File Sharing Problem

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I'm having a strange problem with my home network. I have three XP (2
hard wired & 1 wireless all to the same router) machines. The problem
I'm having is on the wireless machine. I can't seem to reach it in
Network Neighborhood when it is wireless. I can see shared files from
wired machines using the wireless machine, but not the other way
around.

Here the strangest part - if I plug in to the router everything works
fine. When I unplug the wireless machine it continues to work fine
for some undetermined time frame (at least 10 - 15 minutes). Today I
kept refreshing the network neighborhood and it continued to work for
over 30 minutes (I believe this is a browser type problem and by
refreshing it kept whatever is going wrong active - I stopped
refreshing, it didn't just stop working out of the blue ). Once I
stopped refreshing it stopped working in a short period of time (10+
minutes).

I've been using browstat to troubleshoot and I say it's a browser
problem, but I'm confused. Today I noticed that computer browser
service was being stopped some how. I restarted, and did some playing
around and it did not appear to matter for my problem whether it was
running or not. Meaning I shut off, plugged into router and everything
worked. Unplugged and went wireless and everything worked (until I
let sit idle for 10 minutes or so).

Appreciate any ideas.
 
I'm having a strange problem with my home network. I have three XP (2
hard wired & 1 wireless all to the same router) machines. The problem
I'm having is on the wireless machine. I can't seem to reach it in
Network Neighborhood when it is wireless. I can see shared files from
wired machines using the wireless machine, but not the other way
around.

Here the strangest part - if I plug in to the router everything works
fine. When I unplug the wireless machine it continues to work fine
for some undetermined time frame (at least 10 - 15 minutes). Today I
kept refreshing the network neighborhood and it continued to work for
over 30 minutes (I believe this is a browser type problem and by
refreshing it kept whatever is going wrong active - I stopped
refreshing, it didn't just stop working out of the blue ). Once I
stopped refreshing it stopped working in a short period of time (10+
minutes).

I've been using browstat to troubleshoot and I say it's a browser
problem, but I'm confused. Today I noticed that computer browser
service was being stopped some how. I restarted, and did some playing
around and it did not appear to matter for my problem whether it was
running or not. Meaning I shut off, plugged into router and everything
worked. Unplugged and went wireless and everything worked (until I
let sit idle for 10 minutes or so).

Appreciate any ideas.
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If you see changes when the computer is idle, check the power saving settings
for the WiFi.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/does-your-computer-lose-network.html>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/does-your-computer-lose-network.html

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
 
I'm having a strange problem with my home network. I have three XP (2
hard wired & 1 wireless all to the same router) machines. The problem
I'm having is on the wireless machine. I can't seem to reach it in
Network Neighborhood when it is wireless. I can see shared files from
wired machines using the wireless machine, but not the other way
around.
Click to expand...
Here the strangest part - if I plug in to the router everything works
fine. When I unplug the wireless machine it continues to work fine
for some undetermined time frame (at least 10 - 15 minutes). Today I
kept refreshing the network neighborhood and it continued to work for
over 30 minutes (I believe this is a browser type problem and by
refreshing it kept whatever is going wrong active - I stopped
refreshing, it didn't just stop working out of the blue ). Once I
stopped refreshing it stopped working in a short period of time (10+
minutes).
Click to expand...
I've been using browstat to troubleshoot and I say it's a browser
problem, but I'm confused. Today I noticed that computer browser
service was being stopped some how. I restarted, and did some playing
around and it did not appear to matter for my problem whether it was
running or not. Meaning I shut off, plugged into router and everything
worked. Unplugged and went wireless and everything worked (until I
let sit idle for 10 minutes or so).
Click to expand...
Appreciate any ideas.
Click to expand...

If you see changes when the computer is idle, check the power saving settings
for the WiFi.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/does-your-computer-lose-network...>http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/does-your-computer-lose-network...

--
Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP 2005-2007 [Windows - Networking]http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
Click to expand...

I did an update (Bios, drivers, & software) to the laptop and the
problem is gone.

Thanks for the help.
 
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