local network misery – nothing can communicate

Posted On February 15, 2024

Running a home network should be really easy at this point in my life. I don’t know how windows continues to fail at this task. This isn’t a one time thing either – it is a constant issue. I have 1 computer that can see all networked computers. 1 that can see some of them. 1 that can see none of them. All windows 11. Doesn’t even get started on file sharing with the macs.

Typical misery:

• Scan document. It fails to save on networked drive. in fact, this laptop can no longer see any of the networked drives.
• I fight this for a little bit, say fuck it, I’ll just upload it to google drive
• Google drive needs 2AF for login. It pings my old phone, which is unpowered as I am replacing it. I grab my new phone, fire up GoogleAds ( because .. I don’t know this is where we do things now? last year it approving through youtube? wtf google ). Oh I’m not logged in. Try to login, oh 2FA
• Go find my ipad. download googleAds. luckily it doesn’t require 2FA
• Authenticate scanning computer
• upload documents
• go to main computer
• 1/2 document missing
• It says uploaded on scanner computer
• I’m looking at drive, and it isn’t here. ok, go reupload. Says document already exists. Overwrite
• Go to main computer, watch the file show up

I’m just so exhausted with this endless shit. Say what you will about Apple, at least they have a functioning experience. When I just need to copy some fucking files and it takes me all this extra time to do it, I miss that.