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2 Routers File Share Problem
Name: viper2843 Date: August 20, 2003 at 19:59:37 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: P4/768MB
Comment:
I have had a network with three computers and a print server connected to wired Linksys cable/dsl broadband router. Everything works fine there. I got a new laptop with a wireless card so I went out and bought a D-Link broadband router so I could add wireless capability to my network and still have ports for my wired network. I have set everthing up with the crossover cable and the internet is working fine on all the computers but the problem is file sharing. All the existing computers file share fine on the Linksys but the wireless laptop does not see the other comptuers and the existing computers don't see the laptop. Can anyone help me fix this?
Name: blin Date: August 21, 2003 at 06:11:56 Pacific
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we need more information to help. assuming each router uses different ip range so they are in the different subnets. Now, can you ping each other by ip? if yes, can you ping them by name? if not, use route command to troubleshoot it.
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Response Number 2
Name: viper2843 Date: September 27, 2003 at 13:10:52 Pacific
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Sorry it took so long to get back but I had it working for the most part but I have run into something. Just to answer your questions, I can ping all the computers with ip and name. I don't know how to use route. I noticed that I can't file share with any computers that are hooked into the second router(dlink) by a network cable.
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