I have a wifi network which comprises a Technicolor TG582n router
(as supplied by Plusnet a few years back), desktop computer (Nova), an Advent4211C Netbook (Nettie) and an Epson 335 Printer/Scanner/Copier.
Also connected to the router are, Sonyericsson Xperia smartphone,
Medion Lifetab and the a Sky+ set top box. All but the Sky+ are
connected by wifi. Nova is connected to the printer by a short
ethernet cable as is the Sky+ box. Nettie is connected to the
printer by wifi but that connection no longer works.
Nova and Nettie up 'til a few days communicated well as did Nettie
with the printer. Then quite suddenly these links failed. I've
checked everything I can think of and everything appears to be set OK.
Anyhow I've done a few checks and find that if I ping, or tracert
these three they just time out and yet both Nova and Nettie
successfully connect (ping and tracert) with sites on the internet.
Also when I call up 'My Network Places' Nova only lists Nova and
Nettie only lists Nettie. Until the fault occurred both listed
themselves and the other. As an additional test I disabled all
shields on the Avast installations on both Nova and Nettie and there
still wasn't
connectivity between Nova and Nettie or Nettie and the printer.
It seems that the computers on my Network will communicate with
Internet site but not with each other. This leads me to think that I
must some inadvertently change some setting within my network that
still allows the computers to communicate with the Internet but not
within my network. Has anyone any idea as to what might be wrong?
What have I overlooked in my testing?
NB. Both computers are quite old and still using Windows XP Home
Edition
Panic ove
one of the few groups
In future, though, you'd be better to post in uk.comp.homebuilt,
which is one of the few groups left that has well-informed people (as
well as me), and these days is tolerant of well-researched and
well-presented technical questions on most PC-related subjects.
I was under the impression that the same people who post there also
watch some of the moribund UK groups, and will respond to the
occasional post in them.
On 07/05/17 11:56, Flyi?g ?u? 2??7 + on desktop wrote:
Panic ove
Glad you fixed it; sometimes raising the problem in a forum brings
stellar alignments to bear and the problem fixes itself ...
In future, though, you'd be better to post in uk.comp.homebuilt, which
is one of the few groups left that has well-informed people (as well
as me), and these days is tolerant of well-researched and
well-presented technical questions on most PC-related subjects.
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