jpc165
07-11-2005, 10:53 PM
For the past few days I have had an annoying home network problem that I can not fucking fix. Here is my setup:
I have a comcast cable modem hooked up to a netgear wireless g router. I have one pc wired to the router. And a labtop that usually connects wirelessly via a netgear wireless pc card. Both pcs connect to the internet without any problems. And until a few days ago both pcs could see each other on the windows workgroup they are both assigned to. I was also able to use Remote Desktop from my labtop to control the other pc. But now these two pcs can't see each other and I can't figure out why...
I can't even ping one from the other and vice versa. The router is pingable from either machine. The router has both machines listed with the correct name and ip address. Both machines are running xp sp2 with the windows firewall disabled. I use the sygate firewall. I tried turning it off on both machines, but that did not solve my problem either. Both pcs are set up for DHCP and have the same subnet. I have Netbios enabled on both, windows file and printer sharing enabled, both pcs have shared folders enabled, and both pcs have common users and passwords.
Heres the wierd thing. If i hook the labtop through a wire connection and disable the wireless card, i can ping the other pc, and access its shares. But as soon as I use the wireless connection the pcs can't see each other again. I can't see any differences in the network configurations of the LAN versus Wireless connection.
What the fuck is going on here? Its probably something stupid but I can't figure out why this happened out of nowhere.
I have a comcast cable modem hooked up to a netgear wireless g router. I have one pc wired to the router. And a labtop that usually connects wirelessly via a netgear wireless pc card. Both pcs connect to the internet without any problems. And until a few days ago both pcs could see each other on the windows workgroup they are both assigned to. I was also able to use Remote Desktop from my labtop to control the other pc. But now these two pcs can't see each other and I can't figure out why...
I can't even ping one from the other and vice versa. The router is pingable from either machine. The router has both machines listed with the correct name and ip address. Both machines are running xp sp2 with the windows firewall disabled. I use the sygate firewall. I tried turning it off on both machines, but that did not solve my problem either. Both pcs are set up for DHCP and have the same subnet. I have Netbios enabled on both, windows file and printer sharing enabled, both pcs have shared folders enabled, and both pcs have common users and passwords.
Heres the wierd thing. If i hook the labtop through a wire connection and disable the wireless card, i can ping the other pc, and access its shares. But as soon as I use the wireless connection the pcs can't see each other again. I can't see any differences in the network configurations of the LAN versus Wireless connection.
What the fuck is going on here? Its probably something stupid but I can't figure out why this happened out of nowhere.