Visibility of Private Networked Machines in FileExplorer flawed & restricted to WiFi


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The visibility of private networked machines in FileExplorer remains flawed in latest

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 25H2
Installed on ‎01/‎04/‎2026
OS build 26200.8875
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.334.0

When these machines connect through WiFi/Wireless to the exact same private network they do show up in FileExplorer>Network.
However, when hardwired, Ethernet connected they disappear - this has been the case for a couple of months now and remains unresolved.
 

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The visibility of private networked machines in FileExplorer remains flawed in latest

Edition Windows 11 Pro
Version 25H2
Installed on ‎01/‎04/‎2026
OS build 26200.8875
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.26100.334.0

When these machines connect through WiFi/Wireless to the exact same private network they do show up in FileExplorer>Network.
However, when hardwired, Ethernet connected they disappear - this has been the case for a couple of months now and remains unresolved.
Did you check to see if the machine's IPs have remained the same after switching?
I have no such issues.
 
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Did you check to see if the machine's IPs have remained the same after switching?
You blame MS for your woes but I have no such issues.
IP's change but not the network, and I blame MS of course because nothing else has changed in my setup but Windows Updates.
 

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Maybe you could hit the Feedback Hub to report the problem or see if others might have brought it up.
 
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    Sportage_RBH
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    32 GB DDR5
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    Radeon Graphic / NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB GDDR6
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    Seagate 1 TB
Maybe you could hit the Feedback Hub to report the problem or see if others might have brought it up.
... and of course all works as it should if I manually restart the Function Discovery Resource Publication service (FDResPub) even though it is running.
 

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