#WINDOWS 10 CANNOT SEE MAC FILE SHARING WINDOWS 10#
#WINDOWS 10 CANNOT SEE MAC FILE SHARING PRO#
#WINDOWS 10 CANNOT SEE MAC FILE SHARING WINDOWS#

What am I missing here? Any new suggestions on what I can do to fix this once and for all? Better yet, any recommendations for third party LOCAL file sharing (no internet, LAN only) that doesn't hook into built-in windows services that, apparently, are still broken?ДЇirst off, I would like to thank everyone for the knowledge and advice. This should work without so much headache. The time I've wasted troubleshooting and never really fixing the issue could have been saved by just using a external hard drive and copying the files that way. I'm so sick of this crap with something so simple: just share the damn files. Only security concern is if the internet can view my files, which I don't want to happen.

Only my devices are ever connected to it.

I have zero security concerns on my local network.

I shouldn't have to inconvenience myself because of Windows's broken file sharing. Switching to wire isn't a 'fix' for the issue. Wireless networks have been around for decades. I understand this 'might' fix the issue but that's not feasible with the locations of the computers and router.

Computer 2 cannot be connected by wire.

Both computer were on Windows 10 1803.

Windows 10 network reset completed on both computers.

Power cycle computers and router many times.

Router has been updated and factory defaults loaded and re-setup.

Function Discovery Provider Host & Function Discovery Resource Publication service set to Automatic.

Sometimes one computer can see and share and then the other can't.

Behavior is the same (arguably worse now).

Was using DHCP before and now am using static ip address.

I've opened the firewall completely and also uninstalled the firewall program.

Windows10FirewallControl isn't the problem.

Turn on auto setup of network connected devices: On.

Both are running Windows10FirewallControl, third party firewall software.

Computer 2 has Windows 10 Home Version 1809, fully updated.

Computer 1 has Windows 10 Pro Version 1809, fully updated.

Computer 2 is connected to router by wireless connection, 5ghz.

Computer 1 is connected to router by wired connection.

Router: Computer 1 & 2 have static IP, no DHCP.

Router: Factory defaults loaded and re-setup.

Router: ASUS RT-N66U, running the latest firmware.

Here we go again with another 45 minutes of guessing what's wrong when nothing has changed. Nothing new is really done or changed, it just seems to want to start working at that time. I restart both computer 6 times, turn off and on sharing, restart the router, reset the network cards on both computers, and all other manner of common troubleshooting steps and BOOM, it'll start working, seeing and sharing files with each other. It doesn't have to look at the network for that. How is that even possible? It's it own computer how can it not find it's own shares. The key thing here is how it sometimes can't find itself. Everything seems so completely random.Д¬omputers will still ping each other when the network folder is empty. No error but it never opens the the folder. My assumption was the local IP had changed this was before I set static IPs) Sometimes, I'll double click to open the network of another computer to have it hang trying to load. I'll walk away for an hour and then come back to find all the computer will show in network folder but can't connect between them. Sometimes, other computers in my house will show up, even when those computers don't have any shared files on them. Computers, even themselves, won't show in Network folder. I can see and share files over the network. Here's the thing: It does work, sometimes. I'm turning here to get some help because none of the suggestions I've found so far are a true fix for the issue. I am seriously at my wits end with Windows File Share with regards to how difficult it is to simply set two computers to see each other and share files.

#WINDOWS 10 CANNOT SEE MAC FILE SHARING WINDOWS 10#

#WINDOWS 10 CANNOT SEE MAC FILE SHARING PRO#

Windows 10 cannot see mac file sharing