On 30/07/2020 17:02:44, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Andy Burns wrote:
Dave Plowman wrote:

Can you point me in the direction of how to set things up using MAC
addresses? My router is a BT one,

google for your SmartHub/HomeHub model, DHCP reservation should get you
there

I've tried just about everything said here.

DCHP range on my router is 192.168.1.64 - 253

I've assigned static addresses to the things I want to talk to one
another, including the range extender, below 64. And reserved those IP
addresses in the router.

Googled lots of times. Everyone has a different answer.

https://appuals.com/how-to-fix-the-w...rking-problem/



None of which seems to have made any difference. Some can see another, but
not the other way. Some show another on the network, but aren't allowed
access.

I have a similar problem. However it is possible to use \\192.168.1.xx\
to see the files that are shared and accessible on the remote device
even when discovery isn't working.

Once accessed by IP address the name may be apparent and so use cut and
paste or if you're lucky you can use the pull down feature in the path
in File Explorer to see historical network devices.

I've given up wasting too much time on this but if you see a solution,
perhaps find an app or background service that does the discovery then I
would love to know.