Home network consists of a Win7 machine, 2 XP machines, and a shared printer.
I just bought a Dell Laptop with Win10 V1803 on it. Out of the box I was able to connect to the network via WiFi.
Later, I took it close to the router to plug in LAN so I could get faster D/L for some things off the internet. I noticed that I lost network connectivity. Still had internet access.
I don't remember what all I did (Win10 is new to me), but 5 minutes later the laptop was networked again.
Now I've disconnected the LAN cable and am back to WiFi and all I can connect to is the internet. Apparently, a lot of folks have went thru this, and I have found only one "solved" online which didn't work for me.
I made sure both the "function discovery" services were set as everyone recommends, played with the SMB protocol settings, turned "file printer sharing" off and on.
Last thing I tried was resetting all network adapters and restarting.
Along the way I had also re-booted the router. So far.... nada.
Maybe I did things in the wrong order?
Thanks for your input,
Wolf
I just bought a Dell Laptop with Win10 V1803 on it. Out of the box I was able to connect to the network via WiFi.
Later, I took it close to the router to plug in LAN so I could get faster D/L for some things off the internet. I noticed that I lost network connectivity. Still had internet access.
I don't remember what all I did (Win10 is new to me), but 5 minutes later the laptop was networked again.
Now I've disconnected the LAN cable and am back to WiFi and all I can connect to is the internet. Apparently, a lot of folks have went thru this, and I have found only one "solved" online which didn't work for me.
I made sure both the "function discovery" services were set as everyone recommends, played with the SMB protocol settings, turned "file printer sharing" off and on.
Last thing I tried was resetting all network adapters and restarting.
Along the way I had also re-booted the router. So far.... nada.
Maybe I did things in the wrong order?
Thanks for your input,
Wolf