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    How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    Hi. I have a PC which is directly connected to the DSL Modem. From the same modem another DSL Modem is connected too. Means that a cable laid to my another room where I've another Modem which is connected to this cable. Both these DSL Modems are wireless.

    1. Now When i share something on my ShareFolder on my Desktop so the other computer (PC and Laptops) at my home cannot see the share file. They are running Windows 7 and I've Windows XP.

    2. Then I created the Map Drive on my Computer but they still can't access event my computer in their Network Neighborhood.

    Now please tell me that how do i make it possible that if they share something or I share something so the entire network can access it.

    Note: All the computers are on same Workgroup.

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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    I seriously doubt that's what your setup looks like. If it is, then you've wasted a bunch of money. Or you're using the wrong terms.
    You should only have one modem. That's what you'd be using to talk to your ISP. A cable of some kind goes from the wall to the modem. From there, there should be a network cable that goes to a ROUTER. The router usually has ports (typically 4). From there you plug a network cable into a port, then into a network card in the PC. Now your PC can get out to the internet. You can then connect up to three more using a wired connection. IF the router (router, not modem) also has wireless (and most do these days) and your PC (or other computer) has wireless , you can connect them that way.

    Once everythign is on the same netwrok, then you should be able to start to see other computers.

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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    Quote Originally Posted by techgnome View Post
    Note - the setup above, there is ONE modem and ONE router...
    I think nowadays you can get a modem that is also a rooter, like the one i have. So there can be one modemrouter.

    XP and win7 can see their files. That is 100% tested as i have them running in my house.
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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    Very well.
    guys the thing which I"m reffering to modem is actually a router but for confusion i used the word modem. Actually people here do not differentiate between modem and router.
    Our ISP has provided us a router which is a wireless router and all of routers mostly are wireless and cabled both. Mine is too. My PC is directly connected to this router by using Cable. right. My another room is far from this modem so its signals are week to my laptop and mobile, therefore i used another router (DLink) which is firstly connected to the ISP router by using cable and then from that router I connect my laptop and get full strength signals.
    Now When i share something on my PC so my brother in another room can't see. He is connected with DLink router and if he shares something so I can't see him too. Though we are all on same WorkGroup. I talked to network people, they say that you can't view wireless device shared data on you PC even if you are on a same network and vice Versa.

    I tried to use a LAN Software VyPress which is working very nicely in my office but that does not work with me. I installed it in all the systems but when we are all connected non of us can view all connected users.

    I then create a Map Drive on my PC but that does not helping too.

    Tell me that where I"m doing mistake.

    @tg, Did you get my scenario now?

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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    Well what immediately pops into my mind is use TeamViewer FTP , that way you are esentially getting an outside network link to your brothers computer. So it's your PC -- internet -- you house again -- in your brothers private p0rn collection :P . Mind you it's not at home network speeds, so it will be a lot slower.
    That's how i view an in-house laptop that is wireless connected to my network.
    Or get a veeeeeryyy long cableee. That can work too, it's not a joke.
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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    Quote Originally Posted by sapator View Post
    Well what immediately pops into my mind is use TeamViewer FTP , that way you are esentially getting an outside network link to your brothers computer. So it's your PC -- internet -- you house again -- in your brothers private p0rn collection :P . Mind you it's not at home network speeds, so it will be a lot slower.
    That's how i view an in-house laptop that is wireless connected to my network.
    Or get a veeeeeryyy long cableee. That can work too, it's not a joke.

    Na, Na. That's not helping Sapator.

    TeamViewer came to my mind earlier but that's not the proper way. If sharing is possible then i would preferably do that.
    Porn???
    I hope that i would get some better idea for doing this as it needed to be done.

    I wish We would have a Network Problems related Form into vbforums.com.

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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    I am not sure about only sharing with cable but if it so then you need either a cable or to use internet for the share.
    Or try telnet.
    Helping or not helping, I cannot see another way to go, you ought to use something of these:
    http://compnetworking.about.com/od/h...etransfers.htm
    So why not use a cable, under the rag? What's the problem with that?
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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    It sounds like what you really have is (1.) a combination modem, router, bridge, and WiFi access point... and (2.) a combination router and access point, which may also possibly have an Ethernet bridge too.

    If you go into the second device and disable the router (i.e. put it into simple access point mode) you should have all of your client devices on the same logical subnet. Then things like file and printer sharing should work more smoothly for you.

    No extra "LAN software" should be needed at all.

    I talked to network people, they say that you can't view wireless device shared data on you PC even if you are on a same network and vice Versa.
    Not true, though what is true is that wireless connections tend to be less reliable, making them a non-preferred choice for such sharing. The risk is that a wireless link might fail while writing to a remote share, which could result in a corrupted file.

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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    If you are actually using two ROUTERS on the same network, then depending on how you have the wires connected will make it two separate networks and your computers wont talk. Routers are used to connect different networks together.

    You should have a ROUTER -> (SWITCH ->) Computers. See image below. If it looks different, draw an image to make it more understandable to me.

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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    If they were normal routers it wouldn't matter. However typical SOHO devices are always doing NAT as well, which is where the isolation comes in.

    Few of these consumer products offer a way to turn off NAT, so you'd need to disable routing entirely in the second-tier device. Since he already admitted his purpose is merely to have a remote access point then that should get the desired results.

    Some brands offer additional features so that the secondary unit can be treated as a simple "relay" or "extender" using the same SSID and security code as the primary.

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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    A more advanced solution would also be to look into putting DD-WRT on your router. Assuming your router is in the compatible routers list, you could add a lot of functionality to your router and may allow you to disable NAT.

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    Re: How to make a Home Network that can be accessed on all computers

    Yes this image is right but little explanation is needed.
    The first dsl/Cable Modem which is given to by my ISP also have some computers connected to it via cable and via wireless too and then just like the image, a cable from my ISP Modem is given to the Router with which other computers are connected.

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