Windows 10: PC suddenly stopped seeing LAN devices

Up until a few months ago this Samsung 9Plus was able to see all other devices on the LAN but now can see none including printers. I've scoured the internet to solutions and there have been some bizarre ones but to no avail. What is the best way forward please? I'm prepared to pay someone a reasonable price to take a look, if necessary.

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LAN Port stopped working suddenly

Hello everyone,

I came home yesterday to find that my PC in my specs had no Internet connection. I narrowed it down to be the PC itself and not any cables/modem/router etc. Now I went ahead and tried uninstalling and installing the LAN drivers again but it doesn't detect a LAN port.

At this point it gives me an error message and states that the Realtek Ethernet Controller could be in "Deep Sleep Mode". To connect the cable to get it going. However cable is connected and verified to work.

I've googled intensively and have tried many suggestions such as certain command prompts, registry edits, special permissions, and different methods of installing the drivers.

Is my LAN Port dead, or something else might be the issue? Please note we did have a power outage yesterday as my other PC had also restarted like the one with the problem did. The second PC is perfectly fine though. Any other suggestions and/or advice? Thanks in advance. *Toast :toast:

 

File sharing on LAN suddenly stopped

My two desktops on the same LAN, connected to the same router, suddenly stopped being able to share files. It was working just a few days ago. Let's day, the desktops are "A" and "B", and the router name is "R"

Both pc sees two media devices, Computer "A" and Router "R", nothing else.

I check the network discovery is ON, everything else is working fine, Internet access is perfect.

Plese advise what to look for. I never change the network setting on any of them, Why would they work so unreliabily.

My Windows on both PC has been update online all the time.

cheers

 

Good LAN party games?

Most of my suggestions have already been listed.

However, I found Swat4 to actually be a pretty fun LAN game, especially at smaller LAN parties.