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Devices dropping from network
Any ideas please? I am running small home network, comprising of 2 x Microsoft Windows 11 laptops, 1 x Raspberry pi file servers running samba share, 1 x Raspberry pi running Urbackup server with 2 ...
thanks for reply. Sorry should have given more detail on this
its the windows network discovery program which is now not working, phones ok Tablet has odd hiccup
I have a few Raspberry pi file servers that i use for centralised storage and backup, i am familiar with this, re my job (retired). My Daughter-in-Laws and sons also use this storage to copy of data from there phones and laptops - mainly pictures... lots of pictures. they come over scan network and copy to their labelled storage. , but if they cant see devices to connect to they tend to panic. ok if I'm around but unfortunately my health is not good and have spent a lot of time in hospital. this also applies to my wife who is not computer literate.
looking at the Orbi web interface and the phone app i can see all connected devices.
Access control looks disabled, there is nothing in the tick box that say turn-on. I can see all devices in list , nothing is blocked. No setting in blocked sites and services
Many thanks, hope this helps
Mikepedley wrote:
its the windows network discovery program which is now not working, phones ok Tablet has odd hiccup
Having never installed Bitdefender, I have no idea what it may have done to Windows settings. Might be worth a few minutes verifying that Windows Discovery is actually enabled.
I use various programs to scan the local network, including Slitheris Network Discovery (free)
Could you please give that program a try and see if it "finds" the resources?
It is not blazing fast, but is pretty thorough.
Many thanks,
i have verified the windows network setting, including resetting the firewall, the required SMB settings etc. all seems correct
i installed the network discovery software you suggested and it scan and found all the devices i have been looking for.
Given this it looks like windows settings problem , as you suggested things Bitdefender changed.. but i did try a fresh windows laptop that didn't have AV installed and it didn't fine anything?
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