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Problem setting up file sharing
I've avoided setting up file sharing for eons, but finally need to do it. I am having trouble.
I have successfully defined the Homegroup on one PC and logged onto that Homegroup from another. Each PC says it is in the Homegroup but say "No other homegroup computers are currently available". Just to be sure I ran a netstat and see an IPv6 TCP connection between the PCs: port 3587 (p2pgroup) on one and port 62579 on the other.
Could this be a firewall problem? I'm running Kaspersky Internet Security 2015 on both PCs. It didn't block the p2pgroup connection, but just to be sure I opened up what Kaspersky calls the "Local Services" ports - both TCP and UDP on both PCs. That did not help.
Now the other PC - the one that created the group - went to sleep. I woke it back up, but I can not longer join the homegroup. The local PC seems to think I'm trying to create a group rather than join it whenever I enter the groups password. The popup says "A homegroup can only be created on a home network. To change your network location setting, open Network and Sharing Center in Control Panel."
Fine, but both PCs are in Home Network.
I'm likely to get frustrated soon.
Update: Rebooting cleared up the last problem I mentioned. I can now again log onto the homegroup, but it still says no other PCs are in it.
All this is to get access to just one file on an external drive. I may have better luck just setting up an FTP server on the PC rather than using file sharing.
Last edited by pokeefe0001; 20 Aug 2015 at 23:02.