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I'll be darned if I can figure this out. I can ping, successfully use Easy Search and administer the unit, but I can't map a drive over a wireless link. No problems using the same laptop and a wired link.
Any ideas as to where to look?
Thanks
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Right click on your Local Area Connection and select Properties. Do the same thing on your Wireless Connection. See if any protocols file-sharing-related is present in the local area connection but not the wireless connection. Add them.
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There's a good probability that your firewall settings are different for wired & wireless - take a look at that.
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Well, I've checked my settings between the wired and wireless connections. As far as the TCP/IP settings go they're identical. It doesn't make sense that I can wirelessly access the unit via the Dlink Easy Search utility, perform any admin function, but can't map a drive, this should mean I've got full connectivity.
As far as installed protocols I've got identical settings between wired & wireless, but this thing should work as long as I have Internet protocol installed, as far as I can see it doesn't take anything special. I'm thinking I've got something blocking the packets that setup a network drive, which sounds like a firewall issue, but I can't even map a drive with my firewall disabled (Window Live OneCare), it's a real head scratcher. The unit is not showing up under Microsoft Windows Network when browsing the "Entire network" either.
One more difference is that when I connect with a wired link I connect immediately without a user/password request, I'm getting a user/password request wirelessly, but still no connection when answering the request. I may need to call their tech support Monday.
I'm also wondering if XP SP3 has anything to do with this.
Thanks for your suggestions though...
Last edited by shafrs3 (2008-03-16 03:01:20)
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What are the IP addresses of the wired and wireless connections? I assume both are obtained via DHCP? Are they on the same subnet? Sorry I'm running out of ideas...
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Hi Shafrs3,
shafrs3 wrote:
I'll be darned if I can figure this out. I can ping, successfully use Easy Search and administer the unit, but I can't map a drive over a wireless link. No problems using the same laptop and a wired link.
A while back I had the same problem with one DNS-323 that had 1.02 firmware in it. The problem went away as I upgraded to 1.04 firmware.
Regards,
Jaya
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I am having the exact same problem - care to share any fixes? Checked everything- protocols, clients etc. Able to ping, use search utility, able to connect wired, updated firmware 1.04 BUT not able to connect wirelessly AND getting the USER Name and Pwd window.
HELP!
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If you are getting the username/password box it sounds like your PC is able to connect to the DNS323 but not sending the information that it needs to get access.
I'm pretty sure that Windows Vista considers all wireless networks to be public (unsafe) by default, and so won't send your password, I'm not sure about XP. Try adding a saved password to your user account like described here:
http://dns323.kood.org/forum/t1701-help … issio.html
Does anyone know how to use the "net use" command to debug this sort of thing?
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Hi Sjmac,
sjmac wrote:
Does anyone know how to use the "net use" command to debug this sort of thing?
To connect to a share with user name and password via command line is quite simple:
net use x: \\hostname\sharename /user:username password
If you want to save the credentials (so that you do not have to type the password each time) do this:
net use x: \\hostname\sharename /savecred
and then type the user name and password the first time. From then on it will do it use the saved credentials.
Hope this helps.
Jaya
PS: This works on XP and Vista, and you can connect to share on DNS from Vista over wireless network.
Edit: Sometimes (e.g. when connecting from a domain rather than workgroup computer), the username requires NETBIOS name. If the DNS-323 has the name device then enter /user credentials as username@device or device\username
Last edited by jayas (2008-03-25 11:00:39)
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jayas wrote:
This works on XP and Vista, and you can connect to share on DNS from Vista over wireless network.
Sorry, badly worded by me - thanks for catching me out :-)
I was trying to say that Vista won't try your logon credentials by default over any network if the Location Type is set as Public. Instead you have to supply an explicit password. But I'm not sure where I got that idea from, and a quick test over my wireless network here showed that Vista connected to my DNS323 over wireless even when I set the connection as the "Public" Location Type.
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A couple of things to add here. If you are using windows firewall, then you also need to check to make sure that the file and print sharing is listed as an exception, and that exceptions are on. This setting is different on wired and wireless, so check it from each connection.
Next, if you are having trouble connecting because it will not find the DNS when you use the name of the device, but you can ping it with the IP, then you can add an entry for it in your hosts file in your ...\system32\drivers\etc directory. Windows has had issues with picking up hostnames on the network (especially non-windows ones).
I use my DNS with multiple computers running win 98 up through Vista, and my network is a combination of wired, wireless, and even have a wireless bridge set-up connecting 2 buildings with wire LANs together. I have had no problems.
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