PSHOOTER Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 i have 4 comps all running win7. 3 of them are connected to a router via wifi, the fourth one is connected to the router via a lan cable. the three wifi comps can all see each other but they cannot see or comunicate with the wired comp, and the wired comp cannot see or share files with the wifi comps. can anyone help me get these comps connected?bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANEMAN Posted February 13, 2011 Report Share Posted February 13, 2011 Apologies P.Your post seemed temporarily to have slipped through the net. can anyone help me get these comps connected? Are you looking for a reader on the forum to set up some sort of remote assistance to help you solve your problem ? Or is it just that you are looking for some written guidance that you have not been able to find on the internet ?If it is the former, please be aware that you should be very careful of handing over control of your computer to someone that you do not know.Whilst remote assistance can be very useful, it can also be very intrusive and dangerous when related to personal data stored on your computer. Do not hand over control of your computer to someone who has doubtful computer skills, or someone that you do not know personally.Several scams have been running both in the U.K. and your own country (U.S.) relating to remote assistance.Here is such an example:/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/"Criminals posing as Microsoft helpdesk staff are tricking the public into giving them remote access to their PCs, stealing personal and financial information and then charging customers a support fee of 185 pounds for good measure.A report in the Guardian says the scam has been running since 2008 but had recently increased in frequency.The caller informs the customer they work for Microsoft tech support and are calling to fix a virus-infected PC. Customers falling for the scam allow the caller to remotely take over their PC and pay the ‘preventative service’ fee. An Indian call centre has been identified as the source of the calls.The scammers are using VOIP ( Voice Over Internet Protocol) to make the overseas calls without incurring call charges and investigators in India say they are close to shutting down the operation."/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/It would be pleasing to hear that you have now solved your problems with the small network. - If not please try a trial version of "Network Magic", or perhaps come back with some screenshots of your problem. We may just be able to help you some more.Due to your post, both yourself and other readers are perhaps now more fully aware of yet another "Internet Scam". So......... Thanks for the post. Come back and tell us how you are getting on.John. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSHOOTER Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Apologies P.Your post seemed temporarily to have slipped through the net. can anyone help me get these comps connected? Are you looking for a reader on the forum to set up some sort of remote assistance to help you solve your problem ? Or is it just that you are looking for some written guidance that you have not been able to find on the internet ?If it is the former, please be aware that you should be very careful of handing over control of your computer to someone that you do not know.Whilst remote assistance can be very useful, it can also be very intrusive and dangerous when related to personal data stored on your computer. Do not hand over control of your computer to someone who has doubtful computer skills, or someone that you do not know personally.Several scams have been running both in the U.K. and your own country (U.S.) relating to remote assistance.Here is such an example:/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/"Criminals posing as Microsoft helpdesk staff are tricking the public into giving them remote access to their PCs, stealing personal and financial information and then charging customers a support fee of 185 pounds for good measure.A report in the Guardian says the scam has been running since 2008 but had recently increased in frequency.The caller informs the customer they work for Microsoft tech support and are calling to fix a virus-infected PC. Customers falling for the scam allow the caller to remotely take over their PC and pay the ‘preventative service’ fee. An Indian call centre has been identified as the source of the calls.The scammers are using VOIP ( Voice Over Internet Protocol) to make the overseas calls without incurring call charges and investigators in India say they are close to shutting down the operation."/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/=/It would be pleasing to hear that you have now solved your problems with the small network. - If not please try a trial version of "Network Magic", or perhaps come back with some screenshots of your problem. We may just be able to help you some more.Due to your post, both yourself and other readers are perhaps now more fully aware of yet another "Internet Scam". So......... Thanks for the post. Come back and tell us how you are getting on.John. :)thanks for the reply, and the heads up on scammers. i would never give a stranger remote access to my computers. no one else should either. i am looking for an answer to why my one comp wired to the internet (through the wireless router) cannot see or comunicate with my 3 wireless comps. can anyone help me with this? i am both unabe to remote desktop or file share between them.bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANEMAN Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Thanks for coming back.I know it shouldn't be neccessary, but just give the trial of Network Magic a try for starters P ?You are not having a lot of luck with network issues recently are you ? ( http://forums.windowsforum.org/index.php?showtopic=47684&pid=320634&st=0entry320634 )I'll give you a quote that may help you."In most cases, especially on a small business or home network, you know what your network speed is and the autodetect functionality is unnecessary. It's typically easy to turn off auto-speed detection on your network card and that's often a good step to take when analyzing network problems."If you can follow up that lead, and perhaps try to track down a few other possibilities, perhaps you could post back telling us exactly how you managed to turn off auto-speed in Windows 7. That would be helpful to other readers in the future. ( I haven't got time to find out myself at the moment. :( )Send screenshots if possible. John.,=,=,=,=,=,=,=,=,=, For anyone else reading who is also interested in Home Networking, and the satisfaction of solving problems for themselves in that area, here are some guides: Troubleshooting Connectivity Problems on Windows Networks (Part 1 of 6) Troubleshooting Windows 7 Wireless Networking Problems (Part 1 of 4) **How to set up a Windows 7 HomeGroup** ** Wireless Home Networking ** Resolving Home Networking Issues (Microsoft) How To Set Up a Network Router Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSHOOTER Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Thanks for coming back.I know it shouldn't be neccessary, but just give the trial of Network Magic a try for starters P ?You are not having a lot of luck with network issues recently are you ? ( http://forums.windowsforum.org/index.php?showtopic=47684&pid=320634&st=0entry320634 )I'll give you a quote that may help you."In most cases, especially on a small business or home network, you know what your network speed is and the autodetect functionality is unnecessary. It's typically easy to turn off auto-speed detection on your network card and that's often a good step to take when analyzing network problems."If you can follow up that lead, and perhaps try to track down a few other possibilities, perhaps you could post back telling us exactly how you managed to turn off auto-speed in Windows 7. That would be helpful to other readers in the future. ( I haven't got time to find out myself at the moment. :( )Send screenshots if possible. John.,=,=,=,=,=,=,=,=,=, For anyone else reading who is also interested in Home Networking, and the satisfaction of solving problems for themselves in that area, here are some guides: Troubleshooting Connectivity Problems on Windows Networks (Part 1 of 6) Troubleshooting Windows 7 Wireless Networking Problems (Part 1 of 4) **How to set up a Windows 7 HomeGroup** ** Wireless Home Networking ** Resolving Home Networking Issues (Microsoft) How To Set Up a Network Router thanks for the replies mane, i will follow up on these leads and report back for the benefit of others as time allows. cheers!bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSHOOTER Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 You are not having a lot of luck with network issues recently are you ? ( http://forums.windowsforum.org/index.php?showtopic=47684&pid=320634&st=0entry320634 )yea, the solution to that problem was to buy a new laptop that would run 7, and make the older lappy an ubuntu dedicated machine. that lappy, by the way, works better running ubuntu than it ever did running the xp os that came with it.bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSHOOTER Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 SUCCESS! i realized the reason my wired comp could not see or be seen, was because all the wireless comps were logged into a guest network i created for visitors. once i logged into the main wireless network, everyone is now talking to one another. to those who posted ideas, thank you.bb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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