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I have a PC (Windows 10) connected to my router through an ethernet cable. I also have a few devices connected to the same router. What I would like to do is make them "see" each other. I want to transfer files from my phone to my pc and back using ES File Explorer. I want to Broadcast movies to my smart TV using apps like Wondershare. My PC is visible for other devices but I can't seem to find it using my TV or phone. Therefore... i guess all these devices are not connected to the same "mini-network". I don't know how to call it. What should I do?

Mad World
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If you are in the same subnet as the router and there are no firewall rules blocking it, you should be able to see the devices on your computer. If you go to your phone settings, search for the IP and try to ping it with the command line of your choice. If it does not work, compare the subnet mask and ip address of your devices, make sure they are in the same subnet.

On windows the command is: ipconfig on linux: ifconfig or the new form: ip addr

DZDomi
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  • Yeah... I don't think they are in the same subnet mask... How do I do that? – Mad World Jan 07 '18 at 21:09
  • can you post the ip address and the subnet mask of the phone and pc? – DZDomi Jan 07 '18 at 21:10
  • PC: 192.168.56.1 255.255.255.0 Phone:192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 – Mad World Jan 07 '18 at 21:12
  • looks like you have 2 dhcp servers running inside your network, you have to disable the wlan dhcp server and put your wireless access point in bridge mode. – DZDomi Jan 07 '18 at 21:15
  • How do I put the access point in bridge mode? I have a ZTE F660RV1 – Mad World Jan 07 '18 at 21:18
  • that depends on your hardware, you have to look it up in the manuel of your router/access point – DZDomi Jan 07 '18 at 21:19
  • Why do I have to set it to bridge mode? As long as I know, that is used for connecting two routers – Mad World Jan 07 '18 at 21:28
  • if you have 2 routers in your network, you probably have 2 dhcp servers in your network (which is a very bad idea). you have to change one of the routers to act as a bridge (aka be like a switch) and connect to 1 router as the main router with only 1 dhcp server – DZDomi Jan 07 '18 at 21:33
  • I have only one router :/ – Mad World Jan 07 '18 at 21:36
  • but you have TWO dhcp servers running in your network otherwise your devices would be in the same subnet for example: phone: 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 pc: 192.168.0.2 255.255.255.0 The .56. in the third octet with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 indicates another subnet, which is mostly coming from your acces point or any other router in your network – DZDomi Jan 07 '18 at 21:37
  • I've posted some screenshots here so you can understand the problem better – Mad World Jan 07 '18 at 22:08
  • it looks like u set a custom ip address for your windows pc, have a look in the ipv4 settings and see if you have given the computer an ip address instead of the dhcp server – DZDomi Jan 07 '18 at 22:10
  • I've posted another screenshot – Mad World Jan 07 '18 at 22:20
  • router config looks correct, look in the settings of your pc if anything is not configured correctly – DZDomi Jan 07 '18 at 22:21
  • were you able to fix your problem? – DZDomi Jan 07 '18 at 22:32