WDTV LIVE How to access network share using wireless router

[poweruser123]

Hi Guys,
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I need big help here as you can see in picture I have my room layout and setup, my WDTV live media player is in Room 1, where all my AV equipments are set up properly. my WDTV live media player working well with wireless router Linksys E1200 for buffering Youtube videos, Facebook, AOL HD, Daily motion etc........ The problem is when I try to connect WDTV live with my desktop PC for network share, it won't connect & as I move my WDTV live media player close to my room 2 almost near the door or nearby my desktop PC, I am able to connect with my network share (I have Windows 7 installed on my PC). I just don't know what the real problem here. I have TP-LINK TL-WN951N wireless adapter which has 3 antennas and 300 mbps speed (this is claim by tp-link). So why I not able to connect with my network share. And I can't place my WDTV live media player in room 2 due to my AV equipments. & I can't move my desktop PC to room 1 also..... So how can I able to connect my WDTV Live media player with my desktop PC?.......
As I have Linksys E1200 wireless router so is there any alternative way, with the help of this router( Linksys E1200 ) I can able to connect with my desktop PC network share.....now as you can see my wireless router connected with my ASDL model.(Connection ASDL Ethernet port with Linksys Internet Port).
In my opinion it may be range problem of my wireless adapter which is installed on my desktop PC but is there any device or something which help me to expand my wireless range of my PCI wireless adapter ( TP-LINK TL-WN951N). So i can able to connect.
Please give me some solution on Network share.& please let me know how can I connect those devives.. PLZ PLZ....
Thanks

 

[haisaikat]

Hi Poweruser,
When your WD Live fails to connect to PC share, does it still connect to Youtube etc? If yes then we have to think in other direction but if not then this is definitely a range issue / reception issue of either your router or your WD TV (you may quick read this older post of mine regarding wifi blues http://www.hifivision.com/general-lounge/24983-mar-2012-wireless-n-router-bsnl-4.html#post356749) and to resolve that you can first try out the following step

Go to the router console (assuming your desktop always connects well to wifi) by typing http://<router ip> and see if there is any place to increase the transmit power (Typically if it is set to Low try setting it to High)

Do you have a laptop with wifi at home? Wanted to check if the laptop can access pc share wirelessly from the place of WDTV in Room 1, if yes it is a range issue of the Wifi Adapter in WDTV.

 

[nandac]

check your firewalls. i have been battling this for the last few days. i was able to see the network drives only after i disabled the firewall. after that too, you have to make sure that the drives can be accessed. so grant the necessary permissions to access the drive/folder as well.

i am sure you can do the exceptions thing to exclude the wd processes from being blocked by the firewall - but i have not been able to identify the process yet.