Hi All 
Trying to setup a small network, 2pcs / printer / dvr
5 port switch
No internet / no gateway
1st pc (xp) works great, gets access to dvr & printer (web based access) all working fine.
seems easy to setup
2nd pc (w7) im pulling my hair out
Seems harder to do without a gateway.
can access dvr (web based) after working out the active x install, can log on to the dvr and all seems to work apart from the video wont show, maybe another problem.
Cant access
printer jetdirect web based, turned off firewall, it will even ping the ip address but still wont access the web server,
It had done before i starting messing with things thinking a small network would'nt be that hard
Im lost with networking as you can probably tell,
all my problems seem to be with Win7.
win7 network locations and all the extra security stuff has me going in circles.
I then swapped out the 5port switch for an old adsl gatway Wag54GS
So I could then use a gateway ip address for win7 and it seems happier.
But still cant access print server, or get video on my dvr.
Sorry this is so long, if you got to this then thanks for reading
How do you guys do it, it cant be that hard can it ?
Does win7 really need to use a gateway ip

Trying to setup a small network, 2pcs / printer / dvr
5 port switch
No internet / no gateway
1st pc (xp) works great, gets access to dvr & printer (web based access) all working fine.
seems easy to setup
2nd pc (w7) im pulling my hair out

Seems harder to do without a gateway.
can access dvr (web based) after working out the active x install, can log on to the dvr and all seems to work apart from the video wont show, maybe another problem.
Cant access
printer jetdirect web based, turned off firewall, it will even ping the ip address but still wont access the web server,
It had done before i starting messing with things thinking a small network would'nt be that hard

Im lost with networking as you can probably tell,
all my problems seem to be with Win7.
win7 network locations and all the extra security stuff has me going in circles.
I then swapped out the 5port switch for an old adsl gatway Wag54GS
So I could then use a gateway ip address for win7 and it seems happier.
But still cant access print server, or get video on my dvr.
Sorry this is so long, if you got to this then thanks for reading

How do you guys do it, it cant be that hard can it ?
Does win7 really need to use a gateway ip
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