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Phaelax
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Posted: 6th Aug 2012 08:54 Edited at: 6th Aug 2012 08:59
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I have a Buffalo Linkstation NAS wired to my network. I can access it via IP address, but it no longer resolves by name; "\\buffalo\share"

Another issue is, under network discovery the share will show up on my laptop (though I still can't access it) but not my desktop. Both run Windows 7 SP1 and are able to access through its IP.

I've spent the past hour searching the internet and only get stupid answers like make sure network sharing is on.

Oh and yes everything is on the same workgroup. One last thing, my desktop doesn't show any other computers on the network, even though I know they're there as they show up on all my other computers.

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bitJericho
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Posted: 6th Aug 2012 12:07 Edited at: 6th Aug 2012 12:08
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Yeah, I have this issue too sometimes with Windows 7. Sometimes it's caused by incorrect settings. Check to make sure your PC is on your "home" network, make sure that file sharing is enabled. Disable any third party firewall. If that fails, have you run the MS troubleshooter?

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Phaelax
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Posted: 6th Aug 2012 12:29 Edited at: 6th Aug 2012 12:30
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It was set to home group, file sharing was on, no firewall or AV is even installed and the default MS is disabled.

For whatever reason, it's working now. After hours of being broken, it just randomly fixed itself without me changing anything.

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Posted: 6th Aug 2012 12:40
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Quote: "For whatever reason, it's working now. After hours of being broken, it just randomly fixed itself without me changing anything."


Yep, that's been my experience too! I'm sure it's something to do with the cache but hell if I know. I've gone days/weeks where it didn't work and i had to go by IP, and then it start working again. Never bothered to troubleshoot it until fixed because really, it's just a convenience thing.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 6th Aug 2012 12:59
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I used to keep everything mapped by static IP anyway, but I started using the name because of the really crappy internet I use now. Clear's 4G modem doesn't support any bridge mode (their tech support didn't even know what that meant) and so I have to rely on the modem's built-in router to assign IPs. Which is buggy with static IPs and the modem needs reset periodically.

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Posted: 6th Aug 2012 13:16 Edited at: 6th Aug 2012 13:16
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Surely they'll allow you to buy your own modem. Most places have a list of supported modems. Unfortunately, they're usually very expensive. Or you can take your own router and hook it into their router but instead of bridging, you use the wan port on your good modem and plug it into a standard port on theirs, and just port forward. It's clunky though and I've found some games like Counter Strike definitely don't like that configuration.

The benefit to that is the inner network is segregated from the outer one due to the firewall on your inner router. This gives you an opportunity to use the outer network for untrusted computers like those on wifi (if someone hacks your wifi, they don't have access to your inner network) or one that you want to fix due to a virus or something.

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Posted: 6th Aug 2012 23:04
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Well the modem connects to the internet through 4G cell towers. So its probably not as common as a typical cable modem.

My dad was the one who got the service and I've taken the condo over now. And for $50 a month, why bother with 4G speeds when I could be getting 15Mbps with another services.

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