On Sun, 31 Dec 2017 18:06:43 +0000, mechanic
wrote:

If only, there are far too many settings which need to be checked
such as needing TCP/IP6 turned on (even if you aren't using it),
setting up file sharing and using the same credentials for all
connected devices before you can be sure windows10 machines will
even talk to each other never mind Android or Samba servers.

If the file is free to access for everyone, Android does not need the
user credentials, as far as I remember. I seldom use this feature. For
what? Sometimes I use bluetooth for connecting to an AptX-receiver or
miracast for conneting to a TV.

Then
there are problems if you haven't set fixed IP addresses for each
machine.

Usually not. I use the DHCP server of my router. The router has an
option to use always the same IP for the same device, which results in
fixed IPs, but with less hassle on the client side.

Forums are full of tales of woe from users just trying to
network a couple of Windows machines.

Networking has not changed much since XP. I still have 2 XP machines
on my network, working together with Win 7 and Win 10.

And Homegroup is supposed to
be easy!

I never tried it.

Regards

M.