Hey Guys,
Having some seriously irritating trouble with my in-house network. I have internet sharing up without a problem, but file and printer sharing won't work. I've got a cable modem with a Linksys Wireless - G broadband router (WRT54G). My desktop (we'll call it MAINSYSTEM) and another desktop (we'll designate it G) are hardwired into router. There are also two laptops, both with internal wireless cards; mine (A) and another roommates (M). Sorry about the odd designations but I chose them based on my roommates initials; helps me keep everything straight in my head. Now...as I said, all the systems share the internet connection without a problem...but I can't seem to get them to talk to each other. Sometimes I can get one to talk to another but not all at the same time. Right now G can access my laptop A, but A can't access G in return. In fact A doesn't even have "access" to the network! And My MAINSYSTEM does see anything but itself.

Potentially unrelated but I am also having a problem with my modem and router...I keep having to "power-cycle" them...sometimes 2 or 3 times a day. Is this normal? I don't recall having this problem in the past. Should I talk to my ISP?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks a heap,
AP

Hi AP,
I am having the same problem... have to power-cycle my router sometimes. Probably will need to change it. Also, some machines sees others and print, and some not, randomly.

It's probably your router, nothing with your ISP.

Maybe other members will add other ideas here ?

Chris

Yeah, most of the time when you have to power cycle the problem is your ISP having glitches. Of course, their tech support won't "know about any reported problems" and will tell you to power-cycle, which puts you back at square one again. Usually when a router fails, it fails and everything goes down permanently. That's why a failed router is easy to diagnose, rarely do they get random about it.

Printer: I am not sure from your post, but it sounds like you have a combo network of cabled and wireless connections. Remember, in the case of your wireless connected units, you will have to designate one wireless computer cabled directly to the printer to be constantly on; when you shut it down the other wireless units will not be able to connect to the printer because they must access through that one. That is, unless you are rich and can afford a printer with a wireless card in it. Then it doesn't matter.