I have no clue why, but a lot of times, my home network (with a Linksys router) keeps on failing, like how I cannot print networkly. The computer that I keep all the printers connected to is continuously on. I do not have a defined solution as I just randomly power cycle things and hope for the best.

Interestingly enough, Network Magic detects everything, but Windows does not.

Any ideas as to why this happens and a definitive solution?

You know the computer thats always on restart that and switch your router of for 10 seconds.

Also whats the model of your router? A WRT54G by any chance. I will post more once i know what model it is as i think i have a solution.

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Originally posted by john-t
You know the computer thats always on restart that and switch your router of for 10 seconds.

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Originally posted by john-t
WRT54G

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Try clicking the small reset button on the back of your router, which will probably restore the router to factory settings.

any firewalls?

if you can't print can you still share files?

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Originally posted by xen0h
if you can't print can you still share files?

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Originally posted by NiteMare
any firewalls?

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Originally posted by Voldemort
Try clicking the small reset button on the back of your router, which will probably restore the router to factory settings.

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norton is gay
(my opinion)
this is my solution to any problem involving a network that is playing up

get your self a copy of netbrute do a scan of your interal ip range and tell us how you go
a screen shot of the results would be nice

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Originally posted by xen0h
norton is gay
(my opinion)
this is my solution to any problem involving a network that is playing up

get your self a copy of netbrute do a scan of your interal ip range and tell us how you go
a screen shot of the results would be nice

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what are your subnet settings?
and have you tried pinging one from the other?
cos if it doesn't show up in netbrute they're not connected even if network magic thinks they are
(could be a restrictive firewall but i haven't found any that don't ask you about netbios

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subnet should look like 255.255.0.0

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Originally posted by xen0h
what are your subnet settings?
and have you tried pinging one from the other?
cos if it doesn't show up in netbrute they're not connected even if network magic thinks they are
(could be a restrictive firewall but i haven't found any that don't ask you about netbios

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you will probably get better results disabling as much or norton as possible
(norton is dodgy it just sits on it's arse and tells you, you have a virus)

well to try a ping:
go to your target machine(any machine on the network)
and
start>run>cmd>ipconfig
write that down or remember it
go to your host machine(any other machine on the network)
and start>run>cmd>ping xxx.xxx.x.xxx(xxx's being the ip address you got from the target machine)
if the connection times out and it probably will
take alook at you subnet mask
start>run>cmd>ipconfig
it should say 255.255.0.0
it should match on all your computers if not well make it
in connection settings

making any progress?

Nope doesn't work

what doesn't work
getting the ip address?

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Originally posted by xen0h
what doesn't work
getting the ip address?

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sounds like dodgy connections