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> Add all of your machines to the same workgroup. The default wasis
\n> SAWORKGROUP. You can change that if you dont like the name.
\n>
\n> I had the same porblem with my shares. I suspect that the Samba
\n> server requires that you part of the workgroup that is the router
\n
> a part of for some reason. At any rate, if you will add all ofyour
\n
> machines on the 192.168.2.x network to the workgroup that the otherinternet,
\n> machines are operating in I think you will see that the machines
\n> will start working for you. If you need assistance on getting the
\n> machines moved to that same workgroup let me know I will send out a
\n> post on how to get them there.
\n>
\n> --- In magnia_sg20@yahoogroups.com, circularfile_99 <no_reply@y...>
\n> wrote:
\n> > I have your reasonably vanilla home networking setup - a dsl
\n> modem,
\n> > router connected to that, hardwire ethernet and a wireless AP
\n> hanging
\n> > off the router.
\n> >
\n> > I recently added a powerline ethernet bridge off the router try
\n> and
\n> > reach one of the more distant areas in my house. Because the area
\n> I'm
\n> > trying to reach has several PC's in it I needed to connect the
\n> other
\n> > end of the bridge to a router (for nat), and decided I'd use the
\n> SG20
\n> > for that purpose.
\n> >
\n> > Basically it all works fine. The PC's can get out to the
\n
> > get assigned addresses by the SG20, all that jazz. The mainsee
\n> network
\n> > in the house uses 192.168.1.xxx and the small LAN on the far side
\n> of
\n> > the SG20 uses 192.168.2.xxx.
\n> >
\n> > My problem is names and access to shared folders. The majority of
\n> the
\n> > time I can open up a remote machines shared files by using IE and
\n> > \\192.168.1.xxx. However, when I open up "computers near me" I
\n
> > the names of the remote machines (though there is some delayafter
\n
> > booting up), but when I try to open them I get a "network pathnot
\n
> > found".
\n> >
\n> > When I try to do the same thing from the main home network it
\n> simply
\n> > doesn't work - wither through \\192.168.2.xxx or via
\n> the "computers
\n> > near me" panel.
\n> >
\n> > So, I've introduced some complexity here I don't understand. I
\n> assume
\n> > there is some sort of routing information that isn't making it
\n> > through the SG20. Getting to shares within each of the two
\n> networks
\n> > works fine - just not across them.
\n> >
\n> > Details:
\n> >
\n> > Clients on the network are (how did I get myself into this):
\n> mostly
\n> > Win 2K, Win 98, Mac OSX and Redhat 9.0
\n> >
\n> > Firewall is turned off on the SG20
\n> >
\n> > Basic setup is DSL Modem - Router - Wireline Ethernet Bridge //
\n> > Wireline Ethernet Bridge - SG20 WAN Port - SG20 LAN Port - PC's.
\n> > There are also other PC's and a wireless access point hanging off
\n> the
\n> > main router.
\n> >
\n> > DHCP is used throughout. SG20 gets its WAN IP from the router and
\n> > does its DHCP thing for the PCs in the local LAN.
\n> >
\n> > Any help would be appreciated. It's clear that if I want to get
\n> > geekier I'm going to need to actually learn something about
\n> networks.
\n> >
\n> > TT