BEFSR41 networking problems

[willy_ph]

So I bought a Linksys BEFSR41 router yesterday to replace a switch that over the weekend. Setting up the network was easy, only requiring a switch from static ip's to obtaining ip's from dhcp.

However, I can no longer browse the network and access other computers. They can ping and such, but cannot see each other when browsing through Network Neighbourhood. All computers are set to the same workgroup and they all utilize the same netmask.

I imagine someone else has experienced this problem. Come on someone, help me out.

[willy_ph]

I forgot to mention the specs of my computers if it has any bearing over the problem.

PC #1: Windows Xp
PC #2: Windows 2k

Just to reiterate, both are set to obtain ip's via dhcp and they are successful in doing so and both are set with the same workgroup name.

[MDS]

willy do you have XP firewall on by chance? If so that may be a problem. And are you using sharing on each computer? I have the same setup and have had not one problem(XP Pro, win2kpro x3=4 systems total)

[willy_ph]

I have disabled the firewall on both machines to no avail. As well, sharing is enabled on both computers, which makes this even more puzzling.

[Mickwish]

Does that router have inbuilt firewall? Is that blocking internal browse? Check the set up pages for info if it has an internal NAT firewall, on how to allow certain IP address to share stuff.

Cheers
Mick

[Mickwish]

Hmm, dunno, really, after checking out the router specs a bit. Here is a neat little how-to in getting the LAN to work that might help a bit. Not sure.

Cheers
Mick

[willy_ph]

Mick, I believe this router has a built-in firewall, however, I haven't configured it at all. All the settings limiting ports and mac addy's haven't been touched. The only thing I think it could be with are the following settings, which haven't been touched either. I have no idea what the following settings do, so if someone could inform me.

Block WAN Request: _____Enable Disable
Multicast Pass Through:__Enable Disable
IPSec Pass Through:_____Enable Disable
PPTP Pass Through:_____Enable Disable


There are some other options in that grouping but only dealing with MTU, Remote Management and Remote Upgrade settings, none of which, I believe, should fix, nor cause, my problem.

[Mickwish]

None of those have any bearing on LAN packets, AFAIK. All to do with WAN packets and ports and such, so shouldn't be an issue. Suggest you check through the link I posted and see if you need to alter anything in your windows configs.

Cheers
Mick

[willy_ph]

I'm thinking that I might just start from scratch again, resetting the router and starting from setp 1.

[Eraserhead]

You might be better off disabling DHCP and sticking with static IP's. There's no real advantage to having DHCP enabled if you've only got a couple of PC's on your LAN.