[dba-Tech] Network puzzles

Helmut Kotsch hkotsch at arcor.de
Fri Oct 8 13:59:55 CDT 2021


Tina,

Did you reboot both PC`s after changing the names and are you sure they are both spelled exactly the same way?

Helmut

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Von: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces+hkotsch=arcor.de at databaseadvisors.com] Im Auftrag von Tina N Fields
Gesendet: Freitag, 8. Oktober 2021 20:03
An: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
Betreff: Re: [dba-Tech] Network puzzles

Hi Helmut,

Well, they weren't, but they are now, and they still don't see each 
other. See my report back to John Bartow, and let me know if you think 
of anything else I should check out.

Best,
T

Tina Norris Fields
231-322-2787
tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com

On 10/6/2021 6:58 PM, Helmut Kotsch wrote:
> Tina,
>
> Are both computers in the same "WORKGROUP"?
>
> Helmut
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: dba-Tech
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces+hkotsch=arcor.de at databaseadvisors.com] Im Auftrag
> von Tina N Fields
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Oktober 2021 20:20
> An: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com
> Betreff: [dba-Tech] Network puzzles
>
> Hello Tech Wizards,
>
> I hope somebody on thus list will have an answer. I want to be able to
> share files between two computers. One is Win 8.1 and the other is Win
> 10. They are both 64-bit. They are on the same network and they have no
> difficulty finding the printers or the Internet. But, I've been unable
> to establish a secure (as in solid or reliable) connection between them.
>
> I have turned on the network, printer, and file sharing in the Network
> and Sharing Center. I have made sure that the Function Discovery
> services are on, so they should be publishing themselves on the network.
> I had them connected at one point and even mapped out network drives for
> them, with "reconnect at startup" set to "yes." They have since
> disappeared. On each computer, in File Explorer the network shows only
> that particular computer.
>
> I found a lovely document online that said when both computers are on
> the same network the process is pretty straightforward and offers
> exactly no explanation of what that process might be. Dang!
>
> Does anybody here have advice for me? I am getting really tired of
> waiting for things to upload to my Google Drive and then download , or
> putting things on a flash drive to go from one to the other. I really
> would like to have them wirelessly connected via the network they both
> are on.
>
> Thank you for any guidance you can offer,
> T
>
> Tina Norris Fields
> 231-322-2787
> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
>
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