I've never seen this before, so I thought mining the resident mind trust
might shake something loose.
My partner's Windows 10 laptop has both an ethernet LAN adapter and a
WiFi adapter. Both adapters work just fine going to the wild woolly
internet. No problem.
However, when doing any NBT-type interactions, only the ethernet LAN
adapter allows her to browse local shares. The WiFi adapter can't see
any NetBIOS objects.
If you open the Windows Explorer, it's like a light switch. If the
ethernet LAN adapter has the cable installed, all the local NetBIOS
shares (PCs, printers, NAS devices) are visible. If you unplug the
ethernet cable, everything disappears. However, if you want to access
the interwebs, both adapters work as advertised.
I have no clue what would cause this.
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bp
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