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Hi all - happy new year!
Just joined the forum - really looking forward to getting involved.
But first...an unusual wireless networking issue (I think...could just be me being very dumb...)
So I have just switched the whole family from PCs to Macs...this has gone well, and in general things now 'just work'
My current setup is as follows:
Linksys WRT300N wireless router
iMac (C2D) - connected wirelessly to the router
MacBook Pro (CD) - connected wirelessly to the router
Mac Mini (C2D) - connected via ethernet cable to the router
PC running Ubuntu linux - connected via ethernet cable to the router
All computers successfully connect to the internet, so no problems there.
However neither of the 2 wireless Macs can see each other across the network; no bonjour, no shared iTunes libraries, they can't even ping each other!
Even more oddly the wireless Macs *can* see the wired computers, and the wired computers can see the wireless Macs e.g. the Mac mini can connect to both the Macbook and the iMac and vv, but the iMac and Macbook cannot connect to - or even see - each other.
The best bit is when I connect either or both of the wireless computers to the wired network (i.e. physically connect with ethernet cables). You guessed it: no problems with the network. Go figure...
Please, please, please...has anyone got any ideas? I am running short on hair to pull out!
Steven
Just joined the forum - really looking forward to getting involved.
But first...an unusual wireless networking issue (I think...could just be me being very dumb...)
So I have just switched the whole family from PCs to Macs...this has gone well, and in general things now 'just work'
My current setup is as follows:
Linksys WRT300N wireless router
iMac (C2D) - connected wirelessly to the router
MacBook Pro (CD) - connected wirelessly to the router
Mac Mini (C2D) - connected via ethernet cable to the router
PC running Ubuntu linux - connected via ethernet cable to the router
All computers successfully connect to the internet, so no problems there.
However neither of the 2 wireless Macs can see each other across the network; no bonjour, no shared iTunes libraries, they can't even ping each other!
Even more oddly the wireless Macs *can* see the wired computers, and the wired computers can see the wireless Macs e.g. the Mac mini can connect to both the Macbook and the iMac and vv, but the iMac and Macbook cannot connect to - or even see - each other.
The best bit is when I connect either or both of the wireless computers to the wired network (i.e. physically connect with ethernet cables). You guessed it: no problems with the network. Go figure...
Please, please, please...has anyone got any ideas? I am running short on hair to pull out!
Steven