So here's the deal, I have a Belkin N-1 router... Currently we have on the network...
1. Fiancee's Lion Li desktop (wired)
2. My Alienware Area-51 desktop (wired)
3. Xbox 360 (wired)
4. Iomega 1TB NAS (wired)
5. Her Toshiba work laptop (wireless)
6. My Gateway work laptop (wireless)
ALL MACHINES ON "HOME" WORKGROUP
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TYPE OF ROUTER, STILL DOES NOT WORK. TRIED ON BELKIN N1, LINKSYS GAMING ROUTER, CHEAP NETGEAR ROUTER, AND OTHER BELKIN ROUTERS.
Her desktop, and both laptops can see the local network, join the local network, and we can swap content between all 3 computers and to/from the Iomega NAS. The Iomega NAS (once I install the software on each PC, works beautifully with every computer BUT the Alienware.
My Alienware refuses, REFUSES, no matter what I do, to work with my network. It will not display or show that it sees any other computers, nor can the other computers see it. I can ping the box from other computers in the command prompt, but that's it as far as the computers seeing one another.
I recently bought an Iomega 1TB NAS and hooked it up to the network. Everyone machine can connect to it, except my Alienware. I install the software and the Alienware will not connect to the NAS... software says no storage device on network...
My Alienware connects to the internet and works perfectly, but will not join other networked computers.
I've tried for nearly 3 years to get this sucker to work, and it will not. My fiancee, who is a program manager for the NETWORKING DIVISION at MS, couldn't even figure out the problem, nor could another networking employee at MS.
So uh... Anyone have ANY ideas???
Oh, note, Firewall is enabled on all PC's. All PC's are running McAfee Virus Scan 2009. No viruses on any of the machines. All machines are on the workgroup HOME...
There has to be something on that Alienware preventing me from networking locally...
I need to backup about 500gb of photos in case one of the HD's fails.
:-(
1. Fiancee's Lion Li desktop (wired)
2. My Alienware Area-51 desktop (wired)
3. Xbox 360 (wired)
4. Iomega 1TB NAS (wired)
5. Her Toshiba work laptop (wireless)
6. My Gateway work laptop (wireless)
ALL MACHINES ON "HOME" WORKGROUP
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT TYPE OF ROUTER, STILL DOES NOT WORK. TRIED ON BELKIN N1, LINKSYS GAMING ROUTER, CHEAP NETGEAR ROUTER, AND OTHER BELKIN ROUTERS.
Her desktop, and both laptops can see the local network, join the local network, and we can swap content between all 3 computers and to/from the Iomega NAS. The Iomega NAS (once I install the software on each PC, works beautifully with every computer BUT the Alienware.
My Alienware refuses, REFUSES, no matter what I do, to work with my network. It will not display or show that it sees any other computers, nor can the other computers see it. I can ping the box from other computers in the command prompt, but that's it as far as the computers seeing one another.
I recently bought an Iomega 1TB NAS and hooked it up to the network. Everyone machine can connect to it, except my Alienware. I install the software and the Alienware will not connect to the NAS... software says no storage device on network...
My Alienware connects to the internet and works perfectly, but will not join other networked computers.
I've tried for nearly 3 years to get this sucker to work, and it will not. My fiancee, who is a program manager for the NETWORKING DIVISION at MS, couldn't even figure out the problem, nor could another networking employee at MS.
So uh... Anyone have ANY ideas???
Oh, note, Firewall is enabled on all PC's. All PC's are running McAfee Virus Scan 2009. No viruses on any of the machines. All machines are on the workgroup HOME...
There has to be something on that Alienware preventing me from networking locally...
I need to backup about 500gb of photos in case one of the HD's fails.
:-(