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Forgot to say, I am using Cinnamon.

OK, I am seeing the other computer folders but obviously we are using different desktops because my display is quite different from your picture. When I get connected and try to open a shared folder I get the following drop down.

OK, I see a Windows Network on both my desktop and laptop but when I try to open either one I get the 'Unable to mount location' error on both machines. Hope you guys have some more ideas.

I'm baaak. got everything back on the internet.

Well I must have fat-fingered something on my laptop when I input the whitelist ports because it can't get on the internet. My desktops work fine to access the internet. Please bear with me, as soon as I solve my laptop issue I will be back to resolve the LAN issue. Thanks.

Well got part of my systems back. My laptop is having phychological problems I think. I will try your recommendations as soon as I get my recalcitrant beast working. Thanks.

Sorry about not responding sooner but right after your last post Spectrum lost my internet connection until just now. I will try your recommendations after I do my chores here.

Yes I have Nordvpn on all my systems including cell phones. I don't like disabling my firewall completely, is there another way?

OK, set the firewall to allow samba, pinged both other machines, 100% packet loss.
Next idea.

OK, I am back. Survived the Tux routine. I just checked the IP addresses of my two closest machines and they are Gunter-Desktop-1 = 192.168.0.115 Gunter-Laptop = 192.168.0 3 Tried to ping each from the other, no luck, 100% packet loss. I show a Windows Network folder on both machines when I go to th...

Sorry that I haven't gotten back to you guys but we have been packing, have to go to one of our nieces wedding next week and it is "FORMAL" meaning tux etc.. So I will be incommunicado for a week since I will have only my laptop. If you don't mind I will get back to you next Sunday the 23rd, thanks ...

I connected my laptop directly to the router via ethernet, some results it comes up
gunter@Gunter-Desktop-2:~$ ping -c3 Gunter-Laptop.local
ping: Gunter-Laptop.local: Name or service not known
gunter@Gunter-Desktop-2:~$
Her is a screen print of my network settings.

OK altair4, I pinged and the machines are not on the same network, so far so good. Now how do I set up a network where the machines recognize each other. I understand about sharing individual folders but if I can't see the other machines that is useless. Everybody who has been contributing to solvin...

This is for 'athi'.
I will deal with the printer problem later, right now I wan't to try to get my computers talking to each other. Does anyone know of any documentation which walks you through the steps to create a network in linux mint cinnamon 19.1?

OK, I installed the following scripts

$ sudo apt-get install nemo-share
$ sudo apt-get install samba system-config-samba cifs-utils winbind

Rebooted them, still nothing with the printers.
There has got to be a way to network in LM19.1 Cinnamon, anyone have any ideas, I will try anything (almost).

I tried it on my main cpu but I don't get any response from samba. Shouldn't I get a GUI display? I have never used samba so I am unaware of what I am supposed to see.

OK, I will try it in the morning when I get access to the second computer. The better half is using the 47" Tv for watching her shows and it is the display for my second CPU. Thanks.

Thanks for the info. If I am not mistaken 'NoMachin' is a program that lets you control another cpu over the internet. I want to network my computers.

Sorry for the lack of info. Both are desktops and they are ethernet connected via a router using Linux Mint 19.1.

I want to network 2 computers to be able to share the printers which are connected to one of them. Am having trouble finding a simple answer. Help.