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I've got the following setup:
- PC running Windows 8.1 with a Wifi card connected to the local network and an ethernet cable running to a laptop. Wifi and Ethernet connections are bridged.
- Laptop running Windows 7 with the ethernet port connected to the above PC (Wifi card disabled). The wired network connection is recognised as a "Home" connection in Windows 7.
I can't ping the laptop from the PC and vice versa, neither can I access any of the shared network folders on either machine. The bridge network connection otherwise seems to be working fine, as the laptop is able to connect to the internet (which can only be via the wired ethernet connection to the PC, as the built in wifi card is disabled).
Any thoughts on why the two machines can't access each other's network folders?
Why are you running a bridged connection? Is there any reason you can't just use the WiFi as a simple Access Point? That would prevent the need for 2 subnets, which the 'not really an answer' below partly explains – Tetsujin – 2015-05-03T16:17:52.537
@Tetsujin the reason why I'm doing this is because the laptop backs up to a USB hard disk that is connected to the PC and shared over the network. I want to take advantage of ethernet transfer speeds, hence why I've connected the two computers together via the ethernet port. – Amr Bekhit – 2015-05-03T16:29:36.510
ah - I didn't get that you'd actually wired the PCs back to back. That's an ugly workaround, leading to the issues you're facing. For the price of an ethernet switch, you could fix all that & not have to bridge. – Tetsujin – 2015-05-03T16:31:51.907