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New Win7 build can't connect to devices past one access point
Hi folks,
I just finished rebuilding an old PC, to now run a fresh install of Win7Pro32-SP1. No matter what I do, I can't get it to connect to devices beyond one of two (identical) access points on my LAN.
I have one AP inside my home, which a Win7Home32 netbook and my phone and tablet connect to, and another one outside my home which connects via WiFi to a remote solar-powered camera site about 300 meters away. (At that remote site, there is a TP-Link client router, which connects to an Axis camera, and to a Tycon Power Systems site monitor. All three devices have static IPs set up and the system has been running fine for over six months, with barely a hiccup.)
There are six other PCs here on the network, and three Android devices. All of these (including the Win7Home32 netbook) CAN connect to those three remote devices at the other end of the long-range WiFi link. I can even place an Ubuntu DVD into the drive of the newly built Win7 machine and boot Ubuntu, and it then can see my three remote devices, so I know it's not a hardware issue or unplugged cable. It has got to be something in the LAN adapter settings, or the firewall, or something that's evidently over my head.
When running in Win7Pro32, attempts to connect to the remote devices through that AP just won't go. (I CAN connect to that AP with no trouble - just not to anything beyond it.) Pings to the AP return in less than 1ms. Pings to the devices beyond the AP return "destination host unreachable".
I have no clue what to try next! Thanks in advance for any thoughts you guys might have.
- Darrin