Re: "Seeing" both ways across router?

On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 14:47:01 -0800, DaveC <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>Have SBC DSL via Speedstream 5100 "modem", distributed to 2 wired clients (1
>is actually doing duty as a file server on the LAN) and 1 wireless client via
>Netgear WGR614v5 router.

I'll assume the wired clients are plugged into the ethernet ports on
the WGR614v5 router.

>The 2 wired clients can see and connect to the 1 wireless client. The reverse
>is not true: the wireless client can see neither of the others on the LAN.

I'll assume Windoze XP SP2 Home on all the clients. Did you disable
or create an exception to the Windoze firewall? That will prevent any
incoming network connections but allow outgoing.
Control Panel -> Windoze Firewall -> Exceptions
Check the "File and Print Sharing" box.
If you're using a 3rd party software firewall such as Norton, McAfee,
Zone Alarm, Kerio, etc, kindly disable it temporarily to see if that
fixes the problem. Norton Firewall 2005 is expecially difficult to
configure.

>I want all 3 clients to be able to see each other.

First, see if you can ping each client from the other. Nothing is
going to happen until everyone can ping everyone else.

>Where might I begin looking for why this is not currently so, and how to make
>it so? Documentation and GoOgling have not been specifically helpful.

I like to use:
http://www.wown.com
for Windoze networking help. It's kinda rough finding the appropriate
articles, but worth the effort as they are rather easy to follow.

>Support docs on Netgear web site seem to indicate that the router is
>configured as a bridge (default gateway address ends in other than 254.254).

I should hope not. Your SpeedStream 5100(b??) is acting as a modem.
Actually, it's an ATM to ethernet bridge, but that's not really
important for this discussion. The WGR614v5 is a router. The
ethernet and wireless ports on the LAN side use bridging to connect. I
think this is what you mean by "configured as a bridge". It is
possible to configure the WGR614v5 as an access point (bridge) by
ignoring the WAN connection on the WGR614v5. Is this what you're
doing? Is the speedstream modem plugged into the WAN (internet) port
on the WGR614v5 or into one of the LAN ports?

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