Homegroup versus Wireless internet random disconnecting

[tpcs1980]

The problem is my Wireless internet connectivity keeps randomly dropping and staying disconnected with both my pc and my wife's whenever we are joined to a Windows Homegroup " locally."  We're stuck living in a hotel, ( long story).  When the homegroup doesn't exist ( aka the physical ethernet ports on both machines are disabled), internet runs like a champ.  I've ensured when created the Homegroup we're not going through the Public hotel's wireless internet.

 

We'll say my PC is PC 1, and wife's is PC 2.   Both PC's use the same model of wireless usb ethernet card ( netgear a6100) and both use the same speed and length of usb extension cord to maximize signal strength.  The only problem is being able to have wireless internet AND being connected to a Windows Homegroup to share files at the same time.  Connecting the wireless cards straight to each PC's usb ports matters not.  I've confirmed that.

 

Both PC's have the same version of Windows 10 and 1 year old hardware.  Everything else works like a champ.

 

Also the problem remains regardless of which PC that creates the Homegroup and regardless of reboots.

 

The following things have already been done:

1.  Ensured the physical ethernet ports are set to static ip address and ensured the correct DNS and DEFAULT GATEWAY are both set correctly and the same on both machines.  I would double check these network settings have not changed on both PC's even after the wireless internet stops working through "Ipconfig /all",  and yes I have tried flushing dns, ipconfig /release and ipconfig /renew for kicks.   Same problem is still there.

2.  Ensured each PC can 100% successfully PING each other.

3.  Successfully creating from either PC the Homegroup and joining it from the other is always easy and works every time.  The Homegroup never disconnects.

4.  Ensured in group policy settings " gpedit.msc" that the physical ethernet lan connection on both machines by default always is set to " Private" as Homegroup's instructions require this.  Also ensure the Wireless ethernet's connections on both machiens are always set by default to " Public" as required.  Finally ensured that both machine's have it enabled to " never allow the User to change the Network Location " to or from Public and Private to ensure wireless remains Public and physical ethernet remains Private through those Group Policy settings.

5.  The Home group functions the same, perfectly, regardless if I use a simple crossover ethernet cable from PC1 to PC2 OR connection through our netgear Nighthaw 7500v2 router through cat 6 ethernet, but the same problem with the wireless internet randomly failing and STAYING in the failing state ( although when left clicking on the Wireless symbol on the taskbar, it still shows all the normal wireless connections we can connect to with the main one still connected with internet.

6.  Ensured the Wireless adapter's networking information on both PC's( including ip address) is still the same within reason ( obviously I have no control over it being DHCP since it's hotel wifi-based) with it being a normal Class C private address ( beginning with 192.168  as 99% of them normally do. and valid.

 

Something in my gut tells me this is a simple problem to fix and there is something simple I am missing, but I can't for the life of me figure it out.

 

Please help?

 

 

 

 

 

[tpcs1980]

Nevermind.  I figured it out.  One must set the METRIC of the ipv4 properties of the wireless ethernet cards to a number just alittle higher than 1 ( since that metric is used for the loopback connection.  When you type in the CMD prompt " ping 127.0.0.1" that is to test to ensure your ethernet card is functioning correctly...for example).