Was pulling my hair out trying to get shares to work after switching routers to a Linksys E2000. Found one thread that said change the WORKGROUP name to something like WORKGROUP-NEW, and it worked for them. That alone didn’t work for me (and not sure if it did anything at all.) What worked for me was changing the network id setting.
Can go to system properties by: run > sysdm.cpl
Click Network ID
Click “This is a home computer; it’s not part of a business network”
I had my WDTV searching network shares for a while at that point, and right away after clicking that it showed my computer. Not sure what the problem is, but something to do with the router not showing any workgroup name or allowing you to change. Figured I’d put this up here in case someone else like me is searching.
FWIW, I did change the workgroup name on my computer and on the wdtv, but like I said, I don’t think it had any effect because as soon as I clicked “This is a home computer…” it showed up. But, I changed my PC and WDTV to: WORKGROUP-NEW.
