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bubblegumnex
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Oh great penny arcade forumites, I prostrate myself before you and ask wish to learn from your wisdom. Before we begin, here's the setup:
Scribbler = HP pavilion laptop with Vista Home Basic with Network Discovery on
Wireless router ( Linksys WRT54G2)
All other machines are running Windows XP
Now here's the scenario: I'm putting the wireless router behind another router ( DL-604) and pretty much turning it into a switch but wireless capabilities. So far, I can get wireless interwebs, however, I cannot see any of the shared folders on the network, even when in the same work group. However, when connected to the network with wires, everything works.
Thoughts?
Yes, I've already thought about just switching up the routers, however the modem is in an odd place with the router tucked in a corner in my roommates bedroom, so I doubt that signal strength would be any good.
Scribbler = HP pavilion laptop with Vista Home Basic with Network Discovery on
Wireless router ( Linksys WRT54G2)
All other machines are running Windows XP
Now here's the scenario: I'm putting the wireless router behind another router ( DL-604) and pretty much turning it into a switch but wireless capabilities. So far, I can get wireless interwebs, however, I cannot see any of the shared folders on the network, even when in the same work group. However, when connected to the network with wires, everything works.
Thoughts?
Yes, I've already thought about just switching up the routers, however the modem is in an odd place with the router tucked in a corner in my roommates bedroom, so I doubt that signal strength would be any good.
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Tried that. No dice
<@zerzhul> you win at twdt
Vista machine trying to see XP folders. I can seem them perfectly fine when I'm connected to the network with a wire. But on wirless through the other router, no dice.
<@zerzhul> you win at twdt
Are you connecting the old router to the wireless through the wireless's internet port, or through a numbered port?
I'd try making sure the wireless router's DHCP is disabled, and connecting the wired router to a numbered port rather than the net port.
I'm connecting the wired router to the wireless router in it's net port. I tried connecting it in a numbered port, but no dice.
<@zerzhul> you win at twdt
The last time I was fighting like this with windows file sharing, it was between a 98 and an xp machine. I ended up just getting frustrated with it and left for an hour or 2. When I came back, file sharing was just working...
Tried just letting them sit there and do their thing for a bit?
You have as follows.
Internet -> Wired Router -> Wireless router.
On the wired router, make sure DHCP is turned on. That's all that's necessary.
On the wireless router, take cat 5/6 from a numbered port on the wired router to a numbered port on the wireless. Placing it on the WAN port on your wireless router is going to block off access to your network unless you know how to do some routing. It's way to complicated to warrant doing this, though. Once you've connected it from LAN<->LAN on the router, disable DHCP on the wireless and set up the wireless as an IP on the network.
Use this image as a guide, that's how my home one was set up a while ago:
Unless one of the devices supports auto crossover, that won't work. You would need to run a crossover cable between the numbered ports on the two devices.
I don't believe it - I'm on my THIRD PS3, and my FIRST XBOX360. What the heck?
<@zerzhul> you win at twdt