Hello,
Been reading this forum for information through the years but have now encountered a problem that I can't seem to find the answer to.
What I want to achieve:
Connect my desktop PC to my laptop to enable sharing between drives etc.
Seems easy enough right?
Problem:
My internet two both devices is provided by my Android smartphone that I connect by USB-sharing to my desktop (because it does not have Wi-fi) while at the same time sharing Wi-fi from the smartphone to my laptop. Both computers are connected to the same network but I can't seem to be able to discover the computers from one another.
I have file sharing enabled for the networks, and have tried the advanced sharing in Windows 10 to share my drives, but when I try to "map network drive" it can not connect. I have tried both using the PC-name and the IP-address.
I have also tried setting static IP's on both computers but they still can't communicate. I tried pinging the other IP and got a response. When I set a static IP however, only the gateways could be pinged.
I have also tried naming the computers with all caps letters.
The other computers still do not show up in "Networks" in the file explorer.
My desktop is a HP Z400 workstation connected by USB internet sharing from my smartphone.
My laptop is an Asus F556UQ connected by Wi-fi to the same shared network.
Both computers are using Windows 10.
Would really appreciate if anyone has any ideas to what might be the problem...
Is it even possible to create a local network between two devices connected in this way with USB and Wi-fi internet sharing? I have created ad-hoc networks before with the same Android internet sharing, but that was between two laptops over Wi-fi.
Thanks,
biw
Been reading this forum for information through the years but have now encountered a problem that I can't seem to find the answer to.
What I want to achieve:
Connect my desktop PC to my laptop to enable sharing between drives etc.
Seems easy enough right?
Problem:
My internet two both devices is provided by my Android smartphone that I connect by USB-sharing to my desktop (because it does not have Wi-fi) while at the same time sharing Wi-fi from the smartphone to my laptop. Both computers are connected to the same network but I can't seem to be able to discover the computers from one another.
I have file sharing enabled for the networks, and have tried the advanced sharing in Windows 10 to share my drives, but when I try to "map network drive" it can not connect. I have tried both using the PC-name and the IP-address.
I have also tried setting static IP's on both computers but they still can't communicate. I tried pinging the other IP and got a response. When I set a static IP however, only the gateways could be pinged.
I have also tried naming the computers with all caps letters.
The other computers still do not show up in "Networks" in the file explorer.
My desktop is a HP Z400 workstation connected by USB internet sharing from my smartphone.
My laptop is an Asus F556UQ connected by Wi-fi to the same shared network.
Both computers are using Windows 10.
Would really appreciate if anyone has any ideas to what might be the problem...
Is it even possible to create a local network between two devices connected in this way with USB and Wi-fi internet sharing? I have created ad-hoc networks before with the same Android internet sharing, but that was between two laptops over Wi-fi.
Thanks,
biw
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