Windows Firewall - Home Network Appearing as Public

Just received a new computer (Windows 8). My problem (or is it?) is that my router (wired connection) is appearing as a public network. I'm trying to find out how to change this to a home network.

Somewhere along the way it asked me if I wanted to share information between device. I picked no. Could this be why it set it to a public network?

asked Dec 01 '12 at 16:18

Jonesm
391●86●92●100

edited Dec 01 '12 at 16:24

One Answer:

oldest newest most voted

try this: http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-change-a-network-type-in-windows-7.html

answered Dec 01 '12 at 16:27

trueb
15.0k●49●99●257

Although the window looks very similar in Windows 8 I found that "Public" was not a link as mentioned in the above page. I ended up following this

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/windows-8/change-from-public-to-private-network-in-windows-8/

(Dec 01 '12 at 22:12) Jonesm

Your answer

toggle preview

community wiki

Follow this question

By Email:

Once you sign in you will be able to subscribe for any updates here

By RSS:

Answers

Answers and Comments

Markdown Basics

*italic* or __italic__
**bold** or __bold__
link:[text](http://url.com/ "title")
image?![alt text](/path/img.jpg "title")
numbered list: 1. Foo 2. Bar
to add a line break simply add two spaces to where you would like the new line to be.
basic HTML tags are also supported

learn more about Markdown