911alertme Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 My laptop is connected to my wireless network. I have internet access through my (yes I'm sure it's mine) wireless router. My problem is that I can't access any of my shared folders. When I select view workgroup computers it only sees itself. My wired computers can see it but can't access any of it's files. I've tried turning off my software firewall on the laptop and I still can't see the files. What can I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 router firewalls the wired and wierless networks appart? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911alertme Posted April 1, 2007 Author Share Posted April 1, 2007 I don't think so. It's a D-Link Dl-624. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanob0t Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Make sure to have the folders set to share on your computer connected through the router. I had problems pulling off images from my parent's computer, and the only issue was marking that your computer is okay allowing its files to be pulled off of the machine. (Windows) If you aren't... Try to access the files through explorer. It should have My Network Places. Inside that folder should be all of the shared folders in the network. If that doesn't work, make sure the firewalls are set correctly. There's a chance that something like that is just blocking it. I hope this helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixgeek Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 This may be dumb but make sure you're in the right workgroup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Workgroups are stupid, they kind of work if you have a WINS server. Just access the shares by IP address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911alertme Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 Just access the shares by IP address. Interesting. How might I go about doing this and would it be possible to have a network printer? (one attached to a networked computer, not one attached to the router.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 type <ip address of computer> in explorer, this will also work for printers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unasoto Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 type <ip address of computer> in explorer, this will also work for printers if you have DHCP then you will have to do this every time the IP addy changes thats normally 1 day. if you have a static ip then you could use the net use command to map it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 type <ip address of computer> in explorer, this will also work for printers if you have DHCP then you will have to do this every time the IP addy changes thats normally 1 day. if you have a static ip then you could use the net use command to map it :) if the DHCP server is any good it will never change as long as you don't change anything (reboot a few computers at the same time reboot the router things like that) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unasoto Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 type <ip address of computer> in explorer, this will also work for printers if you have DHCP then you will have to do this every time the IP addy changes thats normally 1 day. if you have a static ip then you could use the net use command to map it :) if the DHCP server is any good it will never change as long as you don't change anything (reboot a few computers at the same time reboot the router things like that) it does happen when you take a laptop to work/cybercafe/other network and connect. then when you come home and reconnect you may get a different IP or if you don't reconnect to that network for awhile. :) depends on DHCP server scope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 my dd-wrt gives me the same IP every time with out fail and I'm constantly at a coffee shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 I think most routers will let you extend lease times or set static IPs for DHCP to assign (often through their telnet interface). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
911alertme Posted April 6, 2007 Author Share Posted April 6, 2007 Thanks a lot Sparda :D. The IP address thing worked but only when I turned off my software firewall. My Network Places still didn't work with the firewall off. Anyway if figured out what to allow through my firewall and it now works like a charm. Thanks everybody! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 If your router allows it, run a local DNS server with static IP's. Only fool proof way of getting XP to use host names currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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