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Hi there,
I just started playing with my new Windows 8 machine but I am having problems accessing <some> devices on the network:
The W8 machine can see: itself, Router, Win7 desktop, wireless printer, wireless camera
It canNOT see: XP desktop, XP laptop, Print server, NAS
All of devices on the network (including the W8 machine) are visible from both XP machines and from my Windows 7 machine .
Things I tried / verified:
All machines are in the same workgroup (no Homegroup)
All machines have the same date / time
I can ping Windows 7 machine, both XP machines, NAS, Print Server from Windows 8 machine
Using "Wireless network watcher" from Nirsoft, I can see ALL devices from the W8 machine
EDIT: I just found out, the problem only occurs when connecting over Wifi (either 2.4 or 5GHz). When I connect with an Ethernet cable, all devices are visible.
Network sharing on Windows 8 machine is turned ON
Network discovery on Windows 8 machine is ON
Password-protected sharing on Windows 8 machine is turned OFF
File and printer sharing on Windows 8 machine is turned ON
Firewall on XP desktop machine is turned off (temporarily - for testing purposes only)
Any ideas what else I could try to beat Windows 8 into submission?
I just started playing with my new Windows 8 machine but I am having problems accessing <some> devices on the network:
The W8 machine can see: itself, Router, Win7 desktop, wireless printer, wireless camera
It canNOT see: XP desktop, XP laptop, Print server, NAS
All of devices on the network (including the W8 machine) are visible from both XP machines and from my Windows 7 machine .
Things I tried / verified:
All machines are in the same workgroup (no Homegroup)
All machines have the same date / time
I can ping Windows 7 machine, both XP machines, NAS, Print Server from Windows 8 machine
Using "Wireless network watcher" from Nirsoft, I can see ALL devices from the W8 machine
EDIT: I just found out, the problem only occurs when connecting over Wifi (either 2.4 or 5GHz). When I connect with an Ethernet cable, all devices are visible.
Network sharing on Windows 8 machine is turned ON
Network discovery on Windows 8 machine is ON
Password-protected sharing on Windows 8 machine is turned OFF
File and printer sharing on Windows 8 machine is turned ON
Firewall on XP desktop machine is turned off (temporarily - for testing purposes only)
Any ideas what else I could try to beat Windows 8 into submission?
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 2 x W7-64, W81-64, W10-64, 2 x NAS (Samba), and a partridge in a pear tree
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- me / Lots of them
- CPU
- You really should make allowances for multiple systems
- Motherboard
- A different one for each computer
- Memory
- I forgot
- Graphics Card(s)
- Yup: got some of those
- Sound Card
- I hear noooothing (Sgt Schultz)