Home network computers aren't shown in Windows Explorer

Anonymous
2018-06-24T06:56:05+00:00

I have two laptops A and B. They were connected wirelessly through my router on a HomeGroup and it worked fine. In the latest Win 10 upgrade the HomeGroup has been deleted and since then I have had terrible trouble connecting them.

I hibernate the laptops each night. When I open them in the morning, Laptop A can see and access laptop B in the Network folder of Windows Explorer. But laptop B doesn't always see laptop A and I can't get it to see it (not even by putting \laptopnamein the address bar).

Sometimes laptop B does show laptop A but when I try to access it I get a 'Windows can't connect" message.

I have tried all the sharing, credential and other options to make sure they are all consistent - nothing changes.

The ONLY way I have found for laptop B to access A is to restart laptop B (NOT A). Then it will automatically connect to A.

How do I get back to the old HomeGroup system of both computers accessing one another automatically when I wake them up?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-07-02T01:59:10+00:00

    So, all that was a total waste of time - I am back to my original problem. Let me restate it:

    I have two laptops A and B. They were connected wirelessly through my router on a HomeGroup and it worked fine. In the latest Win 10 upgrade the HomeGroup has been deleted and since then I have had terrible trouble connecting them.

    I hibernate the laptops each night. When I open them in the morning, Laptop A can see and access laptop B in the Network folder of Windows Explorer. But laptop B doesn't always see laptop A and I can't get it to see it (not even by putting \laptopname in the address bar).

    Sometimes laptop B does show laptop A but when I try to access it I get a 'Windows can't connect" message.

    The ONLY way I have found for laptop B to access A is to restart laptop B (NOT A). Then it will automatically connect to A.

    How do I get back to the old HomeGroup system of both computers accessing one another automatically when I wake them up

    Please bear in mind that I have done all the previous suggestions. I need something that fixes it, not something that sends me round in a circle again.

    Any suggestions?

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-07-01T01:42:58+00:00

    The mobile phone hot spot and your home network are 2 different things.

    Private network at Home and Public Network connecting to someone's business internet.

    Set up your modem/router this way.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking/network-setup-for-dynamic-ip-addressing/3ed02b5e-8c83-4706-9993-7cd28bf16a88?tm=1526935286071

    Then follow this to learn everything about Home Networking.

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-networking/connecting-pcs-and-users-for-sharing/fb92e439-5dbc-4367-9857-1ef360e9ffdf

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  5. Pauli O 16,380 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2018-06-30T10:34:04+00:00

    That's odd. Have you check from manual isn't there any settings in OPPO to change Wi-Fi hotspot to use DHCP Server to provide addresses to clients?

    On my Lumia situation is quite opposite: I don't know if I can set it's hotspot to use static addressing, it's always create mshome.net using IP-space 192.168.137.xxx.

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