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Need som help about seeing my shares between 2 PC's within my LAN. Informations with my LAN og PC's: My desktop has dual-boot between Windows 10 and Windows 11. They are named GULD10 and GULD11. My laptop is installed with Windows 11 and named THINKPAD-T580. All of them has the same name in...

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Hi Since yesterday, some of the websites have been opened on WIFI, but not on LAN. Our users are using Win 7, Win 10 & Win 11. They are trying to open some websites with LAN connection but websites are not opening. When they try to open with WIFI, the websites are working. In the past, both...

For reasons I won't bore you with I find myself in the following situation: I have a local area network where my PC and my Synology NAS are attached to the same 1GBps switch, this network is also linked to the Internet via a Powerline adapter. This is fine for the NAS but I'm not getting the...

I recently purchased a dual band range extender to boost the signal for one WIFI device that has poor coverage. Both the main ISP router and the range extender are dual band. I can still get better performance from the ISP router that is only at one bar signal strength than the range extender...

Hello,I'm new to this Forum, and hope to be aided to solve a problem I'm unable to solve by myself. My aim is to be able to access drives of Desktop from Laptop, and viceversa. Here is the situation: I have a Desktop and a Laptop connected to the same LAN Ping from Laptop to Desktop works Ping...

Currently my smb is wide open to the internet, I can simply key in my server up address on file browser and I can access these files ; without VPN connection. How can I close the smb to the internet and only users whom are connected to the server using VPN and LAN can access these files? How do...

Hi, Perhaps a unusual & rare requirement but hope it might be possible. I have two Network adapter settings, Ethernet & Wifi I need to access a Windows 10 PC via remote desktop, I use google, so I need the ethernet LAN connection ALWAYS On & uses 192.168.2. subnet. Next to this PC is a Modem...

Ok so i want a batch file that will run in the background and ping a few servers, and then if it gets a response from any of these servers (If it is able to communicate with them), it executes a command. It will be running on a machine that in normal operation has no internet (WAN) access, (For...

Assume I have a Windows 7 system. The Firewall is completely disabled or corrupt. So when another computer in (Private Workgroup) LAN tries to connect to this Windows 7 system what should happen? Is the default (e.g. for File Sharing) ALLOW ALL or BLOCK ALL File Sharing requests from other...

On a computer with Windows 7 I started the built-in Firewall dialog. Much to my surprise the Firewall does NOT show the full, usual firewall setup dialog but only a part of it. It looks like as the left dialog in the attached snapshot. If I click on the button "Use recommended settings"...

Hi. My Nvidia shield pro is wired to my router and also my router has a HDD attached to it, like a NAS. I can access the contents of the USB drive on my Nvidia Shield pro and can access the NAS using my Android phone via FX explorer app. However, using my laptop which is on WiFi and on the...

Hello, I have a PC with Windows 10 and Kubuntu Linux dual boot. The machine is connected to my DSL router via LAN cable. No Wifi hardware installed. I like Windows to have no internet connection at all. Linux should be able to connect without any restrictions. How can I prevent Windows from...

When I setup a connection (LAN or WLAN) I have to define if this connection should be part of a "public" or "private" network. This network type is only important for accesses and issues INSIDE the current (LAN) network segment until the next router. It is NOT relevant for accesses from outside...

Greetings !! I always had this message enter credentials when connecting to network LAN. Done disabling network credentials and local policy and turn off password protected sharing on advanced sharing options. But still I got this message "enter your credentials". Thanks in advance

I have two connected laptops standing side by side. One is running Windows 10, the other Windows XP. I need XP for some applications, and I am unable to convert them to Windows 10. Until recently I shared the disks of both machines using a LAN connection, allowing me to access the Windows 10...

A Friend works in a club office. His WIN7-PC was connected to local network and Internet with an USB-WLAN-Stick to a Fritz!Box. Always worked fine, until some day WLAN connection got lost. I tried to help and checked: Something wrong with the USB-WLAN-Stick? No control light on the stick...

I am involved in a project that will de-merge two companies. At one point a new server with the same netbios name etc must exist on the same lan as the existing one. It has been suggested that I separate these two devices by placing the new server on a different VLAN. I am looking for peoples...

I don't find anything on this and i'm trying to configure my home linux mini server to be able to make some lan webpages discoverable by windows as a "network infrastructure device" or other devices/media devices in the network explorer. I know it is possible as my router has the administration...

I am reasonable acquainted with windows computers and Android phones; as much as a long retired engineer ( I worked with all kinds of computers) can be. To overcome some of the boredom, much to great annoyance of my wife (who strangely thinks I already spend too much time on computers!), I have...