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| Thread ID: 127298 | 2012-10-16 04:36:00 | Basic LAN network- Major problem | Marshman (7857) | Press F1 |
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| 1307109 | 2012-10-16 04:36:00 | I have a wired Lan that joins my PC (win7 Ultimate) a Dell Laptop (win7 Home Premium) a Sony Tuner Amp (STR-DA3600ES) a Sony PS3 and a Sony Blue Ray Player (BDP-S480). I am using a new Netgear DGND4000 as my modem router. I can see and accsess the two computers from one another, no problems there. I can not see the computers from any of the sony equipment, no servers can be located/discovered. I still have internet connection, and can connect to YouTube etc on all of them and the diagnostic checks show the network is in working order. I have double/triple checked the sharing settings on all devices, they are on max sharing. Now here is the mysterious part. When I disconnect the Lan cable from the laptop and it reverts to wireless I can then see it on the Sony devices, I can access all the files I want to view on the Laptop. I have spent weeks trying to get to the bottom of this and have run out of options. Can someone please offer some advice. Thanking you in anticipation. |
Marshman (7857) | ||
| 1307110 | 2012-10-16 05:30:00 | Just a long shot - You're not using W7 Home Group are you? Can you ping the Devices ? Sometimes network discovery does not always discover every device. Just a thought - by any chance do you have or had either Kaspersky or McAfee on the PC's ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1307111 | 2012-10-16 05:36:00 | Perhaps you have the wireless network on the laptop set as a public network, so everything open to the network in the firewall, but the LAN network set as a Home or Work network and the firewall is blocking access? | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1307112 | 2012-10-16 08:04:00 | Both the wirless and Lan network are on Home/work and I have Win Media Player and Win Media Player Sharing ticked/allowed thru the Win Firewall. | Marshman (7857) | ||
| 1307113 | 2012-10-16 09:07:00 | Can you ping the devices ? Every device on a LAN will have its own IP address. | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1307114 | 2012-10-16 20:51:00 | Hi there Wainuitech, I answered your first post last night but I may not have done it correctly. Anyway this is what I said, I am using W7 Home group. From the PC I can Ping the Blue Ray disc Player, the PS3 and the Dell Laptop but not the Sony amp. I am using Avast Free antivirus. |
Marshman (7857) | ||
| 1307115 | 2012-10-16 21:10:00 | Its strange that they connect by wireless and Not Via Ethernet cable. Dont know if this will be of any help, but have a read of post #25 HERE (forum.blu-ray.com) Failing that what I would do is get one of the Wired PC's and leave the home group, revert back to the standard networking, see if devices can then see one another normally as before. The fact they can ping/detect means the connection is there. As long as each device has its own IP address they "should" talk to one another, if any devices have the same IP as another then one will cancel out the other, cant have two devices on the same LAN with the same IP. Homegroup can be a fickle kettle of fish so to speak. It either works good, or is a right PITA :) Solved MANY networking problems by using standard networking after leaving homegroups. As stated in several places "Remember that HomeGroup works only with Windows 7 machines and it does not support Vista or XP". Homegroup "may" be causing the problem, by turning it off it will either eliminate the problem, or be the same - sometimes its a process of elimination to find out whats not working. Edited: Just a thought, are all the devices wired directly to the Router, or are some running through a switch as well ? |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1307116 | 2012-10-16 21:33:00 | Have you tried disabling the firewall of all devices both in the public and private network? Maybe truncate it so you only have say the Sony and one computer and see if they work together with the firewall all off. And maybe try manual IP address and see if that helps ... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1307117 | 2012-10-18 19:45:00 | have you got network discovery turned on | beama (111) | ||
| 1307118 | 2012-10-19 06:41:00 | Yes I have the network discovery turned on, have disabled the Home Group and I'm just using the Home Network. Still no joy but I will keep searching the Net for more ideas. | Marshman (7857) | ||
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