DD-WRT issue

Is there anything special to see my brother's PC through my
WRT54G (v4) router? I'm a few houses away and I'm using
WiFi to connect to the router, which is running DD-WRT.
My brother is directly connecting to the router. Both of us
share an internet connection and that is working fine but
we can't see each other across the network. I'm on W2kSp4
and he is using XP Home.

Help?

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On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:08:38 -0600, "Ken Bessler"
<kg0wx@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:

>Is there anything special to see my brother's PC through my
>WRT54G (v4) router? I'm a few houses away and I'm using
>WiFi to connect to the router, which is running DD-WRT.
>My brother is directly connecting to the router. Both of us
>share an internet connection and that is working fine but
>we can't see each other across the network. I'm on W2kSp4
>and he is using XP Home.

Have your brother configure his firewall.
Control Panel -> Windoze Firewall -> Exceptions
Check the exceptions box with "File and Print Sharing.

In DD-WRT, make sure that you do NOT have "AP Isolation" enabled.
It's on the:
Wireless -> Advanced Settings
page.

Also, verify that you can ping his IP address.
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"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
> Have your brother configure his firewall.
> Control Panel -> Windoze Firewall -> Exceptions
> Check the exceptions box with "File and Print Sharing.
>
> In DD-WRT, make sure that you do NOT have "AP Isolation" enabled.
> It's on the:
> Wireless -> Advanced Settings
> page.
>
> Also, verify that you can ping his IP address.

And make sure both computers are in the same workgroup

Adair

On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:34:00 GMT, "Adair Witner" <buhbear007@mail.com>
wrote in <IZv1h.18101$TV3.2511@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com >:

>"Jeff Liebermann" <jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in message
>> Have your brother configure his firewall.
>> Control Panel -> Windoze Firewall -> Exceptions
>> Check the exceptions box with "File and Print Sharing.
>>
>> In DD-WRT, make sure that you do NOT have "AP Isolation" enabled.
>> It's on the:
>> Wireless -> Advanced Settings
>> page.
>>
>> Also, verify that you can ping his IP address.
>
>And make sure both computers are in the same workgroup

Strictly speaking, that's not really necessary.

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