Windows 10: Unable to see other computers on my network from Windows 11 laptop

I see others have similar issues and all the suggested settings have been checked at least 3 times.On my Win10 computer I can see the other 2 computers on my home network, including the Win11 laptop. On my Win11 laptop I can only see that device on the network, although it comes and goes too. I have no visibility to the other machines.I am trying to set up file sharing where the Win10 will be the target. It worked once for a very short period of time.Again I have checked all the sharing settings, SMB, private network, etc. Anyone have any other suggestions?

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Unable to connect to home network

I suggest you work through each step of
A consolidated network setup checklist for Windows 10 and 11 - my post #4 - TenForums


Best of luck,
Denis

 

Unable to browse network computers.

We suggest creating a new administrator user account by following the steps
here. Make sure to use the same network settings that you used for your other computers, then check if you can connect to the home network. Since you also mentioned that Windows 10 was freshly installed on this particular computer, have you already downloaded
the latest updates? The latest build for Version 1607 is 14393.1715, and 15063.608 for Version 1703. You can check the build version of your computer by following these steps:

• Click Start.
• Type winver and press Enter.

If you don't have the latest updates, you can follow these steps to install them:

• Click Start.
• Go to Settings.
• Click Update & security.
• Click Check for updates.

If that doesn't work, we'd like screenshots of the network and file sharing settings of the computer that doesn't work, and the settings of one of your other computers that can connect and share files properly on the home network.

 

recognize ethernet ports for computer to computer network

I worked all this out for a Win7-WinXP direct ethernet computer-to-computer network and later amended it for a Win7-Win7 network.
A step-by-step procedure for creating a two-computer Ethernet cable network - MSAForum
You can use a crossover cable but do not have to.
Doing this in Windows 10 is just about the same as doing it in Windows 7 but some diagrams look different & you have to look around for the equivalent settings in some cases.

But I suggest you do yourself a favour and get a router so that it does all the hard work for you.


Best of luck,
Denis