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Joe Sitko
I am having a problem with setting up my home network. Here is my
setup:
#1 Computer running XP Home
#2 Computer running XP Pro
#3 Computer running XP Pro
A Belkin Wireless Access Point (Ocassionally used by a work laptop to
access the internet)
One TiVo
A Linksys Home Phone Line Router
A Linksys 5 port Workgroup Switch
Here is the way they are commected.
Cable Modem Connected to the WAN port of the router.
The home phone wiring is connected to the home phone ethernet port of
the router. (This enables the house phone wiring to act as the
ethernet cabling and computers 2 and 3 are connected to phone lines in
other parts of the house.) Again, they access the internet just fine.
The 5 port switch is connected to the lan port of the router.
Connected to the switch is computer #1, the Belkin wireless access
point, and the TiVo.
All of the computers and the TiVo all connect to the internet just
fine with no problems.
However, ......................Computer 1 cannot see computer 2 or 3.
Computers 2 & 3 can see each other but neither can see computer 1.
I suspect that I actually have 2 different networks that I need to
bridge together somehow. The linksys router WILL act as a bridge,
according to the manual, between the Home Phone Network and an
ethernet network, and...............
If I click on network connections, I see three items:
1394 Connection enabled, bridged
Local Area Network
Network Bridge (network bridge) 2 Enabled
Each computer is on the default MSHOME network naem and all protocols
are properly enabled with the correct settings for DNS, file sharing,
etc.
I check on Carey's Practically Network site and all seems correct with
my settings as far as they are explained. Carey's site doesn't have
much on network bridging.
Can anyone help me out here?
I certainly would appreciate it. This has been driving me crazy for
several months now and I need to straighten this out to keep my
sanity.
Thank you!
setup:
#1 Computer running XP Home
#2 Computer running XP Pro
#3 Computer running XP Pro
A Belkin Wireless Access Point (Ocassionally used by a work laptop to
access the internet)
One TiVo
A Linksys Home Phone Line Router
A Linksys 5 port Workgroup Switch
Here is the way they are commected.
Cable Modem Connected to the WAN port of the router.
The home phone wiring is connected to the home phone ethernet port of
the router. (This enables the house phone wiring to act as the
ethernet cabling and computers 2 and 3 are connected to phone lines in
other parts of the house.) Again, they access the internet just fine.
The 5 port switch is connected to the lan port of the router.
Connected to the switch is computer #1, the Belkin wireless access
point, and the TiVo.
All of the computers and the TiVo all connect to the internet just
fine with no problems.
However, ......................Computer 1 cannot see computer 2 or 3.
Computers 2 & 3 can see each other but neither can see computer 1.
I suspect that I actually have 2 different networks that I need to
bridge together somehow. The linksys router WILL act as a bridge,
according to the manual, between the Home Phone Network and an
ethernet network, and...............
If I click on network connections, I see three items:
1394 Connection enabled, bridged
Local Area Network
Network Bridge (network bridge) 2 Enabled
Each computer is on the default MSHOME network naem and all protocols
are properly enabled with the correct settings for DNS, file sharing,
etc.
I check on Carey's Practically Network site and all seems correct with
my settings as far as they are explained. Carey's site doesn't have
much on network bridging.
Can anyone help me out here?
I certainly would appreciate it. This has been driving me crazy for
several months now and I need to straighten this out to keep my
sanity.
Thank you!