My main PC has Windows 7 Pro, and there's an older Vista PC from which I every now and then I need to copy large files from over the network. The router is a Cisco Linksys E4200 and all four ports are in use, besides these two computers, there's a third PC and a Roku box. These four devices and anything attached wirelessly get internet access just fine, with plenty of speed.
But today I wanted to setup a couple of shared folders on the Vista PC and there's no way I can access them from the main PC. I knew how to do it, and I had done it before in previous installations of both OSes over a year ago, but with a different router, but just in case I checked online tutorials and I followed all the steps.
On the Vista PC, in the Network and Sharing Center, Network and Discovery is on, File Sharing is on, Public Folder Sharing is on, Password Protected Sharing is off, Media Sharing is off (I turned it on but made no difference, so I turned it off again).
On the Windows 7 Pro PC, Network Discovery is on, File and Printer Sharing is on, Public Folder is on, Media Streaming is on and Password Protected Sharing is off.
Still, every time I try to map a network drive using the path that I get from the shared folder on the Vista PC, after a few seconds I get a "Windows cannot access \\computer name\share name". I even tried the real IP address the router gives the Vista PC instead of the computer name, but it's still the same. Opening any Win explorer window and trying to browse the network is also useless, since the Vista PC doesn't even show up.
I wasted hours with this, including searching for solutions, but I couldn't find any. Any suggestions?
The other problem I have is that even though this is a Gigabit Router, I realized while working on this that the Vista PC is only negotiating 100 Mbps, and if I set 1000 manually it doesn't connect, even after a reboot. That PC is based on an Intel D975XBX2 motherboard from 2007, which is supposed to be Gigabit as well, so I don't understand why they can't negotiate 1000 Mbps.
Thanks,
Sebastian
But today I wanted to setup a couple of shared folders on the Vista PC and there's no way I can access them from the main PC. I knew how to do it, and I had done it before in previous installations of both OSes over a year ago, but with a different router, but just in case I checked online tutorials and I followed all the steps.
On the Vista PC, in the Network and Sharing Center, Network and Discovery is on, File Sharing is on, Public Folder Sharing is on, Password Protected Sharing is off, Media Sharing is off (I turned it on but made no difference, so I turned it off again).
On the Windows 7 Pro PC, Network Discovery is on, File and Printer Sharing is on, Public Folder is on, Media Streaming is on and Password Protected Sharing is off.
Still, every time I try to map a network drive using the path that I get from the shared folder on the Vista PC, after a few seconds I get a "Windows cannot access \\computer name\share name". I even tried the real IP address the router gives the Vista PC instead of the computer name, but it's still the same. Opening any Win explorer window and trying to browse the network is also useless, since the Vista PC doesn't even show up.
I wasted hours with this, including searching for solutions, but I couldn't find any. Any suggestions?
The other problem I have is that even though this is a Gigabit Router, I realized while working on this that the Vista PC is only negotiating 100 Mbps, and if I set 1000 manually it doesn't connect, even after a reboot. That PC is based on an Intel D975XBX2 motherboard from 2007, which is supposed to be Gigabit as well, so I don't understand why they can't negotiate 1000 Mbps.
Thanks,
Sebastian