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Win7 Ultimate not communicating with home network
I have a Windows 7 Ultimate PC that I have been running as a media server, accessing it from XBox 360's and PS3's through their media players, MacBooks through smb, Ubuntu with XBMC, and my Android smartphone through remote desktop.
Recently, all of my devices have stopped being able to reach the server with 2 exceptions: remote desktop still works, only if I use my public IP address and use port forwarding to direct it to the server, and if I ping a MacBook from the server it will suddenly become accessible to said MacBook. Though I have HomeGroup set up on the server, if I bring another Windows 7 PC into the network, it will say there are no HomeGroups available, and the same happens if I set up a HomeGroup on the other machine and attempt to join from the server.
I have made multiple attempts at disabling and re-enabling media streaming and file sharing, as this has helped in the past when a single console has been unable to access the server. I have also attempted using 3rd party software (PS3 Media Server) in the hopes that would show up on one of the consoles, but have had no luck. Pinging a console or Android gets me "Reply from 192.168.1.106: Destination host unreachable." (.106 being the server's local IP)
I have made no significant software changes (I have installed Starcraft II), and no hardware changes since the last working configuration a month ago. All devices are on the same wireless network using WPA2 security, except for one XBox which is wired to the router. Other Windows 7 machines brought on to the network are accessible to the other devices, however my server is the only one permanently here.
This is something of a recurring problem for me, as every time I have attempted networking a Windows PC since XP, there has been a point when it suddenly stopped working. In the past, the only solution has been to use a fresh installation, but I would like to find a proper fix. Any help figuring this out would be appreciated.
System specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
ASUS P8Z68-V LE
Intel i7 2700k
ATI Radeon HD 5750
AMD Memory PC3-12800 (2x4GB)
ASUS PCE-N15 WLAN
90GB SSD (SATA III, system drive), 1TB HDD (SATA II, media storage), 500GB HDD (SATA III), all Seagate