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May 12th, 2009 - 01:20 pm ET by thepeartree | Report spam
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I have a situation that seems impossible- 3 systems, all running XP SP-3 into
the wired ports on a LinkSys WRT310N Wireless/Wired router: all 3 work fine
for internet access, but one system can't see the others on the network at
all and the other 2 can't access the third system, though they can see it.

2 of the systems (the isolated 'maverick' and one other) have attached
printers, but the printer attached to the 'invisible' system can't be seen by
the other two on the network.

I've spent countless hours trying to debug the situation, without success. I
have done my best to turn off any and all firewalls that might be keeping the
invisible system from being seen, but I don't know that I've got them all.
The last possible step would be to turn off the firewall in the router, which
is not something I can make myself do.

In any case, I've run all the troubleshooting tests I can find, without any
luck. They all fail at the most basic level- I can't ping the invisible
system from any of the other systems in the house.

Any ideas on this would be welcome!

It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop
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#1 Kevin
May 12th, 2009 - 04:55 pm ET | Report spam
thepeartree,
If after doing what Malke suggests and you still have issues.
Do yourself a favor and pick up a cheap spare router for troubleshooting.
I just spent a day and a half working on what turned out to be a failing
router.
2 out of 3 machines could get internet access. One machine could ping the
other two but not vice versa. I'll spare you all the gory details.
A new router was the solution.
-Kevin

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I have a situation that seems impossible- 3 systems, all running XP SP-3
into
the wired ports on a LinkSys WRT310N Wireless/Wired router: all 3 work
fine
for internet access, but one system can't see the others on the network at
all and the other 2 can't access the third system, though they can see it.

2 of the systems (the isolated 'maverick' and one other) have attached
printers, but the printer attached to the 'invisible' system can't be seen
by
the other two on the network.

I've spent countless hours trying to debug the situation, without success.
I
have done my best to turn off any and all firewalls that might be keeping
the
invisible system from being seen, but I don't know that I've got them all.
The last possible step would be to turn off the firewall in the router,
which
is not something I can make myself do.

In any case, I've run all the troubleshooting tests I can find, without
any
luck. They all fail at the most basic level- I can't ping the invisible
system from any of the other systems in the house.

Any ideas on this would be welcome!

It's not the fall that kills you, it's the sudden stop


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