I installed a new Linksys WRT 310N Wireles N Gigabit router because the POC Netgear kept dropping the connection. The problem now is that I cannot share files, or my network printer between the computers. My network consists of: 3 wired desktops 1 wireless desktop 2 wireless laptops 1 wired Playstation 2 All running XP-Home Sp2 and all running Norton Internet Security 08. The all connect to the internet without problems. I jsut cannot connect them to each other. I believe the router & Norton are not playing well together, but do not know how to fix it. If I turn off Norton on the puters, I can individually ping them through the command prompt, but if not if Norton is on. Now I know a bunch of you do not like Norton. That's fine, but I need to know how to get this to work WITH Norton. Thanks, Tommy

configure norton's firewall to 'trust'your subnet. I suspect that with netgear you had 192.168.0.x ip range and now you have 192.168.1.x subnet for your lan. That is all the difference it takes for a software firewall to say denied access. Correct the configuration on all firewalls and you should be back to normal. Imagine the power of knowing how to internet search http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

You were EXACTLY right !!! Once I figured out where it was hidden in Norton, and changed it, everything connects as it should. One last thing. The router is apparently disconnecting the wireless computers after the system has been idle for awhile (like overnight). Then you have to manually reconnect each. This is a pain since the printer is on the wireless desktop, and before you can print, you have to reset the connection. Is there somewhere in the router software I should be looking to keep the network active? Or is this something in the wireless puters? They didn't do it with the old Netgear?

Not a feature in the router. It is a feature on the nics. Go into the nics properties and turn off the power saving features [puts them to sleep breaking the connection] Imagine the power of knowing how to internet search http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

That's what I thought. I had already done that. That's what had me puzzled about the whole thing, and thought maybe the router had some type "security" feature that disabled the connection after a set time if it was idle. Either way, couldn't find one on the router, and the wireless card has the powersaver mode off. It does it every morning, and every afternoon when I get home from work. I'll keep looking.