I suspect the WiFi connection is set to "Public" and the LAN is set to "Private".
Change WiFi to Private and you should be good to go.. On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. > > -- > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > >
