Home networking problems

[Ivel]

Hi! 

 

I've been trying to set up a home network system (plugged an Ethernet cable into an old pc connected to a power line adapter) so I can add/edit/remove files from that pc on other computers connected to the network. I've successfully been able to access and edit files from one system which is also plugged into the same power line adapter as the storage pc but the problem I have encountered however is that I can't seem to access the storage pc from systems that are just connected to the network via WiFi (instead of Ethernet cable > Power line adapter). Has anyone got any answers for me? Do the systems need to be linked to the modem via Ethernet/power line adapter too instead of wifi?

 

Hope to hear from someone soon

 

Ivel.

[Falcon1986]

On 1/27/2022 at 6:15 AM, Ivel said:

Do the systems need to be linked to the modem via Ethernet/power line adapter too instead of wifi?

In their default configurations, most consumer routers and gateways have their switch ports and WLAN bridged. Provided you aren’t running different subnets without routing tables, you shouldn’t have this problem.

 

Some recommendations:

1. Check to make sure that all computers are on the same subnet (e.g. they all have LAN IPs sharing the same first 3 octets).
2. All connected PCs are on a Private network profile and have File & Printer Sharing turned on.
3. All connected PCs are in the same Workgroup.