I'm a bit clueless when it comes to networking, but here goes...
Up until a few weeks ago I had a happy home network. Was running my trusty11 year old Motorola SurfBoard modem into a Linksys wireless router. My tower and xbox360 were wired to the port on the back of the linksys while my laptop, wii and ps3 were all wireless. All had connectivity. Tower and Laptop could talk to each other and could share files both ways between them.
...then my modem bit the dust.
Enter the Motorola SBG900. Mom needed a router for her place and I needed a new modem, so I killed 2 birds with one stone and bought it. Mom loves her new router and I, well...sorta like my Motorola.
Everything has connectivity...but my laptop and tower will not talk to each other anymore (xbox360 was also made wireless at this point).
When I'm on my tower and I attempt to browse the "Map Network Drive" I can see both computers listed under my home network name. When I attempt to click on the laptop to expand it to select the SharedDocs folder, I get the following error message:
"\\newlaptop is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
The network path was not found"
If I attempt the "Map Network Drive" from the laptop I get the same message (with the exception of the error reflecting my tower name.)
I hope it's something simple like the modem itself is blocking a port or something :/
I'll mention what seems relevant from some other threads I've tried to understand:
-both machines are running xp pro sp3 (tower is my own build, lappy is AlienWare Area51)
-both machines have file sharing/network sharing checked
-encryption is set to WPA (wireless card can handle it)
==(cable)====SBG900 >~~~(wireless)~~~> laptop / xbox / wii / ps3 / iphone
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......................Tower PC........................................................................
much thanks in advance for any assistance/insight i may find
Up until a few weeks ago I had a happy home network. Was running my trusty11 year old Motorola SurfBoard modem into a Linksys wireless router. My tower and xbox360 were wired to the port on the back of the linksys while my laptop, wii and ps3 were all wireless. All had connectivity. Tower and Laptop could talk to each other and could share files both ways between them.
...then my modem bit the dust.
Enter the Motorola SBG900. Mom needed a router for her place and I needed a new modem, so I killed 2 birds with one stone and bought it. Mom loves her new router and I, well...sorta like my Motorola.
Everything has connectivity...but my laptop and tower will not talk to each other anymore (xbox360 was also made wireless at this point).
When I'm on my tower and I attempt to browse the "Map Network Drive" I can see both computers listed under my home network name. When I attempt to click on the laptop to expand it to select the SharedDocs folder, I get the following error message:
"\\newlaptop is not accessible. You might not have permission to use this network resource. Contact the administrator of this server to find out if you have access permissions.
The network path was not found"
If I attempt the "Map Network Drive" from the laptop I get the same message (with the exception of the error reflecting my tower name.)
I hope it's something simple like the modem itself is blocking a port or something :/
I'll mention what seems relevant from some other threads I've tried to understand:
-both machines are running xp pro sp3 (tower is my own build, lappy is AlienWare Area51)
-both machines have file sharing/network sharing checked
-encryption is set to WPA (wireless card can handle it)
==(cable)====SBG900 >~~~(wireless)~~~> laptop / xbox / wii / ps3 / iphone
..........................||....................................................................................
..........................||....................................................................................
......................Tower PC........................................................................
much thanks in advance for any assistance/insight i may find