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Tethering issues with Mac OS X

Hi,
i am currently trying to tether my tp2 with my mac book. With the xda orbit i had before the tp2 this was no issue at all however i cant seem to get it to work with the tp2. Problem is that the tp2 doesn't seem to advertise its PAN functionality anymore when the devices are paired. So the macbook thinks the tp2 doesn't support PAN. Now when I use the internet sharing app on the tp2, it tries to connect to the macbook and then tells me that the macbook wouldn't support PAN and therefore the connection cannot be shared. On the xda this worked slightly different: the xda would open up a PAN when I started internet sharing. Then i told the macbook to connect to this PAN. So i have a catch-22 here. Any ideas on how I could get this to work?
thank you,
Kork

On a funny sidenote: this worked yesterday for a few minutes. I activated connection sharing on the tp2, and it asked me where to connect to, i selected the macbook, et voila... This was actually even better than on my XDA as I could connect in a single step.
Today i just get the message that the target system (my Macbook) would not support PAN and therefore no connection could be made - which is an outright lie...

Called HTC about it. They were actually clueless and recommended to hard reset the device. Well I got all the time in the world, did a hard reset, no change. This still remains not working. Has anyone a working bluetooth tethering between the TP2 and Mac OS X?

Had a nice talk with Apple Support for half an hour now. We tried the usual stuff, and the guy was very friendly and trying to help me, but the bottom line was "we do not support windows mobile phones, htc has to make it work with a Mac". This came not totally unexpected though. So back to square one, I am not yet giving up. But no tethering is a blocker...

Okay, guys we are getting closer. I digged deeper into the Bluetooth Settings of Mac OS X and found out that the PAN set up is stored in com.apple.Bluetooth.plist in /Library/Preferences on the Mac. With my old XDA paired, i got some Entry in there called PANDevices and the Device-ID of the XDA in that list. The Device-ID of my TP2 was not in there. So i manually added the Device-ID of my TP2 and guess what - Tethering Happyness . Problem is, on any reboot, the setting gets lost. So i am going to write a small script that fixes the plist file. I'm doing a bit of testing as well, to see if this is really the fix, but I'm getting close.

Seems that wasn't it either. It seems that the restart of Mac OS X's bluetooth daemon actually did the trick, the changes in the file were actually pointless. So now I got reproducible behaviour:
1. Restart Computer
- Connection sharing from TP2 to Mac doesn't work.
2. Restart the bluetooth daemon
- sudo killall -HUP blued
3. In bluetooth preferences, click Advanced and tick "Share my internet connection with other bluetooth devices"
4. Start the internet sharing application on the TP2. Now it works. You have to repeat steps 1 to 3 if you reboot your Mac.
Going to give Apple another call, as this clearly looks like some bug on Mac OSX side.

This is exactly why if I get the TP2 I will be keeping my n78 or e71 as a backup phone. With Joiku Spot it makes it so easy to tether. Actually, I wonder if there is a program like Joiku Spot that would do this.
For those who don't know, Joiku Spot makes your phone a wireless hub, and creates a wireless network which your computer can attach, thus using the internet from your phone on your computer. I have a macbook, and with Joiku Spot, i'm getting roughly 1800 download speeds on my mac when i'm tethered.

There is: http://www.joikushop.com/?action=products&mode=productDetails&product_id=265 - > WMWifiRouter.
However, having WiFI + UTMS is going to drain your battery pretty quickly, that's why i use bluetooth all the time, which makes the device last much longer. But i guess the WIFI option would be more compatible with all kinds of OSes...

Yes, but when I am tethering i generally have access to a plug outlet so i have no problem plugging my phone in while i'm using it as a wifi hot spot. I was using my e71 via bluetooth on both OS X and XP and my speeds are doubled with using wifi. bluetooth can only transfer so fast.

Well i use it a lot on train rides where you can consider yourself lucky if you got an outlet for your laptop let alone one for your mobile phone... So bluetooth is the way to go...

You could use a USB charge cable to keep your phone powered off of the laptop battery, while using WMWiFiRouter or any other similar program for your connection.
Although I guess if your trying to have all this done wirelessly, that kind of defeats the purpose.

That would be a good reason! but, TP2 supports usb charging, so that shouldn't be a problem. Then, you can plug your laptop in at work or wherever you're going!
Just read what Tecknik said, so it's about the same!

TP2 tether to macbook pro
Hello, I'm also trying to get my tp tethered to macbook. There is an option under BT in Mac to specify username and a phone number to use BT to connect to a modem, do i need to specify any of this information? OR do I just need to select to "share internet with other BT device" on the mac?
Kork said:
Seems that wasn't it either. It seems that the restart of Mac OS X's bluetooth daemon actually did the trick, the changes in the file were actually pointless. So now I got reproducible behaviour:
1. Restart Computer
- Connection sharing from TP2 to Mac doesn't work.
2. Restart the bluetooth daemon
- sudo killall -HUP blued
3. In bluetooth preferences, click Advanced and tick "Share my internet connection with other bluetooth devices"
4. Start the internet sharing application on the TP2. Now it works. You have to repeat steps 1 to 3 if you reboot your Mac.
Going to give Apple another call, as this clearly looks like some bug on Mac OSX side.
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TP2 tether to macbook pro
HI Kork, do you know how to do the same thing but through a USB cable to tether TP to Macbookpro OSX?
Kork said:
Seems that wasn't it either. It seems that the restart of Mac OS X's bluetooth daemon actually did the trick, the changes in the file were actually pointless. So now I got reproducible behaviour:
1. Restart Computer
- Connection sharing from TP2 to Mac doesn't work.
2. Restart the bluetooth daemon
- sudo killall -HUP blued
3. In bluetooth preferences, click Advanced and tick "Share my internet connection with other bluetooth devices"
4. Start the internet sharing application on the TP2. Now it works. You have to repeat steps 1 to 3 if you reboot your Mac.
Going to give Apple another call, as this clearly looks like some bug on Mac OSX side.
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I used to be able to tether fine about a week ago but now i'm getting the following msg:
"failed to establish internet sharing connection to remote device as it supports only network access point (nap) mode"
any thoughts? there is a bluetooth pan connection in network settings on my macbook. I've deleted it and recreated with no luck.
and "share my internet connection..." is checked in my device's advanced options from the bluetooth settings on my macbook.

fone_fanatic said:
"failed to establish internet sharing connection to remote device as it supports only network access point (nap) mode"
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That's the message i get all the time after rebooting. You could try the steps I described above, this usually makes it work for me. Until next reboot, though.

Kork said:
There is: http://www.joikushop.com/?action=products&mode=productDetails&product_id=265 - > WMWifiRouter.
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I Tether on all my MacBook/Netbook using WMWiFiRouter all the time.
Just enable Wifi on your Mac and it autodetects some PAN settings -even on the airport card. Give this app a try.
This has known to work on Tiger and Leopard. Never tried it on SnowLeopard though.

Well sounds easy enough. However isn't Wifi eating up your battery like a starving ogre?

Killing BT with Terminal worked great. I have been struggling with this problem for a couple of days now. Nice work. Very much appreciated. I am going to link to this solution from my post. I did not yet verify the failure to function after reboot but I will test that. I'd love to have a script that does this automatically.

myknyte said:
I Tether on all my MacBook/Netbook using WMWiFiRouter all the time.
Just enable Wifi on your Mac and it autodetects some PAN settings -even on the airport card. Give this app a try.
This has known to work on Tiger and Leopard. Never tried it on SnowLeopard though.
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WMWiFiRouter eats up way too much battery, faster then the device can charge via USB (and my USB charing isn't working but thats another story)
Kork said:
That's the message i get all the time after rebooting. You could try the steps I described above, this usually makes it work for me. Until next reboot, though.
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Thanks, worked just fine.
Is there a way we can create a script to place on the desktop so we can just open up a shortcut that will automatically do this?

[Q] Mobile Hot Spot & Windows 7

So I am having trouble connecting to the internet through the mobile hotspot on my dinc when using Windows 7. It says it is connected but I cannot navigate to any webpages, I just get a time out error. When I boot my computer using Ubuntu 10.4 or if I use my laptop with XP, I have no problems. Anyone have any idea as to why this is happening?

thelunchboxosu said:
So I am having trouble connecting to the internet through the mobile hotspot on my dinc when using Windows 7. It says it is connected but I cannot navigate to any webpages, I just get a time out error. When I boot my computer using Ubuntu 10.4 or if I use my laptop with XP, I have no problems. Anyone have any idea as to why this is happening?
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What settings are you using? I use my Dinc and 3G Mobile Hotspot with no problems on my Windows 7 machine.

dalepl said:
What settings are you using? I use my Dinc and 3G Mobile Hotspot with no problems on my Windows 7 machine.
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The encryption type is set to WPA2, but I tried the other settings and have the same problem as well.

thelunchboxosu said:
The encryption type is set to WPA2, but I tried the other settings and have the same problem as well.
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OK. Check this. Open the 3G Mobile Hotspot app. On the main screen, select Manage Users. It should bring up a screen with Allow Users Only and Max. Connections. Max connections should be 5 and ensure Allow Users Only is unchecked. Go back and start the app and see if it is now working. If it does, the problem was this. With allow users only checked, the system will ask you if you want to allow the connection when a system tries to connect. If you are not paying attention, you can miss this request. The app will say that you have a connection, and so will your system, but it will not allow packets to pass through since you did not give the system permision to connect. With this unchecked, any computer with the correct password will be able to connect.

[Q] [SOLVED] Wifi tether will not connect windows 7 x64 with atheros

Any one else having issues connecting to atheros wifi on windows 7 x64?
wifi is set to allow ad-hoc
changed ssid
created password
tested on di18 stock dk28 stock viperrom nebula supernova
even stood on my head with left eye closed and a finger in my bum chanting "please work damn it"
using wifi tether for root users from market and barnacle
I got epic on day one and even the sprint app will not connect
I have no hair left to pull out
and google laughs at me when I search for this now
open to any ideas that dont involve spending money
TIA for any help!
*bangs head on wall*
EDIT: drivers are also up to date
EDIT2: Using ATHEROS AR5B91 I am also able to create ad-hoc on laptop connect phone to it and bridge connection to get better range from home wifi.
EDIT3: Sorry to keep editing but I have decided to use viperrom as my daily driver if that helps anyone help me.

Do you have intel wireless card? Try connect with a different device. My netbook connects but not my laptop.
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have you tried the new Wifi Tether w/ Infustructure mode, v3.0 it works great I am running midnightv2.4 ext4 with no issues. I have a acer win7 x64 lap and it connects, also a IBM L412 connects just fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945463

I think your win7 x64 box needs to have a wifi card that supports 802.11n wifi. I have an Intel 5300 card in my system (also win7 x64, current drivers fron Intel's site) and can only connect to my Epic's network when I enable the 802.11n Mode in the network card's properties. Only issue I have is slow, sometime disconnected, VPN sessions, but non-VPN traffic works great.

citionecent said:
Do you have intel wireless card? Try connect with a different device. My netbook connects but not my laptop.
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http://sys2dev.com/android-wifi-tether-with-nexus-one-intel-wifi-fixed/
Check this article out I know it is talking about the nexus1, but you might want to try it out since it is dealing with intel wifi.

scubafun said:
I think your win7 x64 box needs to have a wifi card that supports 802.11n wifi. I have an Intel 5300 card in my system (also win7 x64, current drivers fron Intel's site) and can only connect to my Epic's network when I enable the 802.11n Mode in the network card's properties. Only issue I have is slow, sometime disconnected, VPN sessions, but non-VPN traffic works great.
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you are correct, I believe the android tether from the market will broadcast in "n" ad-hoc mode, the wifi w/ Infrastructure will broadcast in "g" mode.
I just wanted to make sure and connected and yes it was broadcasting in "g" mode.

Did you create key code and is that 13 characters vs 10 conventional.
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citionecent said:
Do you have intel wireless card? Try connect with a different device. My netbook connects but not my laptop.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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Should have put this in OP not the title but I am useing atheros ar5b91 NOT intel . Have tried this anyway still no go. Thanks for answering however
Unknown Zone said:
have you tried the new Wifi Tether w/ Infustructure mode, v3.0 it works great I am running midnightv2.4 ext4 with no issues. I have a acer win7 x64 lap and it connects, also a IBM L412 connects just fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=945463
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Gave that a shot still no go. Thanks for answering however
scubafun said:
I think your win7 x64 box needs to have a wifi card that supports 802.11n wifi. I have an Intel 5300 card in my system (also win7 x64, current drivers fron Intel's site) and can only connect to my Epic's network when I enable the 802.11n Mode in the network card's properties. Only issue I have is slow, sometime disconnected, VPN sessions, but non-VPN traffic works great.
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Card has b/g/n support (router is broadcasting in n) I can use my laptop to extend the range of my wifi to phone. Create ad-hoc on lappy, connect with phone, bridge connection works fine like that but thats not wifi tether.
Unknown Zone said:
http://sys2dev.com/android-wifi-tether-with-nexus-one-intel-wifi-fixed/
Check this article out I know it is talking about the nexus1, but you might want to try it out since it is dealing with intel wifi.
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Sorry should have put this in OP not title but Im on atheros ar5b91. Have tried this anyway still no go. Thanks for answering.
Unknown Zone said:
you are correct, I believe the android tether from the market will broadcast in "n" ad-hoc mode, the wifi w/ Infrastructure will broadcast in "g" mode.
I just wanted to make sure and connected and yes it was broadcasting in "g" mode.
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Thanks for answering, however I have tried infrastructure as per other post and still no go.
dito33 said:
Did you create key code and is that 13 characters vs 10 conventional.
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Yes using 13 char code changing ssid and pass was the first thing I did. I even turned off my home wifi and made the phone tether settings (ssid and pass) to same as home network. Laptop tried to connect with stored info but timed out, cleared stored info on lappy and reconnected manually still timed out.
*continues to bang head on wall*

In case it helps anyone help me I have decided to use viperrom as my daily driver as noted in OP EDIT3.
I have some friends coming by today (they both have huges net at home and I am on 50Mb/50Mb fios so I handle downloads over 25MB) for some rom-ification to their phones ( 1 moment, 2 evo's , 2 epic's , 1 intercept) I have tried 4 other epics already they have same issue. Evo's and moment/intercept have not yet been rooted so havnt been able to test them as of yet, seriously who the eff is gonna pay 40 a month for a feature built into your os, thats like microshaft trying to charge you to be able to use a mouse ( dont freak there are no new charges with windows just an example ).

d00kiejones said:
In case it helps anyone help me I have decided to use viperrom as my daily driver as noted in OP EDIT3.
I have some friends coming by today (they both have huges net at home and I am on 50Mb/50Mb fios so I handle downloads over 25MB) for some rom-ification to their phones ( 1 moment, 2 evo's , 2 epic's , 1 intercept) I have tried 4 other epics already they have same issue. Evo's and moment/intercept have not yet been rooted so havnt been able to test them as of yet, seriously who the eff is gonna pay 40 a month for a feature built into your os, thats like microshaft trying to charge you to be able to use a mouse ( dont freak there are no new charges with windows just an example ).
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Ok so I am able to tether to the moment (stock CWM and root only with moment tether) but not the others. WTF is all I can think on this one. Again TIA for any ideas. I am 2 days away from my annual reinstall of windows *crosses fingers* that may do it.

Reinstalling Windows fixed the issue thanks for the help everyone!

[Q] Hotspot Tethering Identifying Problem?

I'm currently using AOKP Build 15 and using the native portable hotspot to tether to my laptop. Does anyone else have problem connecting to the hotspot? I usually get my laptop to connect but it will have a "!" near the signal at the bottom right and when I hover over it, I get "Identifying..." I have to try to reconnect a few times until it actually goes through. (I can tell its works when it prompts me to choose the network location: Home, Work, Public) Anyone else having the same problem? If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong please let me know! Thanks!!
Laptop I'm using...
Dell XPS 15 L502x
Windows 7
Intel Centrino Wireless N 1030

Shooshi said:
I'm currently using AOKP Build 15 and using the native portable hotspot to tether to my laptop. Does anyone else have problem connecting to the hotspot? I usually get my laptop to connect but it will have a "!" near the signal at the bottom right and when I hover over it, I get "Identifying..." I have to try to reconnect a few times until it actually goes through. (I can tell its works when it prompts me to choose the network location: Home, Work, Public) Anyone else having the same problem? If anyone knows what I'm doing wrong please let me know! Thanks!!
Laptop I'm using...
Dell XPS 15 L502x
Windows 7
Intel Centrino Wireless N 1030
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Sometimes (rarely, but a handful of times now) I have issues connecting when I put a WPA2 password on it. I don't get the "Identifying" error, but I run Ubuntu so the flag would be different. On mine it just gets "stuck" trying to connect ("resolving" maybe?), but switching the hotspot to "Open" security fixes it (reboots do not) and after a day or so I can go back to being password protected...
It might or might not be the same problem, but I am seeing at least similar symptoms- are you using "WPA2" as your security option?

s.m.knipe said:
Sometimes (rarely, but a handful of times now) I have issues connecting when I put a WPA2 password on it. I don't get the "Identifying" error, but I run Ubuntu so the flag would be different. On mine it just gets "stuck" trying to connect ("resolving" maybe?), but switching the hotspot to "Open" security fixes it (reboots do not) and after a day or so I can go back to being password protected...
It might or might not be the same problem, but I am seeing at least similar symptoms- are you using "WPA2" as your security option?
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I'm currently using WPA2 security... It just seems weird that if I use an ipod touch or another smartphone that has wifi, it connects right away. I just seem to have trouble on laptops connecting to the hotspot

Shooshi said:
I'm currently using WPA2 security... It just seems weird that if I use an ipod touch or another smartphone that has wifi, it connects right away. I just seem to have trouble on laptops connecting to the hotspot
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I'm having the exact same problem, haven't found a solution. It happens only on my Win 7 PCs. XP, iPad, Android tablet connect right away. Tried disabling IP6, set static DNS, neither helped. Also went from WPA2 to WPA and then just Open, no help. I just have to wait the 1 minute or so it takes to sort itself out and start working on it's own. Doing a "diagnose" will fix it too, it just restarts the adapter I believe. It gives a generic error about unplugging and replugging the router.

Tethering not working on a Win 7 PC

Hello
The problem that I am having is that My tethering on my Galaxy S 3 with C-Rom KK-v6.6-20140520, works on laptops but not on a PC with a wireless pci card or a wireless usb antenna, connects to the tethered connection but would not open pages in browser. the connection on the pc says internet access but won't open websites, hope you can shoot some lite on this matter thank you.

Try HTTPS://WWW.Google.com
From there look up changing the user agent string in Firefox.
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mamifero1 said:
Hello
The problem that I am having is that My tethering on my Galaxy S 3 with C-Rom KK-v6.6-20140520, works on laptops but not on a PC with a wireless pci card or a wireless usb antenna, connects to the tethered connection but would not open pages in browser. the connection on the pc says internet access but won't open websites, hope you can shoot some lite on this matter thank you.
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I specified https for a reason. Tether generally works on http servers but not http
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Hello
and thanks for your help
but excuse me for asking a dumb question.:silly: I did not had to do this on any laptop that I connect to the tethering conection.

Yeah. Give it a try over WiFi.
When you try to access and get the failure please press "print screen" on your keyboard or take a pic of the monitor and upload it so I can see what's going on
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I am sorry I dont think you've got me, what I try to say is when I am tethering my galaxy s3 internet connection I can connect any laptop to it
and I can surf the web with no problem, but when I connect my PC to my tethering connection it connects with no problem but I can''t surf the web
because it won'"t open any pages it says page not found. that's the problem, when I connect a Laptop, I find whatever I want.

mamifero1 said:
I am sorry I dont think you've got me, what I try to say is when I am tethering my galaxy s3 internet connection I can connect any laptop to it
and I can surf the web with no problem, but when I connect my PC to my tethering connection it connects with no problem but I can''t surf the web
because it won'"t open any pages it says page not found. that's the problem, when I connect a Laptop, I find whatever I want.
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That sounds like what my friends checkbook does.
Does it even refeer you to the carriers upgrade page?
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tokenpoke said:
That sounds like what my friends checkbook does.
Does it even refeer you to the carriers upgrade page?
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uh? What upgrade page?, it just says page not found that is all.

Chromebook*
Stupid auto correct.
I meant their upsale page but apparently not.
Well, hate to say it but I don't know what's up.
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tokenpoke said:
Chromebook*
Stupid auto correct.
I meant their upsale page but apparently not.
Well, hate to say it but I don't know what's up.
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What??????????????

mamifero1 said:
What??????????????
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Usually when tethering does not work, it gives you a page that asks you to pay for the extra service. You said all you got was page not found, so it appears this isn't the issue. No idea what it could be. Obviously its a problem with the computer, and that means it could be one or more of many different things that could be causing it. Have you tried any different browsers?

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Usually when tethering does not work, it gives you a page that asks you to pay for the extra service. You said all you got was page not found, so it appears this isn't the issue. No idea what it could be. Obviously its a problem with the computer, and that means it could be one or more of many different things that could be causing it. Have you tried any different browsers?
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Hello Doc
Thanks for helping me on this matter, yes I have tried different browsers Google, Firefox, IE.
the weird thing is this connection works great on any Laptop. but not on a desktop, I also tried different wireless adapters too.
I also did a reset on the CMD ""Netsh Winsock Reset" on the PC it's just weird.

Might have something to do with your security suite (A/V, firewall, etc). Or simply just how your computer is set up to use the network is different somehow. Could be due to different updates applied to the laptop vs the desktop, or another program interfering. Might have been something different in the initial config of the computer itself, or just the network settings... Theres just too many possibilities imo. Unless getting lucky you could potentially spend several weeks posting back and forth trying different things. Might just be easier and faster to reformat/reinstall Windows and start from scratch, if its that important of course. No guarantee that would fix it though, but would have the best chances for it to be quickly resolved.