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Re: Laptop not working on Win 7 homegroup
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Mon, 8 Nov 2010 14:28:24 -0600
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One thing to check for on your router is something along the lines of "AP Isolation."  This setting isolates the wireless device from the rest of the network.  If you wire the laptop and it works and it does not work wireless there is a wireless setting preventing you from connecting with the rest of the network.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Personal Computer Hardware discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Waddell
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Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Laptop not working on Win 7 homegroup

OK, I think the main problem is both desktops are hard wired and connected through a Local Area Connection. The laptop is wireless and is connected through a Cisco wireless network. Both networks are home networks. Network mapping, either through the desktop or laptop, show all computers in the network but can only share info between the desktops. Laptop map allows me to choose between "Network map of (Wireless Network Connection) OR (Local Area Connection). Selecting Local Area Connection tells me the adapter is not connected. If I connect an ethernet cable between the laptop and the router, establish a homegroup and then disconnect the cable, will the wireless connection "find" the homegroup?

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