ducyspeedfreak
New Member
Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and I did a quick search to see if anyone else asked this but came up with nothing. Here it goes...
My home network is nearly entirely Mac based (with the exception of a few printers and back up drives). At one point I was able to see my Windows 7 machine on my mac's and visa-versa. But something has happened somewhere (probably in an auto update) where my mac's can't view my Windows 7, and my Windows 7 can't see any of my Mac's.
Here's what I know...
- We are all using the same network.
- Security on all devices has been shut off at one point so that there where absolutely no potential firewall blockings.
- I found the IP address for the windows 7 computer and told my mac to search for it. Came back with nothing.
- I can view my NAS device (connected directly to the router) from both my Windows 7 machine and my Mac's.
- Have restarted all computers and still not able to see the windows 7 machine / macs from anything else.
- Can view all macs on the network from another mac.
- Have also set the IP address on the windows 7 machine to static, but still with no effect.
So that's everything I've got. I've been looking for an answer for a few days now. I just can't seem to let this one go. Anything anyone can suggest would be helpful. This is a problem for me because not only is there a problem working with files, but all of my printers are running off of the macs.
Thanks for the help.
My home network is nearly entirely Mac based (with the exception of a few printers and back up drives). At one point I was able to see my Windows 7 machine on my mac's and visa-versa. But something has happened somewhere (probably in an auto update) where my mac's can't view my Windows 7, and my Windows 7 can't see any of my Mac's.
Here's what I know...
- We are all using the same network.
- Security on all devices has been shut off at one point so that there where absolutely no potential firewall blockings.
- I found the IP address for the windows 7 computer and told my mac to search for it. Came back with nothing.
- I can view my NAS device (connected directly to the router) from both my Windows 7 machine and my Mac's.
- Have restarted all computers and still not able to see the windows 7 machine / macs from anything else.
- Can view all macs on the network from another mac.
- Have also set the IP address on the windows 7 machine to static, but still with no effect.
So that's everything I've got. I've been looking for an answer for a few days now. I just can't seem to let this one go. Anything anyone can suggest would be helpful. This is a problem for me because not only is there a problem working with files, but all of my printers are running off of the macs.
Thanks for the help.