Trouble with network using netgear router

I have a netgear wired router used to share the internet from a cable
modem to 4 computers. Before this I used a regular hub a proxy server
installed on one of the computers. The problem I am having since using
the router instead of the hub, is that I am no longer able to share
files and printers between the computers. It seems that some sort of
security setting inside the router is keeping the computers from
connecting using windows file sharing and printer sharing. To resolve
this I connected my hub into the router and connected all the computers
into the hub. The router is still serving as the DHCP server and
assigns IP addresses and I'm able to share files and printers normally
now with the hub. Is there a way around this without using the hub?

Any info is greatly appriciated!!!

Re: Trouble with network using netgear router

michael_holstein@hotmail.com wrote:
> I have a netgear wired router used to share the internet from a cable
> modem to 4 computers. Before this I used a regular hub a proxy server
> installed on one of the computers. The problem I am having since using
> the router instead of the hub, is that I am no longer able to share
> files and printers between the computers. It seems that some sort of
> security setting inside the router is keeping the computers from
> connecting using windows file sharing and printer sharing. To resolve
> this I connected my hub into the router and connected all the computers
> into the hub. The router is still serving as the DHCP server and
> assigns IP addresses and I'm able to share files and printers normally
> now with the hub. Is there a way around this without using the hub?
>
> Any info is greatly appriciated!!!
>

There is no way that a router has anything stopping the machines from
networking, unless there is some setting on the router that's stopping
the LAN IP(s) from sending and receiving traffic on the Windows
Networking ports 137-139 UDP and 445 TCP (NT only), which I doubt the
router is doing that.

What O/S are you talking about?

I have seen XP machines not be able to share resources with each other
on Linksys wire routers until the protocol on the NIC's were changed to
use MS NWlink IPX SPX protocol.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_proto cols.htm

Duane :)

Re: Trouble with network using netgear router

michael_holstein@hotmail.com wrote:
> I have a netgear wired router used to share the internet from a cable
> modem to 4 computers. Before this I used a regular hub a proxy server
> installed on one of the computers. The problem I am having since using
> the router instead of the hub, is that I am no longer able to share
> files and printers between the computers.

Windows ICS forces the NIC address to 192.168.0.1 which rases at least
two issues:
1) this may be an IP conflict for your existing lan on the other nic
2) to get correct routing, you will need a subnet mask and an IP address
on nic#2 that will pass traffic correctly, eg
192.168.1.1 / 255.255.240.0



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Re: Trouble with network using netgear router

Thanks for the help. I am using windows XP professional on 2 computers
and then mac OS X (the latest verison). The IP addresses are not
conflicting, I no longer use ICS. It has to be something in the router
because with no changes to any of the software I can connect the
computers directly to the router and am unable to view the network, but
the internet works. But if I connect a hub to a port on the router and
then connect all the computers into the hub, no changes in software,
everything works fine, file share etc. I even tried connected a couple
computers to the hub and a couple to the router. The ones on the hub
could see each other, but could not see the ones connected to the
router. Nor could the ones connected to the router see any shared
files/printers. I dont have the manual to the router anymore so I'l
have to go to their website and download it I guess. It was purchased
at walmart in 2004 so its not the latest model, maybe I should try
upgradeing to a newer router or a different make.

Thanks for the info though, very much appriciated!

Duane Arnold wrote:
> michael_holstein@hotmail.com wrote:
> > I have a netgear wired router used to share the internet from a cable
> > modem to 4 computers. Before this I used a regular hub a proxy server
> > installed on one of the computers. The problem I am having since using
> > the router instead of the hub, is that I am no longer able to share
> > files and printers between the computers. It seems that some sort of
> > security setting inside the router is keeping the computers from
> > connecting using windows file sharing and printer sharing. To resolve
> > this I connected my hub into the router and connected all the computers
> > into the hub. The router is still serving as the DHCP server and
> > assigns IP addresses and I'm able to share files and printers normally
> > now with the hub. Is there a way around this without using the hub?
> >
> > Any info is greatly appriciated!!!
> >
>
> There is no way that a router has anything stopping the machines from
> networking, unless there is some setting on the router that's stopping
> the LAN IP(s) from sending and receiving traffic on the Windows
> Networking ports 137-139 UDP and 445 TCP (NT only), which I doubt the
> router is doing that.
>
> What O/S are you talking about?
>
> I have seen XP machines not be able to share resources with each other
> on Linksys wire routers until the protocol on the NIC's were changed to
> use MS NWlink IPX SPX protocol.
>
> http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/network_proto cols.htm
>
> Duane :)