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<blockquote data-quote="oscar615" data-source="post: 1126007" data-attributes="member: 151366">Alright, I was able to start working on this again.&nbsp; I now have two clients I have tried.&nbsp; All three computers, server and two clients run win8.1.&nbsp; The first client, listed above, sees the server but won't connect.&nbsp; The second, a PipoX7 does not even see the server.&nbsp; All three are connected to the same router.I guess I really am having network problems and, mediaportal forum may not be the correct place to ask about this, but I thought I would give it a try before I went and tracked down a networking forum.&nbsp; At the beginning of this process, I was hoping, that I would just install the server software on one computer and the client software on the others and it was all just work. So the first client can see the server but not any of my shared folders.&nbsp; It is connect via a gigabit switch to the server.&nbsp; The second client attached to the network by wireless does not even see the server.&nbsp; So the network is like this.&nbsp; Router to switch from switch to server and client. And the same router, wireless to second client.Do I need to setup a homegroup?&nbsp; Actually the server and first client are already on a homegroup, but the second client cannot see the homegroup at all.I was thinking I do not need a home group at all.&nbsp; and just needed to share folders on the server.Any thought on this?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="oscar615, post: 1126007, member: 151366"] Alright, I was able to start working on this again. I now have two clients I have tried. All three computers, server and two clients run win8.1. The first client, listed above, sees the server but won't connect. The second, a PipoX7 does not even see the server. All three are connected to the same router. I guess I really am having network problems and, mediaportal forum may not be the correct place to ask about this, but I thought I would give it a try before I went and tracked down a networking forum. At the beginning of this process, I was hoping, that I would just install the server software on one computer and the client software on the others and it was all just work. So the first client can see the server but not any of my shared folders. It is connect via a gigabit switch to the server. The second client attached to the network by wireless does not even see the server. So the network is like this. Router to switch from switch to server and client. And the same router, wireless to second client. Do I need to setup a homegroup? Actually the server and first client are already on a homegroup, but the second client cannot see the homegroup at all. I was thinking I do not need a home group at all. and just needed to share folders on the server. Any thought on this? [/QUOTE]

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