Mystery: Wired computer connected to E3000 invisible to wireless computer connections

I have a primary computer connected by Ethernet to a new E3000 router and 3 computers by wireless connections, with all computers on Windows 7. The primary computer has Windows 7, 64 bit.  The issue is that the primary computer wired to the E3000 can see the wireless connections,  but none of the wireless computers can see it.  Each of the 3 wireless computer can see the others, but none can see the primary computer connected to the router.   But the primary computer connected to the router does show all 4 computers in the network. 
Additionally, all computers are in a Windows 7 Home Group.
Any help will be much appreciated.

scrooge wrote:
You can follow this link and it will help you in Enabling file sharing between your computers. Also disable the Firewall and Antivirus on your computer and then check.
Updating my previous post,  I stumbled upon the solution to my problem.  In working with Home Group, I discovered that if the files or folders are not setup properly to share, then the computer will not be seen in the Home Group or Network Folders. 
So, I had to right-click on the folders I wanted to share and  select the 'Share with' option, which opens a list of sharing options to choose.   This action completed makes all of the computers visible in the Home Group and Network folders.
This is a little tricky step with Home Group.  During the initial setup of a Home Group, choices of what to share are made then too.  But it does not work until the actual assignment of files or folders is made, as described above.
It was a great learning experience, and now works perfectly.  Thanks for helping to gain insight.

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