Thursday, October 8, 2009

Is it possible to have all computers on a router share folders in XP if some of those computers are

I have three computers which were all networked to each other trough a router. They could see each other's shared folders just fine. Then, when I added a hub to the router, and moved two of the computers on the router to the hub, the computer that was directly connected to the router couldn't see the files being shared by the computers on the hub. The computers on the hub could see each other's shared folders just fine, but they could not see the folders being shared by the one that was connected directly to the router. Is there a way to fix this so that all three computers can see each other's shared folders even if some of those computers are on a hub, and some are not?



Is it possible to have all computers on a router share folders in XP if some of those computers are on a hub?hp



If this is a normal network hub you may need to connect the hub to the router with a cross-over network cable. Better is to use a network switch, as these auto detect the connection and can use a straight (normal) cable. A switch is also faster.



Is it possible to have all computers on a router share folders in XP if some of those computers are on a hub?mcaffee



Make sure all the computers are on the same IP range-



for instance, if one computer has an ip address of 192.168.0.5



and the other has an ip of 192.168.1.3, they cannot see each others shared files. Notice the 0 in the first ip address and the 1 in the second ip address.



I have the exact same setup at work (router/hub) and all the computers can see each other fine.

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