re: Buffalo WHG Router no workgroup
Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 8:57 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Dam
(369 messages posted)
This may not be the answer you wanted, but it is unlikely that your router is causing
the problem. The Buffalo support people are right; this is a Windows issue.
I'll assume you've checked the simple stuff - cables are OK and in the right ports,
router is powered up, all machines are in the same workgroup, and you have file sharing
turned on.
You can try a couple of things:
Assign static IP addresses to your machines, skip DHCP.
Find the "Hosts" file on your W2K/XP machines at
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (c:\WINDOWS on XP)
Open the file and enter an IP address and name for all your machines. Follow the
format in the HOSTS file and be sure to use Notepad to make the changes. The file
can't have any formatting like Word creates. Save the file by typing quotes around
the name ("hosts") or Notepad will add ".txt" to it. Otherwise, the file won't work
properly.
Open a command window (Start->Run->(type) CMD, then hit enter. Type IPCONFIG /flushdns
and hit enter.
Post your results and let me know how you make out.
PS: I am surprised that the Buffalo company has taken down all of their wireless
product web pages as a result of the injunction. For other readers of this thread,
please take a look at
http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/
Damn lawyers!
On Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 7:47 am, Jan wrote:
>I am not sure of the proper place for this question, but a request for help from
>Buffalo directed me back to Windows.
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