Ping "awakens" network browsing

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I have a home network consisting of a desktop and a laptop. I have FIOS
internet, the desktop connects via Cat5 and the laptop is wireless with WPA2
encryption.

The problem I am having is the 2 computers will lose their connection to
each other from time to time, for example trying to access a shared drive on
the desktop from the laptop gives you an access denied type of error. If I
ping the desktop the connections "wake up" and I can then browse to the
shared drive or to shared folders. What do you think the problem is and why
does it work after a ping?

I ran "browstat status" and it says browsing is active on the domain and the
laptop is the master browser, any help is appreciated. Thanks
 
Has it always been this way, or did it just start?

If it's always been so, turn off the power saving
options for the wired/wireless NIC's and let us know
what happens.
 
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