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Gumbyizer

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Netwrking problems
« on: October 28, 2007, 07:53:15 PM »
I have a home network with 4 computers on it. 3 computers are hard wired to a router and the fourth (laptop) is wireless. all use the same router.
Computer A can not see any of the other computers. It can use a shared printer on another computer.

Computers B, C, and D all are working fine, and they see the shared files on Computer A, and the can use the printer connected to computer A.

Why is Computer A not seeing the other computer's files? ???
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Jonas Wauters



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    Re: Netwrking problems
    « Reply #1 on: October 29, 2007, 04:48:25 AM »
    OK we need more info:
    What OS' are the computers?
    Are you working with a workgroup?

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    Gumbyizer

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    Re: Netwrking problems
    « Reply #2 on: October 29, 2007, 06:07:27 PM »
    I am using XP home and the workgroup name is the same.
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      Re: Netwrking problems
      « Reply #3 on: October 30, 2007, 04:57:46 AM »
      Sow you're all using XP home SP2?
      What firewalls are you using?
      Make sure network detection is enabled in the firewall settings.

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        Re: Netwrking problems
        « Reply #4 on: October 31, 2007, 04:35:35 AM »
        How do you try to see the other computers?
        Is a "naming service" on your LAN? If not, maybe you should create some records in the hosts file, on every computer (I will have to read a bit about Windows naming services, I can't help you more now).
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          Re: Netwrking problems
          « Reply #5 on: October 31, 2007, 04:11:27 PM »
          Uh, are B, C and D setup with shared files?
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