I have a 1 year old desktop (win7), hardwired to my FIOS router, with the VOIPO router also wired into the FIOS router. I just purchased a new laptop (win 8 ), but it can't see the "homegroup". After some research (I'm a complete novice with this stuff) I *think* the issue may be that my desktop IP address is coming back 192.168.2.100 and my laptop IP address is showing 192.168.1.10. I think I read that the 3rd string of numbers needs to be the same. Since one computer has a 1 and the other has a 2, is this what is keeping them from seeing each other, and is the VOIPO software or router making this happen? When I looked into it, neither computer has a static IP address. So I'm thinking that maybe something with the VOIPO SW or HW is causing the 2 in the 3rd string. I tried setting a static IP to 192.168.2.3 on the new laptop, but that created a response that the dchp is not set up for wi-fi, and then I couldn't get to the internet anymore. I have no idea what that means or how to get around it. So for now, I turned it back to auto IP address.

The only reason I'm thinking it's a VOIPO issue is that I recall reading a lot of stuff on these forums about having to set ports and addresses etc. but it's all over my head, so I could be mistaken. And if I am, and VOIPO has nothing to do with my issue, I'd be thrilled if someone might be able to shed some light on why these two new computers can't see each other (most of the people here seem extremely tech savvy). I've gone through everything I can find for help and instructions on this (the whole network disovery, etc., etc). It's just a basic Homegroup in Windows. It shouldn't be this difficult.

Thanks!!!