Win 7 networking issue

[rastaIT34]

I'll try to make this simple and quick to the point...

3 computers.

SETUP:
> 2 Win 7 ultimate computers Ethernet connected to router.
> 1 Acer Wireless Win 7 Home Premium laptop.

All computers are on home network, each have a hard drive that is shared with full control permission. The 2 win 7 ultimate computers have no problem seeing each other and logging in to each other.

PROBLEM:
Win 7 Laptop can see both Win 7 Ultimate machines on the network and can even log in to them with a user/pass. Win 7 laptop is connected to the router and can access the internet. But both Win 7 ultimate machines doesn't see the wireless Win 7 laptop. It doesn't see the folder / hard drive that is shared.

Any thoughts why?





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[cdogg]

For future reference, there is a Windows 7 forum where topics like this are a better fit, but I'll take a stab...

First, check your network's configuration on the laptop. Make sure the wireless network has been identified as a "home" network and not "public" (the latter will automatically disable a lot of sharing features including the ability to be pinged). Aside from going into your firewall settings and manually modifying rules, I suggest you setup a homegroup and join all three to that. A work PC that is joined to the domain, however, may not show this option. Also, you can try \\computername\c$ or \\IPaddress\c$ from one of the Win7 Ultimate computers assuming the laptop can be seen at all.



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[goombawaho]

That's good troubleshooting, but make sure the network types NOT set to PUBLIC on any of the devices.

"open the network and sharing center, under the name of your network connection it should say public network, click it, and you should be able to alter it to whatever you want."

Should be set as HOME for your setup.

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[rastaIT34]

i don't understand.....i didn't do ANYTHING and now its showing up ......

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[edfair]

That's 7.

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Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[rastaIT34]

i thought 7 was more stable than 8 thats why i didnt upgrade....

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[goombawaho]

I would NEVER say that Windows 7 was flaky.

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[edfair]

I've run across this same issue with 7 machines, moreso with XP in the mix, and one group of machines with problems acquiring IP address via DHCP. Without the networking every customer using 7 seems happy with it. So far I'm using my couple of machines as testbeds for some future projects for customers.

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Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[goombawaho]

Hmm. I guess I just don't see any real networking issues with Windows 7 with my computers or most customers.

moreso with XP in the mix

This I would agree with for sure.

"Living tomorrow is everyone's sorrow.
Modern man's daydreams have turned into nightmares.

 

[cdogg]

rastaIT34,

There are lots of reasons why that can happen. Since the laptop is on wireless, one possiblity is that the IP address of the laptop changed (assuming your network is using DHCP). When that happens, it can take a while for the DNS cache on the other Win 7 workstations to reset. There are other explanations as well. I suggest you try to join them to a homegroup if you continue to have issues.

 

[Beilstwh]

Or change from DHCP to a static non public routing IP for the 3 machines

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