Windows 7 cant find whs via homeplug ethernet. This was working perfectly when i was using windows xr pro. Ive ruled out defective homeplug adapters as if i plug my laptop into my router it discovers whs straight away. Windows 7 is not finding the computer at all. Have tried disabling the firewall and still no joy. Have also tried connecting the whs directly to the router, with success. Is there any setting on windows 7 that blocks homeplug communication.

you need to post an IPCONFIG /ALL using the connection to the router and then using the homeplug

HomeplugWindows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Day-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No System Quarantine State . . . . . : Not Restricted Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B9-2B-DC-8F-13-00 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b16e:c6:4f3a:dc1e%12(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 January 2010 18:54:59 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 January 2010 18:54:59 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 263793628 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-D4-34-D1-B9-2B-DC-8F-13-00 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter isatap.{2A9BD4B6-0794-4E6C-B81D-5F6CCF15061F}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:d5c7:a2d6:1487:d8e7:a9e6:4a11(Preferred) Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1487:d8e7:a9e6:4a11%11(Preferred) Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : :: NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : DisabledRouterWindows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Day-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No System Quarantine State . . . . . : Not Restricted Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B9-2B-DC-8F-13-00 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::b16e:c6:4f3a:dc1e%12(Preferred) IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 January 2010 18:54:59 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 January 2010 18:54:59 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 263793628 DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-D4-34-D1-B9-2B-DC-8F-13-00 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Tunnel adapter isatap.{2A9BD4B6-0794-4E6C-B81D-5F6CCF15061F}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:d5c7:a2d6:1487:d8e7:a9e6:4a11(Preferred) Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::1487:d8e7:a9e6:4a11%11(Preferred) Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : :: NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

ipcofig /all from serverWindows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : server Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-01-6C-67-5B-79 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.3 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 05 January 2010 12:36:31 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 06 January 2010 12:36:31 Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TP-LINK 11b/g Wireless Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-27-19-CB-1B-23

I think you may need to dumb down windows 7 to get it to talk to your WHS, you should find a few postings here dealing with this.

can you recommened any posts

sorry I do not mark those as I do not care about WHS, but the search here works fine.

its not just whs, its anything thats connected through the homeplugs

Windows 7 cant find whs via homeplug ethernet. This was working perfectly when i was using windows xr pro. Ive ruled out defective homeplug adapters as if i plug my laptop into my router it discovers whs straight away. Windows 7 is not finding the computer at all. Have tried disabling the firewall and still no joy. Have also tried connecting the whs directly to the router, with success. Is there any setting on windows 7 that blocks homeplug communication. Is the laptop running Windows 7? If so that seems to imply the Homeplug is the issue, ie. your bypassing the Homeplug system.MS-MVP Windows Desktop Experience, "When all else fails, read the instructions"

"its not just whs, its anything thats connected through the homeplugs" you should have just said this and not said a a word about WHSYour postings are confusing.turn off IP 6 on the win7 PC and test, you need to find some else using the homeplug thingy to test with.do you have more than one win 7 box??

disable your firewall too for testing.MCSE, MCSA, MCDST [If this post helps to resolve your issue, please click the "Mark as Answer" or "Helpful" button at the top of this message. By marking a post as Answered, or Helpful you help others find the answer faster.]

Hi, To make the issue clear, please also provide more information about the topology of your network. In addition, please also check the following: 1. Ping the WHS from Windows 7 and see if it works. 2. Check if you can access the WHS’s shares with UNC (\\computername\folder or \\IP Address\folder). 3. Check I you can access other resources or computers on the network. Thanks. Nicholas Li - MSFT