This is all in windows 7 . I've been trying to connect two PCs with a network card in a LAN. I want to connect them offline i.e not through modem / router. So in order to make connection working, we should set the network location to Home.
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- If you already know how to setup LAN, skip this step and goto step 2. Otherwise, continue reading. Open Network and Sharing Center --> Choose homegroup and sharing options. If you've already created a homegroup on some other system, it displays a " Join Now " button. Else, you'll have a button to " Create a new homegroup ". Before this, you need to select network location to " HOME " by clicking on " what is network location ? " hyperlink. Do the same to other system too. If already home group is created , Join it. After checking your connectivity, goto next step
- Sometimes, this network location changes to public after rebooting the system / PC . In order to retain those settings, following changes have to be applied.
- Open run by pressing " windows button + R "
- Type " services.msc " without quotes and hit enter
- Check the services named " Peer Name Resolution Protocol " , " Peer Networking Grouping ", " Peer Networking Identity Manager " and " Homegroup Listener ", " Homegroup Provider "
- All these five should be set to either Automatic or Manual.
- Make sure that all the above five were started
Now reboot your PCs and check that your changes retained.
If any problem encounters while setting up a LAN, please comment below
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