On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:26:30 GMT, "Dave Bachmann" <shaw.ca@Dave.Bachmann> wrote:

>I have an existing network of several PCs running XP (both Home and Pro), a
>laptop doing XP Home, and a couple of Linux boxes. They connect to the net
>via a cable modem hanging off the router. Everything works fine.
>
>I started to upgrade the router from a Belkin F5D6231-4 (802.11b) to a
>D-Link DI-524 (802.11g). After entering the SSID and encryption key into the
>new router each of the machines was able to properly access the router and
>the net. They *can not* access each other any longer, tho. While I can
>successfully ping the router from any of them, I can neither ping another
>machine on the home network nor can I access them via Network Places or
>SAMBA. Reverting back to the old router, everything works fine with no
>readjustments necessary.
>
>While it seems likely that it's a simple setting in the new router, I have
>yet to find anything that looks close in the documentation. I didn't set up
>MAC filtering or any "advanced" features in the new router - pretty vanilla.
>Any suggestions are gratefully appreciated.

"Chuck" <n***@example.net> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:26:30 GMT, "Dave Bachmann" <shaw.ca@Dave.Bachmann>
> wrote:
>
>>I have an existing network of several PCs running XP (both Home and Pro),
>>a
>>laptop doing XP Home, and a couple of Linux boxes. They connect to the net
>>via a cable modem hanging off the router. Everything works fine.
>>
>>I started to upgrade the router from a Belkin F5D6231-4 (802.11b) to a
>>D-Link DI-524 (802.11g). After entering the SSID and encryption key into
>>the
>>new router each of the machines was able to properly access the router and
>>the net. They *can not* access each other any longer, tho. While I can
>>successfully ping the router from any of them, I can neither ping another
>>machine on the home network nor can I access them via Network Places or
>>SAMBA. Reverting back to the old router, everything works fine with no
>>readjustments necessary.
>>
>>While it seems likely that it's a simple setting in the new router, I have
>>yet to find anything that looks close in the documentation. I didn't set
>>up
>>MAC filtering or any "advanced" features in the new router - pretty
>>vanilla.
>>Any suggestions are gratefully appreciated.
>
> Dave,
>
> I have seen mention in some WiFi Security forums, of a feature called "AP
> Isolation", which comes on newer WiFi routers.  If that feature comes
> enabled,
> out of the box, on the DI-524, it could cause your problem.
>
> The Owners Guide for the DI-524 comes in 3 revisions.  Do you know which
> revision you have?
> <http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=316#manual>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>   actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

> Chuck -
>
> Thanx for the suggestion! IIRC, the router is a Rev A2. I'm back to
> running the Belkin now, but I'll give the D-Link another try tomorrow.
> While I don't recall seeing an AP Isolation setting, I didn't have it up
> long enough to get that familiar with all the details.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> --
> Invert name and ISP in order to respond
> "Chuck" <n***@example.net> wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 03:26:30 GMT, "Dave Bachmann" <shaw.ca@Dave.Bachmann>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I have an existing network of several PCs running XP (both Home and Pro),
>>>a
>>>laptop doing XP Home, and a couple of Linux boxes. They connect to the
>>>net
>>>via a cable modem hanging off the router. Everything works fine.
>>>
>>>I started to upgrade the router from a Belkin F5D6231-4 (802.11b) to a
>>>D-Link DI-524 (802.11g). After entering the SSID and encryption key into
>>>the
>>>new router each of the machines was able to properly access the router
>>>and
>>>the net. They *can not* access each other any longer, tho. While I can
>>>successfully ping the router from any of them, I can neither ping another
>>>machine on the home network nor can I access them via Network Places or
>>>SAMBA. Reverting back to the old router, everything works fine with no
>>>readjustments necessary.
>>>
>>>While it seems likely that it's a simple setting in the new router, I
>>>have
>>>yet to find anything that looks close in the documentation. I didn't set
>>>up
>>>MAC filtering or any "advanced" features in the new router - pretty
>>>vanilla.
>>>Any suggestions are gratefully appreciated.
>>
>> Dave,
>>
>> I have seen mention in some WiFi Security forums, of a feature called "AP
>> Isolation", which comes on newer WiFi routers.  If that feature comes
>> enabled,
>> out of the box, on the DI-524, it could cause your problem.
>>
>> The Owners Guide for the DI-524 comes in 3 revisions.  Do you know which
>> revision you have?
>> <http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=316#manual>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
>> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
>> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
>> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>>   actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.
>
>

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 03:29:19 GMT, "Dave Bachmann" <shaw.ca@Dave.Bachmann> wrote:

>I was correct in remembering Rev A2 for the router. I hooked it up again
>this morn and went thru all of the settings, but wasn't able to see anything
>that seemed to control whether or not it acted as an Access Point. While I
>was able to set up one machine so that it could see shares on one of the
>others, the second machine couldn't see the first and the vast majority of
>machines couldn't see each other. Further, one of the Linux boxes couldn't
>even successfully ping the router!
>
>Any other suggestions will still be gratefully appreciated. Without them,
>this device is likely to be shelfware for a while before it shows up deeply
>discounted on the local for $ale groups...
>
>TIA,
>Dave

"Chuck" <n***@example.net> wrote in message
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> Dave,
>
> Well, you're right.  I can't find any mention of "isolation mode" or any
> other
> similar term in the Rev A manual.
>
> Maybe the D-Link product support staff might know?
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
> My        email         is          AT         DOT
>   actual       address    pchuck       mvps        org.

On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 22:25:05 GMT, "Dave Bachmann" <shaw.ca@Dave.Bachmann> wrote:

>Chuck -
>
>Thanx for your suggestions! Unfortunately, I'd already contacted DLink
>"customer service". Their response:
>
>"The router is not responsible for file and printer sharing. The Router is
>designed to create a network between your computers and it allows your
>computers to use that network to access the Internet.
>
>Microsoft Windows has built-in services that can use a network like this to
>share files between other Windows based computers. Everything for file
>sharing is handled by the computers not the router.
>
>Since all this is done by Windows and not our product, D-Link does not
>support setting up a computer for file sharing. I can however provide you
>with some links to websites that offer information and instruction on how to
>setup file sharing."
>
>I find it hard to believe that others aren't using this router to
>communicate between machines, so there should be some *simple* way to get
>this working, but I've yet to find it...
>
>Dave