Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Fokke Nauta Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Can't connect to laptop Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:40:23 +0200 Lines: 77 Message-ID: References: <2bmk0edp4e0v.dlg@v.nguard.lh> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net 6keBT3JcJ1KXnkXGY9TdZQjH7v3TjYhGw3HdPln7de745a24Kk Cancel-Lock: sha1:VEHYRvdXPL34qSRvgqW2B8Leajg= sha256:8YREZ1biGkrv4BHeQzzJubE0PwZuMkhVrv3sGbkXH6w= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:102.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/102.15.1 Content-Language: nl In-Reply-To: <2bmk0edp4e0v.dlg@v.nguard.lh> Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:18790 On 28/04/2025 16:35, VanguardLH wrote: > Fokke Nauta wrote: > >> Frank Slootweg wrote: >> >>> AFAICT, you didn't specifically say if *other* (than your) pc's can >>> access her pc, but I assume they can't, otherwise it would be incorrect >>> for you to say "so this is a problem with her laptop". >> >> No, on other pc's her laptop is not accessible as well. > > If you have not defined any rules or changed away from defaults in to > whatever access point to which she connects via wifi, see if resetting > that access point solves the problem. Does not make any sense. She has internet, and if I use my laptop with W11 Pro, it also has contact with our AP, and my laptop is accessible in the LAN. For example, in a prior cable > modem I had, I could define a rule or setting in the modem that allowed > my host to have Internet access, but prevent any intranet hosts from > connecting to me. I could get out, but no one could get in. That > restriction would disappear after resetting the cable modem. > > Does her laptop connect via wifi to a cable modem, or an access point > (AP) aka repeater/switch? An AP, which is by cable connected to the router. > >>> Let her laptop try to connect to *itself*. And do *not* try to 'open' >>> her laptop by clicking on its name in the 'Network' tree in the >>> left-hand pane, but type '\\' in the top bar of >>> File Explorer. >> >> I did and I saw 2 folders: Documents and Users. Both were accessable. > > I asked previously about using UNC pathing, but you didn't say if those > worked, or not. Instead you clicked on her host (presumably shown in > File Explorer under the Network node). So, UNC pathing does work to get > to shared folders on her computer. > > In your opener post, you said you had to enable Netbios over TCP. How > did you do that? Was it: > > - Run: ncpa.cpl. > - Right-click on the network adapter, and select Properties. > - Select IPv4 protocol. Click Properties. > - General tab. Click Advanced. > - WINS tab. > - Network tab. > - Advanced button. I can't remember. I followed instructions in one of the answers in this news group. > > We don't know if you or her are using dynamic IP addresses assigned by > some upstream DHCP server (e.g., in the cable modem), or you configured > your and her network adapters to use static IP addresses. For the > Netbios setting above, is it at Default? All pc's en laptops get their fixed IP address from the router, defined by their MAC address. > > In the prior dialog (IPv4 Properties), General tab, is the adapter > configured for dynamic or static IP address? If static, what is > specified for her computer, and the other computers trying to operate in > the same workgroup? That is, is the submask the same for all? Yes, it's all in the same workgroup. > > If dynamic, is her computer and all the others using the same upstream > DHCP server? Yes, all systems use the same DHCP server in the router. Fokke