Cannot See/connect Home Network Connections

[McBrian]

Hi Folks.

I have never been able to get my Home Lan working with my Hub 3.0 (Ariss TG2492LG-85) Router. 

All connected devices are shown in the Connected devices page; 2x PCs connected to Ethernet and 1x Laptop connected to Wi-Fi plus Phone and other Wi-Fi connections (Tablets etc.)

1x PC and the Laptop run Win11 Home, the other PC runs Win10 Home, the Win 10 PC can see the LAN but can't connect to the the Win11 PC or Laptop. The Win11 PC and Laptop can't see each other or the Win10 PC.

I've tried for years to get my LAN work - could it really be a Hub3.0 hardware issue? I've had others try to solve the issue.

When I click Network in the Win11 or Laptop this is the screen I get.

All help appreciated.

[carl_pearce]

Possibly related to this (Windows 11 anyway):

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/filecab/accessing-a-third-party-nas-with-smb-in-windows-11-...

[McBrian]

Mapping the IP address I get to the Windows Credential screen. 

Now I've yet to find an proper step by step on how to use the Windows Credentials, I know where the Credential Manager is:

Do you use the Web or Windows credentials?

Are they unique for each LAN Connection?

Do I need to find the Credentials for all LAN connections.

[asim18]

On a home network the credentials are unique to each PC, log in using any username and password which exists on the target computer you are trying to connect to.

I like to create a separate local user account just for logging into file shares.

[McBrian]

Thanks for all the suggestions so far.

I'm making a bit of headway:

I've set all three machines to private accounts.

I can connect all machines using there ip addresses and the correct credentials 😀

I can't  login to the Win10 machine from the other two as this user does not use a password (don't ask 🙄),

The Win10 machine is the only one that shows the three machines in the Network tab in File Explorer.

I have no idea why the Win11 machines will not show the expanded Network tab in File Explorer.

Suggestions welcome?

[asim18]

The network tab in windows explorer is always a bit hit and miss. You can avoid using the Network tab if you save the shared folders as a "mapped drive".

Once you are logged into a remote computer you can right click on a shared folder and click "map network drive" and choose any drive letter you like. This way the shared folder will show up as a hard disk in My Computer and you don't need to rely on the Network tab.

If you really wish the networking tab to be populated correctly you can have a look at the advanced configuration of your network cards. "Client for microsoft networks" "file and printer sharing networks" etc but I wouldn't mess around too much as I'm not sure which settings you'll have to change.