i have been trying to set up a simple network between my windows 8 desktop and windows 8 laptop, since last week. I am still surprised that i have to come to a form to ask this, but believe me i have tried every thing in my knowledge and capacity.
Laptop - Windows 8
Connected to Linksys Cisco Router, using wireless connection
All firewalls off on laptop (i.e. domain, private, public)
Desktop - Windows 8
Connected to Linksys Cisco Router, using LAN cable
All firewalls off on desktop(i.e. domain, private, public)
Linksys Cicso Router
Firewall off
Shared a folder in C and D drive of Laptop and Desktop (Allowed everyone full access)
both desktop and laptop have following settings in Network and Sharing Center > Advanced Sharing Setings
Private:
Network Discovery:
Turn on network discovery (with turn on automatic setup of network connected devices)
File and printer sharing:
Turn on file and printer sharing
HomeGroup connections:
Use user accounts and password to connect to other computers (have also tried Allow windows to manage homegroup connections)
Guest or Public:
Network Discovery:
Turn on network discovery
File and printer sharing:
Turn on file and printer sharing
All Networks:
Public folder sharing
Turn on sharing so any one with network access can read and write files in the Public folders
File sharing connections
Use 128 bit encryption to help protect file sharing connections
Password protected sharing
Turn off password protected sharing
with all of the above settings, i still can not do this on my laptop:
\\DESKTOP
and can not do this from desktop
\\LAPTOP
also tried their respective local ip addresses, but still get this error "Windows can not access \\LAPTOP" or "Windows can not access \\DESKTOP"
both computers show each other in the "Network" window, but when i click on icons, i still get the above error.
I can not ping each other
I have also tried creating the homeGroup network, but can not see a homegroup created by another pc to join in ...
