Re: Notebooks on Wireless Network Cannot Browse Each Other

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From: JR (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/20/04 

Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 13:14:52 -0700

I suggest to leave the WPA off, and enable MAC address
filtering. I know it's not really completely secure, but
it will stop the average hacker....
on top of MAC filtering, you could work with static IP's
on the wireless side, that increases security.
>-----Original Message-----
>All-
>
>
> Further troubleshooting reveals that totally
disabling WPA security on my router solves this issue,
but who wants a wireless network with no security?
>
> So the question is now how to maintain network
browsing functionality between the two wireless machines
without compromising security.
>
> Thank you.
>
> -Alan
>
>--
>R. Alan Gumm, Jr.
>txtroop1@email.uophx.edu
>(432) 553-5437
> "Ronald "Alan" Gumm, Jr." <txtroop1@email.uophx.edu>
wrote in message
news:efmZrJpPEHA.1388@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I have come upon a most interesting problem. I
have 4 computers, 2
> desktops and 2 notebooks all running XP Pro. They are
presently networked
> via a Linksys wireless router. The 2 desktops are
wired to the router with
> cable, and the 2 notebooks connect wirelessly.
>
> All 4 computers can utilize the internet
connection, and all 4 computers
> can see each other in "view workgroup computers".
Additionally, the 2
> desktops which are wired into the router can browse
all computers on the
> network.
>
> The problem is that the 2 notebooks cannot browse
each other. Both
> notebooks can see themselves and the desktop computers
in "view workgroup
> computers", but when one of the notebooks is used to
click on the other to
> actually browse it an error message stating that the
computer is not
> available and that the network path cannot be found
appears.
>
> Extremely confusing since the laptops can browse
the desktops and use
> the internet connection and see one another in the
workgroup, MSHOME.
>
> I have manually assigned each wireless adapter an
IP address and subnet
> mask, and that did not work. I use WPA security, but
have tried different
> variants of that, including turning it off all
together, and that does not
> work.
>
> The other odd aspect is that on some rare
occasions the laptops can
> browse each other briefly. But in these brief windows
of time I have not
> been able to figure out what changed, or what renders
it back to the
> previous state of not being able to browse each other.
>
>
> One notebook is an HP zv5000 with a Broadcom 54g
wireless card, the
> other laptop is a Compaq Presario 900 using the
Linksys Wireless G card that
> came with the router. All drivers are up to date, as I
have checked them
> with Windows Update and by manually clicking "update
driver" in system
> manager. The systems come back clean on a scan with
updated Norton
> Anti-Virus.
>
> Last, the network worked perfectly prior to moving
from my old Linksys
> wire-only router to this new wireless one. So I know
that the laptops used
> to be able to browse each other.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. I cannot
seem to find an answer
> in the Microsoft or Linksys KB. And their respective
tech supports are
> pointing their fingers at each other. Microsoft states
its a router issue,
> and Linksys states it's an OS issue. Basically I've
come up with a problem
> neither tech support can figure out, so they're both
passing the buck rather
> than saying "I don't know."
>
>
> Thank You In Advance
>
> --
> R. Alan Gumm, Jr.
> txtroop1@email.uophx.edu
>
>

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