In reply to a post by cutehenry:

4 192.168.1.104 and 192.168.1.150, both reserved

Have you got 2 printers? Which one can't you print to?

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

In reply to a post by cutehenry:

4 192.168.1.104 and 192.168.1.150, both reserved

Have you got 2 printers? Which one can't you print to?

I have two printers. I can print to them if connect to the router through the ethernet lan but I cannot print to either of them if I connect to the router through the wifi.

The two printers are both wired to the lan.

When I am on the ethernet lan, I can scan the network using 'Netscan' and I see the printers. I have full access to them. When I am using the wifi I cannot see them.

So, something in the router wifi is not allowing me to see/use the home network.

Thanks,

So you can't see the LAN at all from wifi?
Are you using the VLAN that "is for your personal use"? i.e. SSID1 and VLAN1?

In reply to a post by BatBoy:

Are you using the VLAN that "is for your personal use"?

That was just a typical example. Most Brightbox owners will just be using SSID1 which defaults to VLAN1 for all their wireless.

Can most Brightbox users see their lan from their wifi?

I don't know. That's why I asked the "Would it deny the LAN access to the WLAN?" Q.

My XP Etherneted Desktop (LAN) can see my Vista Wireless Laptop (WLAN) but not vice versa.

However I don't put that down to the BrightBox as it is exactly the same with my Netgear.

It did work once when I first set it up. I put it down to an XP/Vista incompatibility.

It did work once when I first set it up. I put it down to an XP/Vista incompatibility

Does ping work bidirectionally, ie is the problem you have at the file/printer sharing level rather than the tcp/ip level ?

Thanks to everyone who contributed. I don't have an answer but I know from experience that one can spend hours 'wasting' time on such problems - it is fun (for me) to spend time on logical analysis and learning, but there are other interesting things to do, like Christmas.

I have two options for action:

1) Try the second Brightbox which the ISP sent me for some reason - maybe it is programmed to handle wifi/lan connections differently.

2) Turn off the Brightbox wifi, wire in a spare router and configure it as an access point.

If you have any other suggestions, please let me know.

I am away until after the new year, so I will try these when I get back.

In the meantime, many thanks. Enjoy the holidays!

I'll try and get my hands on one, there's instructions on the net how to get access to the operating system on them and we should be able to see what the firewall is up to from there.

Yes, it pings both ways.

Must revisit Vista's Firewall (NIS); I remember I had trouble setting that up initially when I 1st got it working. At the mo' I do everything inter-networking from the XP end.

I notice from Vista's Network Map that the route to the wired XP goes thro' a "Switch" as well as the router. When I put a wireless adapter on the XP then the route from Vista to the XP on the WLAN only goes via the router. I wonder if that has anything to do with OP's issue?