last time my network actually worked I had just fixed the samba shares thing for my retropie which despite being connected directly to the same network switch my pc is connected to would not be recognised no matter what and it was fixed by a credentials manage-...
....OOOooo.... maybe I should try that again
so I AM on the network, they can access MY computer, theoretically (though my credentials for my pc just.. don't fucking get recognised on their pc at all I guess?? because MYSTICAL REASONS I guess), and can access each other but ohhhhh no i gotta type in the friggin compute rnames and hten usddenly "OH RIGHT, YEAH, that computer DOES exist!" so I go looking at the network and then WELP they're GONE AGAIN AHAHHAHAHAfhasfkljahsfhkasjfhasfjhasfffffuuuuuccckkkk
wtb networking that actually just... fucking networks
these pcs are connected by physical cables. it's not like it's some mystic art of wifi or some shit. PHYSICAL. CABLES. Into switches!!
It shouldn't be hard! It should be the same network! It should just go "oh right there's other computers here lets see if I can access them" and then telling the computers "Yeah let's all talk to each other"
and you do that
but it's still like "NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS"
*looks up a page about how to set up networking on Windows 10. within the first few paragraphs, spots this doozy:*
"Windows 10 has greatly simplified network sharing"
which is a fucking lie
considering that just ONE PARAGRAPH later it goes "setting up networking in windows 10 has never been easier. In Theory"
and then the article ends right at the bottom with "Networking in Windows 10 has ALWAYS been more complicated than it needs to be"
HOLY FUCK WHY ARE COMPUTER SITES LIKE THIS AUGH
yeah i'm moving over to chitter.xyz now. Soooo go there! I'm there now.