Re: [Hampshire] [OT] W7 wired client cant map to XP Pro shar…

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Author: Mike Burrows
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] W7 wired client cant map to XP Pro share, wireless clients can

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>     I am managing a network which is setup with several wireless W7
>     clients connecting via a Netgear R6300 to an XP Pro hosted share
>     as well as one W7 wired client.

>
>     The wireless clients can "see" the XP Pro machine in their network
>     window and can map to a shared folder and work just fine. The
>     wired client however, cannot. It can however ping the XP Pro
>     machine using its IP address and name.

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>     Any clues please?

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> Does this help:
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> http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/enable-disable-network-discovery#1TC=windows-7
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> Rgds
>
> Peter.
>
>

Thx Peter. :) Network discovery is on.

Judging by google-land this isn't a new or an infrequent problem. None
of the fixes out there that I have found seem to help. Boy I wish all
the servers out there were Linux ones.

Could there be a difference in the router between the way it handles
requests of wired and wireless clients?
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