Hi,
I have 5 computers at home hooked up to a wired router (linksys befsr81). I have always been able to move files around between them. A couple of weeks ago another port on the router went out so I bought a new one and hooked it up last week. About the same time my network printer went out and I put a new one on through the router. I thought everything was fine, all computers were on line and printing fine. But when I went to move files around there were no other computers listed on any of the 5 computers. So I went Iand re-setup home networking on windows xp, made sure the drives were set for sharing but still nothing. I turned off Macfee & windows firewall, reebooting inbetween all these steps and still no communication between them.
I talked with Linksys and they informed me there are no settings on the router to prevent communication between ports. I spoke with Canon (my new printer) and was informed that there was no way the printer did anything, especially since it could be used and seen by all computers.
I put the old router back on and I get the same thing.
So I'm pulling what's left of my hair out trying to figure this out. Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve
I have 5 computers at home hooked up to a wired router (linksys befsr81). I have always been able to move files around between them. A couple of weeks ago another port on the router went out so I bought a new one and hooked it up last week. About the same time my network printer went out and I put a new one on through the router. I thought everything was fine, all computers were on line and printing fine. But when I went to move files around there were no other computers listed on any of the 5 computers. So I went Iand re-setup home networking on windows xp, made sure the drives were set for sharing but still nothing. I turned off Macfee & windows firewall, reebooting inbetween all these steps and still no communication between them.
I talked with Linksys and they informed me there are no settings on the router to prevent communication between ports. I spoke with Canon (my new printer) and was informed that there was no way the printer did anything, especially since it could be used and seen by all computers.
I put the old router back on and I get the same thing.
So I'm pulling what's left of my hair out trying to figure this out. Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve