Should I re-run the Network Set Up Wizard?

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Before: Had my Windows XP Pro computer communicating with a Windows 98
computer, sharing files happily over a Linksys network hub.

Then: Got a DSL connection, D-Link DL625 Rev.C Wireless router, hooked
everything up, all computers get on the Internet just fine.

BUT... there's always a but... the computers won't talk to each other
any more. I followed the troubleshooter out the ping part, that was
the only thing that worked the way it should, so it is not (I presume)
a hardware problem.

I have looked at the links people have posted on this NG, & they all
seem to discuss things I have already checked, such as do I have
Client for Networks TCP/IP, File sharing, etc. set up.

One thing that may be worth noting is that "McAfee Firewall Network
Filter" appears in the list along with that other stuff (Client for
Networks etc.) Could this be a source of trouble?

So: Should I re-run the Network Wizard, (because of the change in
hardware configuration)? If so, is there anything that is recommended
to do before embarking on that journey? Would one first eliminate the
existing, but non-working, entries in WORKGROUP1? (I looked at various
menus & did not see any way of doing anything like that.)

There is also a Windows XP Home laptop with a wireless connection to
deal with, but I figured I would solve this first then that would
probably be easy.

Any help would be so greatly appreciated! This is so frustrating!
-plh
 
plh said:
Before: Had my Windows XP Pro computer communicating with a Windows 98
computer, sharing files happily over a Linksys network hub.

Then: Got a DSL connection, D-Link DL625 Rev.C Wireless router, hooked
everything up, all computers get on the Internet just fine.

BUT... there's always a but... the computers won't talk to each other
any more. I followed the troubleshooter out the ping part, that was
the only thing that worked the way it should, so it is not (I presume)
a hardware problem.

I have looked at the links people have posted on this NG, & they all
seem to discuss things I have already checked, such as do I have
Client for Networks TCP/IP, File sharing, etc. set up.

One thing that may be worth noting is that "McAfee Firewall Network
Filter" appears in the list along with that other stuff (Client for
Networks etc.) Could this be a source of trouble?

So: Should I re-run the Network Wizard, (because of the change in
hardware configuration)? If so, is there anything that is recommended
to do before embarking on that journey? Would one first eliminate the
existing, but non-working, entries in WORKGROUP1? (I looked at various
menus & did not see any way of doing anything like that.)

There is also a Windows XP Home laptop with a wireless connection to
deal with, but I figured I would solve this first then that would
probably be easy.

Any help would be so greatly appreciated! This is so frustrating!
-plh
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Did you go through the options in the router menu? {log on to the router and
go through the settings}
It would seem the settings in the computers must be right as they worked
before the new router, and that is all that changed if I read this right.
I wonder if it has to do with Administrative Tools "Services" because the
"Universal Plug and Play Device Host" got disabled with a security up-date
as well as
"SSDP Discovery Service" got disabled.
I had something like that and re-enabled those two, got things set up and
running, and went back to disable them. I might have done something else
when I
did that but I would try it.
I don't know much about networking, but all I have to go on is what worked
for me in the past. [and luck]
 
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