HR20 connected to internet but I cannot see it with WMP11

[jonpfl]

All,

Should I be able to see my HR20 on my network? When I go into "My Network Places", all I see are my two computers on my LAN. Should I be able to see my HR20.

I have a Linksys Wireless WRT54GS talking to a Buffalo Ethernet Adaptor (both having the latest firmware). I looked through quite a few threads and have tried various things.

Would some kind soul contact me and help walk me through the process?

Thx
jonpfl

[phat78boy]

The HR20 is only a client, it does not share anything on your network. You will not see it in your My Network Places. You will only see it as a connected client in whatever media sharing software you are using.

[Michael D'Angelo]

Have you set WMP11 up to share with the HR20?

If not open WMP11-->right click the top bar-->tools-->options-->Library-->configure sharing-->check the "share my media to" box-->then you should see a unknown device pop up. That is the HR20. Allow it and then you should have a music & photo's option added to the HR20 menu.

[jonpfl]

The HR20 is only a client, it does not share anything on your network. You will not see it in your My Network Places. You will only see it as a connected client in whatever media sharing software you are using.

Oh, didn't realize that.

Thx
jonpfl

[jonpfl]

Have you set WMP11 up to share with the HR20?

If not open WMP11-->right click the top bar-->tools-->options-->Library-->configure sharing-->check the "share my media to" box-->then you should see a unknown device pop up. That is the HR20. Allow it and then you should have a music & photo's option added to the HR20 menu.

Yes I have. Nothing is in the list at all. Is there something I have to do with my HR20 so I can see it on my PC? I have a wireless ethernet adaptor (Buffalo) for my HR20 and a Linksys wireless router (both G). I have both of them set to WPA for security.

I have assigned a static IP address to my Buffalo wireless ethernet adaptor. I did not change anything on my HR20 as it worked when I hooked everything up. Do I need to assign a static IP address to my HR20? I assume it is being assigned an IP address from my router, right? (I have that set up to do DHCP and allow a max of 3 addresses).

What am I missing?

Thx
jonpfl

[Michael D'Angelo]

Take a look at this thread it should help.

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=99327

[jonpfl]

Take a look at this thread it should help.

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?t=99327

I actually read that thread before posting and still have problems

I cannot get my HR20 to show up in WMP. I had the red X in my list and followed the suggestion and still have the problem.

Any ideas?

Thx
jonpfl

[jonpfl]

I rebooted my HR20 and got the newest firmware (I think it came out today) and it works!!

Thx for your help
jonpfl

[Lee L]

OK, I have the latest software and I just hooked my HR 20-100 up for the first time tonight. It got connected right away and I now have the On DEmand menu item. However, I get nothing in WMP11. I can see the Xbox 360 and my D-Link DSM 320, but nothing for the HR20.

I am assuming from reading that it should just work by itself right? Maybe tonight after I am done recording everythign I will reboot the HR20.

[BigSey]

I'm also having issues with my media sharing. I set up my Buffalo Ethernet Adaptor to connect to my wireless modem/router. On Demand is working great but I can't for the life of my get it to share my pictures or music.

When I go in to WMP 11 to media sharing, there aren't any devices listed. I've rebooted a few times and still nothing. Any advice is much appreciated.

Thanks.

[CrAnK]

I have tried ever thing but can not get the menu to show. Wired from HR20-700 with 0x1b4 to Linksys router BEFSR41v4 running Win Vista and Kaspersky firewall it shows an ip of 192.168.1.102 on HR 20 which I can not ping any ideas?