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Trying to share my laptops (Win7 Prem) WiFi connection to my Desktop (Win10 Home) through LAN


I went to Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Went to my wireless adapters properties > Went to the sharing tab > checked allow other network users to use this connection > clicked ok


My Local Area Connection on my laptop is getting an IP of 169.254.141.143 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

 

My Local Area Connection on my desktop is getting an IP of 169.254.176.129 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

169 usually means DHCP is not working right?

Both computers are set to get IP addresses through DHCP.

Trying to share my laptops (Win7 Prem) WiFi connection to my Desktop (Win10 Home) through LAN


I went to Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Went to my wireless adapters properties > Went to the sharing tab > checked allow other network users to use this connection > clicked ok


My Local Area Connection on my laptop is getting an IP of 169.254.141.143 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

 

My Local Area Connection on my desktop is getting an IP of 169.254.176.129 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

169 usually means DHCP is not working right?

Both computers are set to get IP addresses through DHCP.

Trying to share my laptops (Win7 Prem) WiFi connection to my Desktop (Win10 Home) through LAN


I went to Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Went to my wireless adapters properties > Went to the sharing tab > checked allow other network users to use this connection > clicked ok


My Local Area Connection on my laptop is getting an IP of 169.254.141.143 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

My Local Area Connection on my desktop is getting an IP of 169.254.176.129 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

169 usually means DHCP is not working right?

Both computers are set to get IP addresses through DHCP.

Trying to share my laptops (Win7 Prem) WiFi connection to my Desktop (Win10 Home) through LAN

 

I went to Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Went to my wireless adapters properties > Went to the sharing tab > checked allow other network users to use this connection > clicked ok

My Local Area Connection on my laptop is getting an IP of 169.254.141.143 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

 

My Local Area Connection on my desktop is getting an IP of 169.254.176.129 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

My Local Area Connection on my laptop is getting an IP of 169.254.141.143 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

My Local Area Connection on my desktop is getting an IP of 169.254.176.129 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

169 usually means DHCP is not working right?

bothBoth computers are set to get ipIP addresses through DHCP.

Trying to share my laptops (Win7 Prem) WiFi connection to my Desktop (Win10 Home) through LAN

I went to Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Went to my wireless adapters properties > Went to the sharing tab > checked allow other network users to use this connection > clicked ok

My Local Area Connection on my laptop is getting an IP of 169.254.141.143 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

My Local Area Connection on my desktop is getting an IP of 169.254.176.129 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

169 usually means DHCP is not working right?

both computers are set to get ip addresses through DHCP.

Trying to share my laptops (Win7 Prem) WiFi connection to my Desktop (Win10 Home) through LAN

 

I went to Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Went to my wireless adapters properties > Went to the sharing tab > checked allow other network users to use this connection > clicked ok

 

My Local Area Connection on my laptop is getting an IP of 169.254.141.143 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

My Local Area Connection on my desktop is getting an IP of 169.254.176.129 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

169 usually means DHCP is not working right?

Both computers are set to get IP addresses through DHCP.

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Trying to share my laptops (Win7 Prem) WiFi connection to my Desktop (Win10 Home) through LAN

I went to Network and Sharing Center > Change Adapter Settings > Went to my wireless adapters properties > Went to the sharing tab > checked allow other network users to use this connection > clicked ok

My Local Area Connection on my laptop is getting an IP of 169.254.141.143 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

My Local Area Connection on my desktop is getting an IP of 169.254.176.129 subnet is 255.255.0.0 and gateway is blank

169 usually means DHCP is not working right?

both computers are set to get ip addresses through DHCP.