This is my home network which I originally set up using W7's homegroup. It worked great for a long time or until my hp laptop went down with video problems.
First I acquired an older Dell laptop and put a copy of 7 32-bit ultimate. The wireless card never worked so I put a wireless dongle on it. We can get Internet on it but no file sharing. It won't see the home group on my server PC.
Fast forward to a couple weeks ago. I re flowed the video chip on my hp and got it running again. Same thing: I've got wireless Internet but no file sharing and it doesn't see the home group.
I've made sure network discovery is on and that drives are shared. None of the settings on the router, a Cisco\Linksys E2500, have changed.
I'm really mystified. The only thing I haven't tried is a wired connection. Why? Because apparently I'm dense and just didn't think about it till just now.
Okay. My server sees my laptop but not vice versa. Same thing with wireless, too

As far as I can see all necessary services are running though I don't know all of them. Everyone named "Network..." seems to be running.
Any ideas or suggestions? Oh I cannot ping the server either. The "Add to your troubles shooter" just says the server isn't there.
Thanks
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