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Computers in Network Cannot Access Eachother
I have a network with 3 computers and various other devices, and the computers cannot access eachother. Before switching from a Dlink router to the Netgear Nighthawk there was no problem. 2 of ...
Jayden67 wrote:My old DLink router had an IP address scheme of 192.168.0.X while the Nighthawk’s is 192.168.1.X. The change in router IP address has caused issues with other devices on the network. I don’t have much experience configuring Windows Firewall settings, where do I add the router’s IP address?
Did you read message 2?
Do you understand what I was saying?
Selecting Home changes firewall settings.
When changing routers the new router has a different MAC Address, the WIN 7 machines see that change and automatically sets the firewall settings to PUBLIC.... YOU MUST SELECT "HOME" OPEN NETWORK AND SHARING ....right click over the network adapter connection icon ...bottom right....
make sure home network is selected in windows
@searay wrote:make sure home network is selected in windows
Changing the network type from Public network to Home network allowed one of the computers to become fully accessible on the network. The other computer was already set to Home network.I then checked on the firewall and discovered that it was not active for Home or Work network on the working computer but was on for the other computer which was already set to Home network. I turned off the firewall and now all three of my computers can access each other same as before.