Hey all. I'm a noobie here as this is my first post. I've had XBMC for over a year now and have been using a wireless connection. I have a dlink dir-625 router, a dlink wireless repeater and the dlink xbox wireless adapter. It's been working great for about a year now. But out of nowhere I have all of a sudden been unable to access my SMB shares on my xbox. It's completely frustrating because I didn't do a thing to the PC or the xbox. It just happened. I though it may have been a wireless issue because the problem occurred just a couple days after I installed the wireless repeater. But that didn't make any sense because I was still getting a weak signal without the repeater, and it was working flawlessly with the repeater for a couple days. But just to make sure I reset the router and repeater to see if that was the problem. Nope. But I still wasn't satisfied so I brought the xbox upstairs to my computer and set it up through a hard wire. I still get the "Workgroup Not Found" window when I select SMB network shares. I've been trying to get help on the XBMC forums, and everyone there is great and really responsive, but I either don't understand what they're talking about or they are telling me to set up network pings and whatnot. I don't use XBMC for the internet, though I will get into that at some point. I use the XBMC for strictly file sharing and it's a fantastic software mod. : ) I just want to get my SMB network back up and running, but it's difficult to know what went wrong when I didn't do anything to either the settings on the XBOX or my PC. I'm just wondering if anyone here knows about this problem and has a solution for that specific problem. : ) Thanks.
Well, I just figured out that it has something to do with my firewall. Once I disabled the firewall it worked on the hardwire connection. However, it did not work when I moved the computer back downstairs through the wireless. :| Also the not having a firewall is not exactly a "solution" in my books. ; ) But at least I now know what the problem is. Any suggestions?
Well, I now feel like I'm going in circles. I brought up my xbox wireless adapter and tried to use it in the same room as my computer and I'm getting the "Workgroup Not Found", even with the Firewall turned off. So I'm totally lost at this point.
