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Windows 7 Ethernet-connected desktop cannot see wirelessly connected Vista laptops on home network.
I have a mixed Ethernet/wireless network configured as follows:
Linksys WRT160N router
XPS 410 running Win7/64 connected via Ethernet
Studio 1737 running Vista Ultimate 32 wireless
Studio 1537 running Vista Home Premium 64 wireless
Older Dell laptop running Vista Home Premium 32 wireless
My problem is that looking at the network from any of the laptops I can see all the other laptops and the desktop when they are on, but on the Ethernet-connected Win7 desktop none of the laptops show up on the network.
There is a printer connected to the desktop PC as well as a USB drive I use for backups. I can see and connect to these from any of the laptops, so I"m pretty sure I have file sharing and most of the network config done properly.
Any advice on what I might have wrong would be greatly appreciated.
huntml
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Posted August 22nd, 2010 15:00
One other thing I noticed which might be related: if I open a network view in explorer on one of the laptops, the computers randomly appear and disappear from the view. One moment 'Computer1' and 'Computer2' will show in the explorer view along with the router ('Internet gateway device', various WMP shares, and my printer; the next moment one or both of the computers will disappear, leaving only the other stuff. This keeps occurring for as long as the view is open.