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FrizzleFried:
Alright,  I have 3 MAME cabs,  my wifes computer and my computer networked (wired,  not wireless).  From my main computer I can see the wifes, the horizontal MAME and the veritcal MAME.  I can not see or access the Cocktail MAME even though it is shared,  on the same workgroup, etc.  Now,  on the cocktail MAME I see all the other computers including the main computer...and I can access them as normal.

Any idea why I can see and access the main computer from the cocktail but I can't see nor access the cocktail computer from the main computer?

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on November 12, 2008, 06:05:03 pm ---Alright,  I have 3 MAME cabs,  my wifes computer and my computer networked (wired,  not wireless).  From my main computer I can see the wifes, the horizontal MAME and the veritcal MAME.  I can not see or access the Cocktail MAME even though it is shared,  on the same workgroup, etc.  Now,  on the cocktail MAME I see all the other computers including the main computer...and I can access them as normal.

Any idea why I can see and access the main computer from the cocktail but I can't see nor access the cocktail computer from the main computer?

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When you say you can't access the cocktail - you've tried accessing it by clicking Start>Run and typing

\\computername
or
\\IP Address

From my experience, networks without servers that rely on a browse master to populate the network neighborhood are flaky. I would imagine you can access it from the main computer with the \\IP address. Let me know if that works.

ahofle:
LOL welcome to windows networking.  I especially enjoy the 30-60 second timeouts which lock up the entire explorer while trying to connect.
One thing I've found which helps is to connect by IP address instead of computer name.  So instead of \\someCompName\c connect to \\192.168.0.15\c
 :dizzy:

EDIT: leapinlew beat me

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: ahofle on November 12, 2008, 06:33:23 pm ---leapinlew beat me

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Worth preserving. Forever. 

ahofle:
 :laugh2:

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