Hi there,
Yes, a homegroup can have both wired and wireless elements. The devices not being able to see the homegroup and most likely due to the wireless being on a different network then the wired computers. You say you are using a wireless router. This is probably where your error is occurring. You do not need a router between the wireless and wired. You need an Access Point, this will put all the devices onto the same network.
If you can, turn off DHCP on the netgear wireless router, give it a static IP on your wired network, and plug from the LAN on the netgear wireless to the LAN on the wired router. This will put everything onto the same network and you will be able to join the homegroup with the wireless devices.
How to turn off DHCP and give a static IP to the Netgear is out of the scope of this forum, you may want to check the Netgear website for assistance with it. I have setup several home networks this way, and they all work smoothly.
- Proposed as answer by MeipoXuMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator 44 minutes ago
Hi there,
Yes, a homegroup can have both wired and wireless elements. The devices not being able to see the homegroup and most likely due to the wireless being on a different network then the wired computers. You say you are using a wireless router. This is probably where your error is occurring. You do not need a router between the wireless and wired. You need an Access Point, this will put all the devices onto the same network.
If you can, turn off DHCP on the netgear wireless router, give it a static IP on your wired network, and plug from the LAN on the netgear wireless to the LAN on the wired router. This will put everything onto the same network and you will be able to join the homegroup with the wireless devices.
How to turn off DHCP and give a static IP to the Netgear is out of the scope of this forum, you may want to check the Netgear website for assistance with it. I have setup several home networks this way, and they all work smoothly.
- Proposed as answer by MeipoXuMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator Thursday, May 14, 2015 6:38 AM