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The IP address of the machine you're connecting to has probably changed. If the previous had a DHCP lease, that wouldn't migrate with the new router.
Go on your Windows machine and open up a command prompt. Type in "ipconfig" (no quotes) and validate the machines IP address. It should start with 192 or 10 most likely. Maybe 172.
If it's the same as it used to be, that's not the issue. But my bet is that it's changed.
Theres
Take a look again. The 255.etc is probably the subnet mask. The actual IPv4 is probably 192.168.etc. Whatever that IP address is needs to match what you have set in your iPhone files location.
I think its other way around. That seems like the tail wagging the dog. Its
iPhone -> access Windows directories
not Windows -> access iPhone directories, its sort of 1 way
Right, so how do we do that?
It was the ipv4 address that worked :) All good now
I think now that i know how to do it again if i run into a problem i dont mind keeping fresh about the procedure. Part of the problem is i forget how i previously did something successfully and i get worried about if i have to do it again
So many times I did complex intricate tasks or projects while drinking or fatigued and it never became part of me so i was a sitting duck when it came to redo it or undo it lol
Yes, you need to change the address on your iPhone. Beyond that, you should look at setting your router to give a static IP address to your Windows computer, so that it doesn't ever change.
How might I do that?
Go into the settings of that smb thingie on your iPhone, and change the address (192.168.etc) to match what the Windows machine says.
As for setting the static IP, I can help more if you tell me the make and model of your router.
Right but what is the exact actual address Windows uses, what is the line item it actually is?
When you run ipconfig in the windows terminal, it will give you a bunch of info. I can't remember the exact name it will be, but it's almost certainly going to be 192.168.something.something. The only other line that will look similar will be the 'default gateway', which will probably end with .1.
It was IPv4 address and also I was having various connection and VPN issues + Portmaster was running and interfering i think. When it runs, im not able to do wireless connection stuff with the iPhone and Windows laptop so I think I wont have this problem again.
Just annoyed none of the Youtube videos mentioned
ipconfig. That is a fantastic functionRight, but the ip address of the windows machine has likely changed, so potentially, when the phone tries to connect, it's using the old address and find nothing there. They are suggesting that the phone's knowledge of the PC address needs updating.
I did try adding the Windows new ips and that didnt work and why I am here