Computers can't see eachother

Inquisitor · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:12

I have two computers on my network, both of which I've just reinstalled Windows on. They're connected to the router (which is wireless) and can access the internet without problem, but can't see eachother. There's nothing showing up in network places (except local shares), and the computers can't even ping eachother.

Any help is appreciated!

waso_dude · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:20

are they on the same work group??

Inquisitor · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:26

Yep—MSHOME. Incidentally, when I try to access this workgroup, I just get an error saying it's inaccessible and that I may not have the correct permissions.

oldbag · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:26

Turn the windows firewall off on both PCs.

Clarkey · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:34

wireless isolation mode is probably turned on.

Inquisitor · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:47

Triad2000 said:
Turn the windows firewall off on both PCs.

Just done that—I can access the workgroup now, but the computers still can't see eachother, even by pinging.

Clarkey said:
wireless isolation mode is probably turned on.

Wassat?

iBear · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:49

please tell me nortons isnt installed.

Inquisitor · 12 Nov 2006 at 23:50

Of course not! Comodo (firewall) and Kaspersky (anti-virus)

Clarkey · 13 Nov 2006 at 00:13

Inquisitor said:
Wassat?

does exactly as you say, isolates all the nodes on the wifi network. designed for use on public networks. Was turned on by default on my Dlink AP.

Inquisitor · 13 Nov 2006 at 00:19

Clarkey said:
does exactly as you say, isolates all the nodes on the wifi network. designed for use on public networks. Was turned on by default on my Dlink AP.

Can't see any options in my router's configuration to do with that :confused:

The odd thing is that it worked before I reinstalled Windows on one of my computers. The one I'm using now was formatted about a week or two ago, the other one today.

Edit:
Hmm, my computer can now ping the other, but the othre can't ping mine :confused:

Also, printer sharing seems to be working (printers shared from the other computer), although I haven't actually tried printing anything yet.

Inquisitor · 13 Nov 2006 at 19:18

Sorry to bump this, but does no one have any ideas?

breamy1990 · 13 Nov 2006 at 19:56

try turning comodo off and windows firewall

Inquisitor · 13 Nov 2006 at 20:55

Well, that's fixed it, but it's a bit of a problem if I can't use a firewall when using file sharing :/

I've added rules in Comodo to allow file sharing, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.