Cannot detect HomeGroup on the network
Hi,I have 2 PC in my home.- PC1 is wired- PC2 is wireless- network switch/Access point/router is a D-Link DSL-G804V- Both PC1 and PC2 have IPv4 and IPv6 addresses- Peer Networking Grouping, Peer Networking Identity Manager and PNRP services are all up and running on both PC1 and PC2- They see each other (shared folders and printers)- Both PC1 and PC2 can connect normally to internet: apparently there are no connection problems.I defined a HomeGroup on PC1. WhenI try tojoin PC2 to the HomeGroup, PC2 tells me that "There is currently no homegroup on the network."I tried several times to delete and re-create the HomeGroup, with no result. Troubleshooting does not detect any problem.What am I missing? Plo
November 4th, 2009 5:00am

Hi, Based on my research, I would like to suggest the following: 1. On both computers, are all the network profiles set to Home? 2. Are all the computers on the same subnet? 3. Please also try the following method: Why can't I join a homegroup? Meanwhile, I would like to share the following with you as well: Windows 7 HomeGroup: Frequently Asked Questions Hope this helps. Thanks. Nicholas Li - MSFT
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November 4th, 2009 2:37pm

Hi, Based on my research, I would like to suggest the following: 1. On both computers, are all the network profiles set to Home? 2. Are all the computers on the same subnet? 3. Please also try the following method: Why can't I join a homegroup? Meanwhile, I would like to share the following with you as well: Windows 7 HomeGroup: Frequently Asked Questions Hope this helps. Thanks. Nicholas Li - MSFT Both computer are connected to a network defined as Home network. The names of the two network are different because one is wired and the other is wireless. The map discovered by network discovery is something like the following:PC1 ============ Switch | |PC2 ========== Access Point ========= InternetAbout the subnet, both PC are on the same IP subnet (10.0.0.x , Mask 255.255.255.0) but since one is wired and the other is wireless I do not exactly know how is the level below IP. In particular I do not know if broadcast packetscan pass from Switch to Access Point and viceversa.Ican try to install a network monitor on the two PC to monitor which packets are exchangedthrough the network. The problem is that I do not know in details what kind of packets I should lookfor in order to check the correctpresence/announcement of a Homegroup on the network.I made this kind of trafic analisys for Computer Browser andWindows Logon processin the pastfor professional reasons. But I knew which kind of packets to look for, because I had the map of packets exchanged between requestor and responder.I tried to find some walkthrough map for homegroups-related dialogs (how exacly, IP packet by IP packet,a homegroup is announced on the network and how exactly a potential participant to a homegroup discovers the presence of a homegroup on the network) but I did not find any documentation more accurate and in depththan a stupid FAQ or "use the wizard".Is there a map of the packets involved in the homegroups discovery/join dialog? To understand what kind of documentation I'm looking for, look an example of the map of Windows Logon trafic at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb742590.aspxThank you in advance. Plo
November 5th, 2009 4:29am

Exact same problem and set up here. PC1 is wired, PC2 is wireless, and no homegroup is recognized on PC2 when created on PC1. I did, however, get PC1 to recognize the homegroup created on PC2, but as the printer is wired to PC1 it was kind of besides the point. So, why would it work one way and not the other?
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November 16th, 2009 5:18am

Hi, At this time, please check the following: 1. Can the computers see each other? 2. On each computer, please also run the following command in an elevated command prompt to disable Windows Firewall and check the issue: Netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off Note: you can turn back on with the command Netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state on. 3. Run the HomeGroup Troubleshooter. Thanks. Nicholas Li - MSFT
November 19th, 2009 12:51pm

I had this very same problem, and was very frustrated with it. I did some of the troubleshooting step and finally found something that was actually helpful. This seems crazy, at least to me, but for the homegroup to work the clocks on both computers must be synchronized. To accomplish this I went to the clock on each PC and clicked on "Change date and time settings." Then I went to the "Internet Time" tab, clicked on "Change settings," make sure the box IS CHECKED, then picked a time server, Make sure you use the same server on both computers, and finally clicked on Update Now. After I did that I went to the PC that I wanted to have Join the home group and the option to Join was finally available. Just as a note I did go through everything that was recommended by others here, but that didn't work. I believe it was a combination of what they suggested and what I am suggesting now. Anyway I hope that this helps others. Thanks to everyone who has tired to help everyone else.
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