I finally have homegroup.
I'll try to explain but am confused about a couple of things I will ask later, if I may.
When I bridged the gateway, I plugged the ethernet cable that used to go from the PC to the gateway, into the router. That was the error. When I unplugged that cable from the router, the home group was established immediately, and the printer and laptop work perfectly.
A- Present configuration (not looking at the digital phone setup), ethernet from port #1 of the gateway to top port of the router. Power to router. Printer to router.
B-gateway configuration- power and printer to gateway. PC ethernet to gateway, top #1 port. ISP cable to gateway.
My question is, does the ethernet cable from the PC to the gateway have to go to port #1 as it does with the router configuration? It really is not a big deal - I was just wondering because I have forgotten what I used to do with just the gateway.
**Right now the cable from the PC is going no where but everything works. I am confused about that.
The PC ethernet is not plugged into anything(used to go to gateway) so is the PC wireless and running off the router?
The following are far less important + only if you have the time and inclination I would appreciate your continued support.
I am asking the following so I do not make a mess before I use homegroups.
Are you supposed to use just libraries to share?
Are you supposed to click on homegroup to share?
Will just clicking on documents share?
Now that the homegroup is established, are all the documents in my 2 PCs going to sync or will only new/changed data be shared?
TY for all your help.