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Static IP blocks network sharing
I have been searching to find a solution to this problem and I have found a lot people with similar problems but no solution.
Dynamic IP everything works. Three different routers D-Link, Zyxel and Planet tested.
Four PC's on the network including Mac-Leopard
Static IP everything works EXCEPT network sharing. The PC's on the network never appears and the other PC's can no longer see the Windows7 PC.
I can ping all the PC's from the Windows7 machine and vice versa.
All firewalls turned off. Tried to play around with disabling IPV6 and other settings to no avail. Tried disabling DHCP in all the tested routers, still no change.
If this is a major flaw in Windows 7 I think this is serious.
I and lots of setups needs static IP to enable portforwarding for various programs.