I just installed a Sonicwall TZ-210W and found that it uses a different IP range (172.16.31.x) for wireless clients than it does for the LAN clients (192.168.1.x). I could not connect to anything on the LAN from the WLAN until I enabled the WLAN > LAN rule on the router. However, I am still having issues.
If I try and hit my NAS from Explorer just using its name \\NAS\MyDocs, when connected using WiFi from my Windows 7 laptop, it fails. If I use its LAN IP (\\192.168.1.233\MyDocs) it works fine.
Windows Firewall is turned off. I am using Norton Internet Security 2012, but I temporarily disabled its firewall and experienced the same results. I looked at the Advanced Sharing options on my laptop and found that everything is enabled except Public Folder Sharing.
If I'm hardwired to the router, everything is fine and this makes sense since I'm on the 192.168.1.x subnet. The same subnet as the NAS.
I suppose I could go Old School and add an entry to the Lmhosts file, but it just seems like a hack to me. Not to mention that I would have an issue if the NAS ever received a new ip address.
I guess I could change the IP range for the wireless network in the SW administration page, but I kind of like the idae of separating the LAN & WLAN.
This just reaks of a name resolution issue. Some that I haven't dealt with in a long time.
Any ideas?
Thanks
If I try and hit my NAS from Explorer just using its name \\NAS\MyDocs, when connected using WiFi from my Windows 7 laptop, it fails. If I use its LAN IP (\\192.168.1.233\MyDocs) it works fine.
Windows Firewall is turned off. I am using Norton Internet Security 2012, but I temporarily disabled its firewall and experienced the same results. I looked at the Advanced Sharing options on my laptop and found that everything is enabled except Public Folder Sharing.
If I'm hardwired to the router, everything is fine and this makes sense since I'm on the 192.168.1.x subnet. The same subnet as the NAS.
I suppose I could go Old School and add an entry to the Lmhosts file, but it just seems like a hack to me. Not to mention that I would have an issue if the NAS ever received a new ip address.
I guess I could change the IP range for the wireless network in the SW administration page, but I kind of like the idae of separating the LAN & WLAN.
This just reaks of a name resolution issue. Some that I haven't dealt with in a long time.
Any ideas?
Thanks