I have three computer on a networkTwo are hardlined and one is connected to my wireless linksys routerThe wireless computer is able to get onto the internet but since this morning for whatever reason it cannot communicate with the other hardlined computersThe two hardlined computer can comunicate with each other but not with the wireless computerI check the router settings, and even set them back to the default settingsI also checked to make sure the shared folders were actually shared and apparently they are.Note: I just checked the network with a different wireless laptop and the network works and the laptop communicates with both hardlined desktopsThe wireless desktop however does not show up in My Network PlacesThis is very bothersome and I would appreciate any help that can be offered to my complicated question.Thank you.
I've never actually payed attention to this! LolI just learned something new.
You didn't mention it, but I assume all your machines are Windows basedIt also sounds as if you've effectively identified the wireless machine as the problem, rather than your network, by attaching a second wireless deviceWith that in mind, focus on the laptop rather than the router: Are you running a firewall, or is Windows firewall turned on? It can block computer-to-computer communicationsAre you assigning addresses based on DHCP? Or is the original wireless device hard-set and conflicting? Can you ping the addresses of the other machines rather than just see them from a GUI perspective? Edit 1: I'm not sure why you would have a network bridge set up locally unless a VPN installation changed the network setup.
