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Original Message
Name: MrP
Date: January 19, 2005 at 14:03:47 Pacific
Subject: Connecting to another network?
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: Celeron/512
Comment:

How can I go about getting network neighborhood to show shares from another network within my small WAN? I set up a route so I can now ping and jazz like that. The routers are both cheap (a linksys and d-link).


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Response Number 1
Name: ClydeB
Date: January 19, 2005 at 15:29:06 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

Does your question not provide its own answer. Network Neighborhood showing the content of a WAN.


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Response Number 2
Name: MrP
Date: January 19, 2005 at 17:55:07 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

No, I can ping, view the HTTP server, but not see the computer in the network neighborhood. I can't access the computer (or it's shares) at all in the normal fashion.


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Response Number 3
Name: ClydeB
Date: January 19, 2005 at 20:07:00 Pacific
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Do you actually have a Wide Area Network as stated?


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Response Number 4
Name: MrP
Date: January 24, 2005 at 07:08:23 Pacific
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Yes. I have a network cable running from a LAN port on the first router, to the WAN port on the second router.


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Response Number 5
Name: ClydeB
Date: January 24, 2005 at 07:34:05 Pacific
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Join the network(s) by eliminating the router function of the second router. Just use the switch portion as a cascaded network will solve the problem. In other words, the second router is using its firewall against you in the same way it works for the "outside" world. You may need a crossover cable between the router and the switch to make this work.


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Response Number 6
Name: MrP
Date: January 24, 2005 at 09:30:33 Pacific
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It is a cheap cheap D-link, do they have the ability to turn out of the routing ability? And if so, does that remove the wireless capabilities?


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Response Number 7
Name: ClydeB
Date: January 24, 2005 at 11:00:52 Pacific
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The routing capability is associated with the WAN port. The hub/switch ports are just that. The difference between an uplink port and any other is the probable need to use a crossover cable to make transmit to receive connections. Some can auto sense the need and do the crossover electronically. The wireless is associated with the hub/switch ports. What model is the router?


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Response Number 8
Name: MrP
Date: January 25, 2005 at 08:58:05 Pacific
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It is a D-Link DI-514.

So if I hooked them up via a crossover into a LAN port, it'll then act as a switch, AND still provide wireless capabilities?


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Response Number 9
Name: ClydeB
Date: January 25, 2005 at 09:39:04 Pacific
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What are the SSID names for the two networks? The solution may be as simple as having the same name in both. The Wizard says it is possible.


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Response Number 10
Name: MrP
Date: January 25, 2005 at 10:00:56 Pacific
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Aren't SSID's only on wireless networks? One router (the D-Link) has wireless capabilities. The other does not.

Thanks for all the help BTW!


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Response Number 11
Name: ClydeB
Date: January 27, 2005 at 16:03:10 Pacific
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www.linksys.com has some really good networking info. that may be helpful to you


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Response Number 12
Name: Ray_Chill
Date: February 15, 2005 at 10:18:53 Pacific
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Sounds to me like you have to set up a trust relationship between both networks/domains. Then, add users accordingly to the necessary workgroups that need to access these files located on another network. Since you can ping, but cannot view, that's my guess.

Or, am I out to lunch on my assessment?


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