accessing win 7 from win 8 over wifi network


  1. kf10
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    accessing win 7 from win 8 over wifi network


    i have 2 laptop, one with win 7 and one with win 8

    yesterday when i tried to access win 7 laptop over wifi network from windows 8 computer

    i got the following error message
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  3. kf10
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    when i tried to access win 8 laptop over wifi network from windows 7 computer

    i was also unable to ping win 8 computer from win 7 as seen in screen shot

    i did check the ip address to make sure that i didnt misspell the ip address

    i got the following error message
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  4. AddRAM
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    Did you create a homegroup on 1 PC and join the other PC to that Homegroup, and did you turn on all the sharing options on both PC`s ?

    192.168.10.3 is a strange IP Address, are you sure it`s not 192.168.1.3 ????
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  6. kf10
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    Dear ADDRAM

    can you please guide me to tutorial on how to create homegroup and turn on sharing

    i used ipconfig command to find the IP address as 192.168.10.3, we have wireless router which assigns DHCP IP address to all the computers in my home

    thanks in advance
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  7. AddRAM
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    Control Panel>Homegroup
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  8. AddRAM
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    Can you ping the router ?

    192.168.10.1 ????
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  10. kf10
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    Dear AddRAM

    ok thanks

    and yes i can ping the router
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  11. AddRAM
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    OK then once you create the Homegroup each pc should be able to see each other.

    Make sure this is changed to Homegroup on both PC`s.
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  12. AddRAM
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    You should also be able to login to the router if it`s ip address indeed is 192.168.10.1

    Type 192.168.10.1 into Chrome, hit enter and your router login page should come up.

    Does it ?
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  13. kf10
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    yes i am able to see the login page of router
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