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[Fargo44]

Thanks for this discussion forum! 

We ran a D-Link DIR-655 for about 5 years on our home network of 7 desktop computers (LAN) and two laptops (wireless) with essentially no problems.  However following a power outage last week the router stopped communicating with the cable modem (WAN port failure?). 

From the web site we determined that the DIR-825 is a fancier version of the DIR-655 (extra 5 GHz transmitter) so we upgraded to a new 825 three days ago. 

I did not use the wizard on the CD to set up the new router  -- rather did it manually because I thought I'd configure the new router exactly the same as the old one -- this was probably not a good idea in retrospect.   (FYI our new DIR-825 is a ver. B1 unit with ver. 2.02NA firmware.

After setting the router up -- it lit up like a Christmas tree and I could see all 7 desk top computers (3 are WIN7 & 4 are WINXP) in the LAN and all would go on-line with no issues.  (FYI 3 desk tops are directly attached to the DIR-825 and four attached via a switch). 

However, when I tried to map the network I find that only 5 of the desk tops we assigned to our named home network -- 2 or them could not be mapped as they were assigned to a "public" network.  So while they all still communicate with each other two are no longer in our home network.  I do not think this was anything that I did -- knowingly at least. 

I logged back on the the router home page but I see nothing that clues me in as to what I did wrong.

So I'm wondering how the DIR-825 made these "assignments" and what I can do to redirect the router to bring the other two computers into our home network. (BTW one of the two "miss-assigned" computers is WIN7 and one is WINXP so its not a window version issue).

Thanks for any assistance!  Smiley

[FurryNutz]

Are you mapping using host names or the IP addresses of the PCs? \\192.168.0.101\sharedfoldername
I presume you have shared out folders on each PC to connect to?
Each PC using the same workgroup name, i.e. workgroup or can be a name of your choosing.
Each PC have a reserved IP address ON the router under Setup/Networking and each pc's network settings set for automatic obtain IP addressing? This is preferred as the router will always assign the same reserved IP address when the PCs are turned on.