I am trying to set up an 11g/Airport peer network involving an iMac G5, a PC running WinMe, and a PC running eComStation (OS/2 Warp 4), via a D-Link router.
The Winbox is connected to the router by cable, the other two by Wi-Fi. The eCS box uses an 11g-to-ethernet bridge, and the iMac connects through a range extender.
All three boxes have no problem connecting to the Internet using Verizon high speed fiber optic service through the router.
The router is configured to assign fixed IP addresses to all boxes on the local net. Everybody can ping all the other boxes using IP addresses EXCEPT that sometimes the eCS box and the iMac cannot ping one another. At the moment iMac can ping eCS but eCS can't ping iMac; yesterday it was the other way around. I have no idea what causes this to change.
The boxes are all assigned names both internally and (the same names) in the router. Nobody can ping anybody else by name. Only by IP address.
From the eCS box I can print on the printer at the WinMe box, but I can't view files. The iMac can't do either. It sees no network resources. WinMe can't see any resources on the eCS or iMac.
Obviously I'm doing something wrong.
Can anyone point me at a how-to for peer networks? What I would like to accomplish is the following:
The iMac has no printer (space constraint) so I would like to be able to print from it to either the printer attached to the eCS box (best) or the one attached to the WinMe (if necessary). I would also like to be able to move files between iMac and eCS. It's not necessary to mount a network drive, I would be happy if either of them worked as an FTP server.
The Winbox is connected to the router by cable, the other two by Wi-Fi. The eCS box uses an 11g-to-ethernet bridge, and the iMac connects through a range extender.
All three boxes have no problem connecting to the Internet using Verizon high speed fiber optic service through the router.
The router is configured to assign fixed IP addresses to all boxes on the local net. Everybody can ping all the other boxes using IP addresses EXCEPT that sometimes the eCS box and the iMac cannot ping one another. At the moment iMac can ping eCS but eCS can't ping iMac; yesterday it was the other way around. I have no idea what causes this to change.
The boxes are all assigned names both internally and (the same names) in the router. Nobody can ping anybody else by name. Only by IP address.
From the eCS box I can print on the printer at the WinMe box, but I can't view files. The iMac can't do either. It sees no network resources. WinMe can't see any resources on the eCS or iMac.
Obviously I'm doing something wrong.
Can anyone point me at a how-to for peer networks? What I would like to accomplish is the following:
The iMac has no printer (space constraint) so I would like to be able to print from it to either the printer attached to the eCS box (best) or the one attached to the WinMe (if necessary). I would also like to be able to move files between iMac and eCS. It's not necessary to mount a network drive, I would be happy if either of them worked as an FTP server.