Network Help

I am having a hell of a time trying to figure this one out. My system is as follows (1) desktop with windows 7 which is wired to a Motorola SBG900 modem/wireless router. (1) Laptop with windows 7 which is wirelessly connected to the modem/router. Internet works fine on both, but neither computer sees the other in the network. I have enabled all the advanced sharing settings. I need a little help as I cannot figure out why. It was working perfect under vista. Thanks in advance!

rheller1 said:

I am having a hell of a time trying to figure this one out. My system is as follows (1) desktop with windows 7 which is wired to a Motorola SBG900 modem/wireless router. (1) Laptop with windows 7 which is wirelessly connected to the modem/router. Internet works fine on both, but neither computer sees the other in the network. I have enabled all the advanced sharing settings. I need a little help as I cannot figure out why. It was working perfect under vista. Thanks in advance!

rh

Hi and welcome

Are you using homegroup in win 7? What firewalls are they using? Both off?

I would use homegroup, but the computers dont recognize each other. I am using the windows 7 firewall on each. Ihave tried disabling that on both to no help. Its baffeling me since the laptop is using the network for internet. Ok, I nave no network access to ipv6 connectivity on both computers.

First, join one machine to a homegroup, copy down the password or change to one that better suits you. Then move to the other machine, and join the existing homegroup. They should detect one another..

thats the problem, they are not detecting each other

Are they part of the same workgroup? Do both machines have the same default gateway (ie: 192.168.0.1) and have the same subnet (ie: 255.255.255.0)?

nope, this is must be my issue. for some reason the desktop is 198.168.15.1 while the laptop is 198.168.0.1. now what?

I use dhcp.