Networking woes

Hi

I've been trying to connect two Win7 computers together with mixed results. One is a PC the other a laptop and they are connected wirelessly via a Linksys router which has the latest firmware.

For starters Homegroup does not work. I can set up a Homegroup but the other computer will never find it. I have been through the process several times following the MS instructions to the letter and read many forum posts. Nothing I have read or done indicates a user configuration error. It just does not work. I need to check for sure but I think the router might not support IP6 or something.

So I moved on to using just standard Windows networking which would be fine. I can ping each computer fine, the IP config is set up fine, they both have the same Workgroup etc. So I share some folders and a printer and this works perfectly....for a day and then suddenly stops working. This situation repeats itself ad nauseum. This can happen right in the middle of usage or on restart. I can get it working again by rebooting the router.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Nozza said:

Hi

I've been trying to connect two Win7 computers together with mixed results. One is a PC the other a laptop and they are connected wirelessly via a Linksys router which has the latest firmware.

For starters Homegroup does not work. I can set up a Homegroup but the other computer will never find it. I have been through the process several times following the MS instructions to the letter and read many forum posts. Nothing I have read or done indicates a user configuration error. It just does not work. I need to check for sure but I think the router might not support IP6 or something.

So I moved on to using just standard Windows networking which would be fine. I can ping each computer fine, the IP config is set up fine, they both have the same Workgroup etc. So I share some folders and a printer and this works perfectly....for a day and then suddenly stops working. This situation repeats itself ad nauseum. This can happen right in the middle of usage or on restart. I can get it working again by rebooting the router.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Uncheck Internet Address IPv6 ... the router's probably puking on it.
If the linksys router is a wrt54g ... get rid of it.

The router is a WAG160N?