Different Network when Ethernet Connected?

SoAdCrAzY

SoAdCrAzY

SoAdCrAzY

Associate
Joined
5 Dec 2008
Posts
1,920
Location
London
This is a strange problem.

My laptop connects to the BT Home Hub wirelessly fine.

However, I got a new PC and this connects to the internet via the ethernet cable (from the BT Home Hub). However, when I installed the OS to the new PC, it didn't ask for a password, it just worked.

And if I look at the network it says only "Connected to Network" whereas the laptop says "Connected to BT Home Hub".

I just realised when I went to share a file over the network.

Can you help me?

Thanks,
Matt Wilde
 
You dont need a password when connecting to the router using wired ethernet.
As for the "Connected to Network" vs "Connected to BT Home Hub", when you are connected via wired ethernet it will say "Connected to Network" whereas when connecting wirelessly it will usually say "Connected to *SSID HERE*" instead and in your case, I assume your SSID is BT Home Hub?
 
23JMZ07 said:
You dont need a password when connecting to the router using wired ethernet.
As for the "Connected to Network" vs "Connected to BT Home Hub", when you are connected via wired ethernet it will say "Connected to Network" whereas when connecting wirelessly it will usually say "Connected to *SSID HERE*" instead and in your case, I assume your SSID is BT Home Hub?
Click to expand...

Doh, that sounds about right.

Although the laptop isn't showing up on the 'Network'. I have Windows 7 and a file on the laptop that I need to put on the PC. The PC also claims that there are no Homegroups on the network either even though the laptop is on one.
 
First join the PC to the same WORKGROUP as the Laptop and then you should be able to join the same HOMEGROUP.
 
On the PC,
Open a command prompt and type "IPCONFIG" and note down the "IPv4 Address" under the "Ethernet Local Area Connection" section.

On the Laptop,
Open a command prompt and type "Ping" followed by the address you noted down from the PC. It should have the format of 192.168.x.xxx.

Do you get a result like this :

C:\Users\Administrator>ping 192.168.1.101

Pinging 192.168.1.101 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.101:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms

If you do, then do the same again but IPCONFIG on the Laptop and PING from the PC.

Report back
 
23JMZ07 said:
On the PC,
Open a command prompt and type "IPCONFIG" and note down the "IPv4 Address" under the "Ethernet Local Area Connection" section.

On the Laptop,
Open a command prompt and type "Ping" followed by the address you noted down from the PC. It should have the format of 192.168.x.xxx.

Do you get a result like this :

C:\Users\Administrator>ping 192.168.1.101

Pinging 192.168.1.101 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.101: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.101:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms

If you do, then do the same again but IPCONFIG on the Laptop and PING from the PC.

Report back
Click to expand...

Yep, they both recognised each other then.
 
Running Windows 7 on both.

Actually, I just tried pinging the 'Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection*9 IPv6 Address' (2001:0:5ef5:79fd...) and it kept saying 'Request Timed Out'.
 
Yea dont worry about that, the previous ones are the only ones that matter.

Have you turned network discovery and file sharing on in the "Network and Sharing Center"?

Its off by default
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom