mrdragonfly1234
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I recently bought 4 computers, thinking that the latest technology would let me connect those by a wire in a minutes. Big wrong. ( I was trying to make a small office setting where I could store photo data in one computer and retrieve them by other three smaller computers after the wired connection and installing a commercial database program. ) My plan just wrecked in the first step.
I am an average joe and not a computer savvy guy, but I tried every possible way that I learned from internet and basic Windows 7 and Windows 8 manual.
Window 8 is the main computer with a lot of memory reserve. Three other computers are based windows 7.
I have reset TCP/IPv4 for each computers with the same IP address,
192.168.0.11
192.168.0.12
192.168.0.13
192.168.0.14
respectively.
and
subnet mask all the same as 255.255.255.0
I physically connected all the computers with 10/100/100 auto switch in the middle.
Then, I switched off the firewalls for the private network (not the public one) for all the computers.
Then, I set up a homegroup.
Then.....nothing happens.
If I open up a home group on Window 8 first, Window 7 won't recognize it and it let me open another homegroup on its own. not recognizing, not connecting each other.
If I open up a homegroup on Window 7 first, Window 8 won't recognize as if nothing happened, and let me open another homegroup on its own.
I have read most of the microsoft tutorial forum sites but they all describe the connection as if it is a piece of cake........maybe it is for IT guys.....sob.
After spending frustration week, I came through anger stage, and nervous stage, and finally dumb stage. I don't know why microsoft makes things more complicated with their new product, not simpler.
Would you please give me some guidance ? At least, I ordered some books about networking in Amazon.
Thanks.
I am an average joe and not a computer savvy guy, but I tried every possible way that I learned from internet and basic Windows 7 and Windows 8 manual.
Window 8 is the main computer with a lot of memory reserve. Three other computers are based windows 7.
I have reset TCP/IPv4 for each computers with the same IP address,
192.168.0.11
192.168.0.12
192.168.0.13
192.168.0.14
respectively.
and
subnet mask all the same as 255.255.255.0
I physically connected all the computers with 10/100/100 auto switch in the middle.
Then, I switched off the firewalls for the private network (not the public one) for all the computers.
Then, I set up a homegroup.
Then.....nothing happens.
If I open up a home group on Window 8 first, Window 7 won't recognize it and it let me open another homegroup on its own. not recognizing, not connecting each other.
If I open up a homegroup on Window 7 first, Window 8 won't recognize as if nothing happened, and let me open another homegroup on its own.
I have read most of the microsoft tutorial forum sites but they all describe the connection as if it is a piece of cake........maybe it is for IT guys.....sob.
After spending frustration week, I came through anger stage, and nervous stage, and finally dumb stage. I don't know why microsoft makes things more complicated with their new product, not simpler.
Would you please give me some guidance ? At least, I ordered some books about networking in Amazon.
Thanks.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8