I have 2 Windows 10 PCs connected via ethernet cable; drives were shared/accessible from each, and PC#2 was connected to the internet via PC#1, which is connected via wifi. It's been a while since I connected them, and I don't quite remember how I achieved this connection... but I know it wasn't hard.
Last night Win 10 on PC#1 started bugging me about updates, so I went ahead and restarted it, because this update is obnoxiously long (I had already done it on PC#2). However, in doing so, I lost my internet connection on PC#2, so I plugged in an old USB adapter for temporary access and switched to wifi in settings to make it work.
This morning, I went to reconnect the PCs... I thought I could just switch back to ethernet in settings... PC#2 could not access the internet, but it could still access the hard drive on PC#1; PC#1 is connected to the internet (as it should be), but cannot access the hard drive of PC#2.
I checked that all of the settings indicated allowed sharing, and tried the troubleshooters, which as usual, were little-to-no help... Network diagostics from PC#1 found nothing, and from PC#2 the "problems found" listed "ethernet doesn't have a valid IP configuration".
The solution has to be simple, but it's beyond me...
Last night Win 10 on PC#1 started bugging me about updates, so I went ahead and restarted it, because this update is obnoxiously long (I had already done it on PC#2). However, in doing so, I lost my internet connection on PC#2, so I plugged in an old USB adapter for temporary access and switched to wifi in settings to make it work.
This morning, I went to reconnect the PCs... I thought I could just switch back to ethernet in settings... PC#2 could not access the internet, but it could still access the hard drive on PC#1; PC#1 is connected to the internet (as it should be), but cannot access the hard drive of PC#2.
I checked that all of the settings indicated allowed sharing, and tried the troubleshooters, which as usual, were little-to-no help... Network diagostics from PC#1 found nothing, and from PC#2 the "problems found" listed "ethernet doesn't have a valid IP configuration".
The solution has to be simple, but it's beyond me...
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