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A Windows 7 network share dropout problem
I have two laptops both running Win7 Ultimate and connected wirelessly to a Billion 7404VGO. Each has its documents shared with "everyone". Initially I tried Homegroup but coudn't get that to work so went back to ordinary networking. With router freshly booted each computer can see the other's shares. If I keep working on a share on the other computer I can stay connected, but if I leave off to work on my own computer and come back later the shared files are all inaccessible. That is, each computer can still see the internet OK, but can't access the other's shares. Up comes a Diagnostic box and Win7 helpfully tells me to reboot the router. When I do that it's all OK again, until a few minutes of inactivity when the shares again become inaccessible. The same thing happens to a shared USB printer that's on one computer only - it's only accessible after a fresh router boot.
Any ideas?