• A small problem with a Win network

    From Dnews@dnews@triffid.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Sun Jul 5 21:24:19 2026
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    I have four computers in the house office LAN connected, each with a
    version of VRPC installed and these all network okay.

    The small problem I have is with the Win side of the networking, and
    before I post the detail of the problem, I thought it courteous to ask if anyone here might help.
    If not, tell me to pee off... :-)

    Thanks
    Dave

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  • From Chris Hughes@news13@noonehere.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Sun Jul 5 22:37:07 2026
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    In message <5cf3cb6b23dnews@triffid.co.uk>
    Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    I have four computers in the house office LAN connected, each with a
    version of VRPC installed and these all network okay.

    The small problem I have is with the Win side of the networking, and
    before I post the detail of the problem, I thought it courteous to ask if anyone here might help.
    If not, tell me to pee off... :-)

    What is the problem?
    --
    Chris Hughes
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  • From Dnews@dnews@triffid.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Mon Jul 6 20:25:25 2026
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    In article <4b15d2f35c.chris@mytardis>,
    Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
    In message <5cf3cb6b23dnews@triffid.co.uk>
    Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    I have four computers in the house office LAN connected, each with a version of VRPC installed and these all network okay.

    The small problem I have is with the Win side of the networking, and
    before I post the detail of the problem, I thought it courteous to ask
    if anyone here might help. If not, tell me to pee off... :-)

    What is the problem?

    Hi Chris,

    In our home office...
    I have four computers running Win 10. All connected to the same router LAN.

    In Windows Networking:

    All the different computers Network & Sharing Centre > Advanced Sharing Settings, are identical

    Computers 1,2,3 can see each other.
    But they cannot see Computer 4

    Computer 4 can see all the other computers and itself

    I can ping all computers from all computers including C4.

    I canat fathom why computers 1,2,3 canat see computer 4?

    I'm still working on it, but have run out of ideas.

    Thanks
    Dave

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  • From Chris Hughes@news13@noonehere.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Mon Jul 6 20:47:52 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In message <5cf449da98dnews@triffid.co.uk>
    Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    In article <4b15d2f35c.chris@mytardis>,
    Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
    In message <5cf3cb6b23dnews@triffid.co.uk>
    Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    I have four computers in the house office LAN connected, each with a
    version of VRPC installed and these all network okay.

    The small problem I have is with the Win side of the networking, and
    before I post the detail of the problem, I thought it courteous to ask
    if anyone here might help. If not, tell me to pee off... :-)

    What is the problem?

    Hi Chris,

    In our home office...
    I have four computers running Win 10. All connected to the same router LAN.

    In Windows Networking:

    All the different computers Network & Sharing Centre > Advanced Sharing Settings, are identical

    Computers 1,2,3 can see each other.
    But they cannot see Computer 4

    Computer 4 can see all the other computers and itself

    I can ping all computers from all computers including C4.

    I can?t fathom why computers 1,2,3 can?t see computer 4?

    I'm still working on it, but have run out of ideas.

    Make sure computer 4 is in the same workgroup.
    Make sure computer 4 is not being blocked by the firewall for some reason,
    but ICMP (pings still works).
    Are the folders you want to see on Computer 4 shareable?

    See if any of that helps for starters.
    --
    Chris Hughes
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  • From Bob Latham@bob@sick-of-spam.invalid to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Mon Jul 6 21:25:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In article <5cf449da98dnews@triffid.co.uk>,
    Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    In our home office... I have four computers running Win 10. All
    connected to the same router LAN.

    In Windows Networking:

    All the different computers Network & Sharing Centre > Advanced
    Sharing Settings, are identical

    Computers 1,2,3 can see each other. But they cannot see Computer 4

    Computer 4 can see all the other computers and itself

    I can ping all computers from all computers including C4.

    I canat fathom why computers 1,2,3 canat see computer 4?

    I'm still working on it, but have run out of ideas.

    Just a wild stab in the dark.. Are all 4 computers set to Private
    network as opposed to public?

    Having checked that, check the file and print sharing settings on
    each computer for private AND All networks, public networks settings
    should be off.

    Bob.

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  • From Dnews@dnews@triffid.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Jul 8 10:10:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In article <a3ea4bf45c.chris@mytardis>,
    Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
    In message <5cf449da98dnews@triffid.co.uk>
    Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    I'm still working on it, but have run out of ideas.

    In article <4b15d2f35c.chris@mytardis>,
    Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:

    [Snip]

    Make sure computer 4 is in the same workgroup. Make sure computer 4 is
    not being blocked by the firewall for some reason, but ICMP (pings
    still works). Are the folders you want to see on Computer 4 shareable?

    See if any of that helps for starters.

    All the above were okay...

    The answer was:

    On the C4 computer...Click the Network icon on the Taskbar, then the
    actual Name of the connection.

    This opens the Settings-Ethernet page.
    Click the Name of the Network, which opens the "Network profile page".


    For some reason, the C4 Network profile page was set to "Public" while the other three computers Network profiles are "Private".

    Changing the setting to "Private" and all the other computers can now see Computer 4.

    Thanks
    Dave

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  • From Bob Latham@bob@sick-of-spam.invalid to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Jul 8 12:04:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In article <5cf5193f57dnews@triffid.co.uk>,
    Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    For some reason, the C4 Network profile page was set to "Public"
    while the other three computers Network profiles are "Private".

    Changing the setting to "Private" and all the other computers can
    now see Computer 4.

    Well I don't know, you tell someone the correct answer to their
    problem 2 days ago and you don't even get acknowledged just ignored.

    Marvellous.

    :-)

    Bob.

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  • From Dnews@dnews@triffid.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Jul 8 15:51:32 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In article <5cf523ad22bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>,
    Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <5cf5193f57dnews@triffid.co.uk>,
    Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    For some reason, the C4 Network profile page was set to "Public"
    while the other three computers Network profiles are "Private".

    Changing the setting to "Private" and all the other computers can
    now see Computer 4.

    Well I don't know, you tell someone the correct answer to their
    problem 2 days ago and you don't even get acknowledged just ignored.

    Marvellous.

    :-)

    Bob.

    Yea, sorry about that, I obviously read your suggestion on the day but got overwhelmed by my workload on some house stuff/work that needed doing, so
    never got back to it. (Particularly as I had to spend many hours over two
    days in the loft in this heat, running a Cat5e cable) :-(

    Though it must have registered in my OLD brain, so when I was fiddling
    about with the problem early today, I went there and did the required
    without really thinking about it...

    A bit late perhaps. ;-) But thanks for prompting me in the right
    direction, appreciated.

    Thanks
    Dave

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  • From Chris Newman@mec@npost.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Jul 8 16:05:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In article <5cf5387553dnews@triffid.co.uk>, Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk>
    wrote:
    In article <5cf523ad22bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>, Bob Latham
    <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <5cf5193f57dnews@triffid.co.uk>, Dnews
    <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    Well I don't know, you tell someone the correct answer to their
    problem 2 days ago and you don't even get acknowledged just ignored.

    (Particularly as I had to spend many
    hours over two days in the loft in this heat, running a Cat5e cable) :-(

    Oooh! I can feel the mega discomfort from here.

    Don't things always go wrong at the worst possible moment. I'm trying to
    do house repairs in this heat.

    Also battling with EE as PlusNet are transferring me over. All their
    mechanisms to order a Wi-Fi extender fail.
    --
    Chris Newman
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  • From Chris Hughes@news13@noonehere.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Jul 8 17:23:27 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In message <5cf539b8c8mec@npost.uk>
    Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> wrote:

    In article <5cf5387553dnews@triffid.co.uk>, Dnews <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
    In article <5cf523ad22bob@sick-of-spam.invalid>, Bob Latham
    <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> wrote:
    In article <5cf5193f57dnews@triffid.co.uk>, Dnews
    <dnews@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

    Well I don't know, you tell someone the correct answer to their
    problem 2 days ago and you don't even get acknowledged just ignored.

    (Particularly as I had to spend many
    hours over two days in the loft in this heat, running a Cat5e cable) :-(

    Oooh! I can feel the mega discomfort from here.

    Don't things always go wrong at the worst possible moment. I'm trying to
    do house repairs in this heat.

    Also battling with EE as PlusNet are transferring me over. All their mechanisms to order a Wi-Fi extender fail.

    The EE router is much better at Wi-Fi then the PlusNet one. Might want to
    wait till you install the new EE router first.

    I also moved from Plusnet to EE a few months ago.
    --
    Chris Hughes
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  • From druck@news@druck.org.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Jul 8 20:15:06 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    On 08/07/2026 16:05, Chris Newman wrote:
    Also battling with EE as PlusNet are transferring me over. All their mechanisms to order a Wi-Fi extender fail.

    Why are you using any ISP supplied equipment?

    It is always the cheapest bulk bought piece of shite, that will provide
    the very minimum level of service. If they offer it for free, stick it
    in a drawer, in case of a lightning strike or something.

    Then go and get a decent branded router which can form a WiFi mesh
    network with other devices from the same vendor. This will work a
    thousand times better than a ISP supplied POS router and a different POS extender.

    ---druck
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  • From Chris Hughes@news13@noonehere.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Jul 8 22:00:40 2026
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    In message <112m7jr$3s36m$1@druck.eternal-september.org>
    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:

    On 08/07/2026 16:05, Chris Newman wrote:
    Also battling with EE as PlusNet are transferring me over. All their
    mechanisms to order a Wi-Fi extender fail.

    Why are you using any ISP supplied equipment?

    Maybe because in order to use Digital Voice from that ISP, they have to
    use the supplied router.

    It is always the cheapest bulk bought piece of shite, that will provide
    the very minimum level of service. If they offer it for free, stick it
    in a drawer, in case of a lightning strike or something.

    Not always the case.

    Then go and get a decent branded router which can form a WiFi mesh
    network with other devices from the same vendor. This will work a
    thousand times better than a ISP supplied POS router and a different POS extender.

    I know you like Asus devices, I will not now touch them as they as now a
    piece of 'shite' as you call them. Been hacked, etc..
    --
    Chris Hughes
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  • From Martin@News04@avisoft.f9.co.uk to comp.sys.acorn.networking on Wed Jul 8 23:26:54 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.acorn.networking

    In article <e5405af55c.chris@mytardis>,
    Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> wrote:
    In message <112m7jr$3s36m$1@druck.eternal-september.org>
    druck <news@druck.org.uk> wrote:
    On 08/07/2026 16:05, Chris Newman wrote:
    Also battling with EE as PlusNet are transferring me over. All
    their mechanisms to order a Wi-Fi extender fail.

    Why are you using any ISP supplied equipment?

    Maybe because in order to use Digital Voice from that ISP, they
    have to use the supplied router.

    That is exactly why I did not want to move to EE - so I have stayed
    with Plusnet for broadband, with my own router, and VOIP from another
    supplier. Number port completed today.
    --
    Martin Avison
    Note that unfortunately this email address will become invalid
    without notice if (when) any spam is received.
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