharing works sometimes..

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brxndxn

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I just upgraded my router from a Linksys 802.11b router to a US Robotics 802.11g router. All my current 802.11b computers picked up the network just fine when I used the same settings.. I rebooted all the computers on the network also just for the hell of it.

Now, internet access works just fine on all the computers. However, I cannot seem to share files like I did before. All computers have a c:/share directory which is available to all users on the network. It makes it easy for my stupid roomates to send mp3s to each other.

For some reason, the LAN computers (connected to the wireless router) can each access the shares and two of the wireless computers can access each other.

How do I force the network to see the shares on each computer whether over LAN or wireless?
 
come on guys... anyone want to tell me the secret about how to get the other computers to be able to see each other on a small network with 7 computers and a wireless router?

BTW, I have Windows XP on all the computers except for one.
 
I've noticed with WinXP (for me anyway) that sometimes it seems to "forget" your network/workgroup despite you doing nothing at all. I'd remove and resetup the workgroup/network on all computers and see if that helps
 
try this, goto start>run> and

type "\\<IP ADDRESS>" enter

where IP ADDRESS is the ip of one of the computers.


see if that envokes anything. at least it should pull up the shares on the computer.

i'm a wine-o tonight so hopefully this is cohereant??

-bob
 
My time honored solution to this issue of workgroup browsing is to install NETBEUI on all the computers. This is a classic problem with Microsoft's rickity browser election scheme when you use only TCP/IP.
 
My time honored solution to this issue of workgroup browsing is to install NETBEUI on all the computers. This is a classic problem with Microsoft's rickity browser election scheme when you use only TCP/IP.
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Thanks.. I'll try that.

I tried the \\IPaddress because I already knew that trick - but it didn't work and it said the connection is unavailable.

Muck Ficrosoft!
 
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