enabling home-group feature on a shared connection

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jake_dc

jake_dc

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i have a complicated situation with my networks that is preventing the computers on the network to use Home-group feature or even ping each other. I've tried everything but i couldn't get it to work the way i want.

i have a desktop PC (windows 8.1) used as server. in order to get internet connection from a network located 300 meters away from my location, I've connected a Long-range USB wireless network adapter to it and i have a successful internet connection on my Desktop pc.

i wanted to share this internet connection with other computers/laptops in my location so i did the followings.

shared this wireless network adapter with Ethernet port of my desktop PC.
connected the Ethernet port of my PC to a router's WAN port (TP-Link TD-W8970) with Ethernet cable.
set the router to act as a wireless router.
connected other PCs/laptops in my location, wirelessly to the router.
all of the devices connected to the router have internet connection but my question is how to make them see the desktop PC and use the shared files on it (i.e home-group).

i tried to manually set the IP address for the Ethernet port but IPv4 settings are not available when it uses shared connection and the other end is connected to the WAN port.

here is IP settings available on desktop PC:

USB Wireless network adapter: IPv4 Default Gateway/ DNS server/ DHCP server = 192.168.1.1 IPv4 address: 192.168.1.4 IPv4 subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

Ethernet port:

IPv4 address: 192.168.137.1 IPv4 subnet mask: 255.255.255.0

wireless router:

DHCP: enabled

default gateway: 192.168.1.1
 
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tripledouce
yeah that's what an access point means. it is just an extension of the original network. if you are trying to set up a whole new subnet of the original network that is a bit more complicated.
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jake_dc

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yeah it did the job, but now both server and devices connected to my wireless router are directly connected to the main router located 300m away. when i type in the router configuration address in the browser, it shows the settings for that router, not mine!!
 
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tripledouce

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yeah that's what an access point means. it is just an extension of the original network. if you are trying to set up a whole new subnet of the original network that is a bit more complicated.
 
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jake_dc

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Yes that's right. but it wasn't built to be an AP because typically an AP (wireless) is a device connecting other wireless devices to a wired network. what i needed was exactly the opposite. the router i have, a wireless router, to propagate internet from wired network between wireless devices. now i have question, which one of these routers carry more job? does the router on my location need to send all packets to the main router or can it do some of it by itself?
 
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jake_dc

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so please correct me if i'm wrong. first: internet data will go from my router to the other router but the LAN connections (home-grouping) will stay at my own router and won't affect the bandwidth between my Wireless adapter and the other router. second: devices connected to the other router won't have access to the home group I've made in my location. is that correct?
 
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