Windows 10: Network connect PC & Mac over wifi home network

Unable to connect my PC and Mac.I can see the PC from the Mac Finder, yet when connecting I'm asked for a username and password, which doesn't seem to be my login details. From what I've read it seems I need a network name and password? Yet this isn't the modem details is it?I can't see the Mac from the PC.I've turned off Private Firewall. Still nothing.I've read a couple of threads, and just getting massively confused.They've been connected before, just can't remember how I did it.Th is one of the articles I've used for instructions:https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mac-help/mchlp1659/13

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Losing network connection

Hello Dear, if you have a laptop or a PC with a wireless network adapter, you can see a list of available wireless networks and then connect to one of those networks. The wireless networks will only appear if your PC has a wireless network adapter installed, the adapter is turned on, and the wireless access point is in range.

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Network Connections.

2. In the left pane, under Network Tasks, click View available wireless networks.
In case, If you don't see the network you want to connect to, click Refresh network list. If you see the network but the signal is weak, move the PC closer to the wireless router.

3. Click the network you want to connect to, and then click Connect.

4. If you're connecting to a secure network, type the security key, and then click OK.

I Hope you solve out your query soon.

 

Wifi connection to PC or Mac

I am looking for a few pointers on how to network my PC or Mac to my N80 over Wifi.

I ahve hooked up my n80 to my wifi access point without a hitch and can connect to the internet fine from the phone over the wifi. What I haven't managed to do successfully is simply network the phoen to the PC or Mac and transfer some files.

I tried the media server software that Nokia suggests but it is shockingly bad and practically crashes my PC and I really don't need another iTunes.

What I really want to do is simply and manually transfer files from one to the other but no matter what I try I can't find my Phone on the network.

Can anyone suggest a simple method to achieve this because its driving me crazy and without this ability the Wifi is pretty redundant. thanks

 

Mystery Phone Listing on Network


That's actually been happening in Windows for a long time, even back to windows 8 I was seeing it randomly appear (it can be different devices). It seems to be some kind of false positive detection.

Some suggest that this is neighbors connecting to your wifi network. The idea is that the MAC address may be propogated, even though these neighbors are not actually authorized for your network (ie, your router is advertising these mac addresses, but they can't actually use your network, but for some reason they still show up in the list of connected devices).

When you check your WIFI router, the devices won't be listed there, since they haven't been given IP's.. but something in the network architecture still allows MAC advertisement.