hi, Kinetix

The problem that you cannot connect with other computer is thata you
are using a APIPA IP address Automatic Private IP Adddress. This happes
when your computer trys to find for a DHCP server (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol Server). What you need to do is Either setup a
DHCP on your Router or Server. Or use a Static IP address on all
computers in the same IP range. To way to do this one using the gui toll
which you said didnt work. so you can try this in command line

netsh interface ip set address name=" Local Area Connection 2" static
192.168.0.100 255.255.255.0 192.168.0.1 1

192.168.0.100 is your ip address
255.255.255.0 is your subnetmask
192.168.0.0 is your defult gateway (your routers interface)

tha above is just a example you can use any range that you want

Hope this helps

Cheers !!


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