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    RetroPie is not displayed in the Windows network environment

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    • Xabib2302X
      Xabib2302
      last edited by

      Good time of day. There is one problem. The fact is that RetroPie is not displayed in the Windows network environment although RetroPie is connected to WI-Fi and SSH is enabled.

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @Xabib2302
        last edited by

        @xabib2302 SSH has nothing with retropie not showing on the network, it's all about Windows File Shares. Try connecting from Windows Explorer with the IP address (\\192.168.100.5) or using \\retropie.local.

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        • herb_fargusH
          herb_fargus administrators @mitu
          last edited by

          @mitu to be fair though I do see my pi through my router page on the network (which is what his pic looks like) whereas sometimes I don't see retropie in the network page of windows explorer even though it's connected. At least not til I connect to the ip like you mentioned.

          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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          • Xabib2302X
            Xabib2302 @mitu
            last edited by

            @mitu Still.

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            • mituM
              mitu Global Moderator @Xabib2302
              last edited by

              @xabib2302 Are you able to ping the ip address ? Open a command line (cmd) on your PC and then type

              ping 182.168.100.5
              

              Are getting a reply ?

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              • Xabib2302X
                Xabib2302 @mitu
                last edited by

                @mitu
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                • mituM
                  mitu Global Moderator @Xabib2302
                  last edited by

                  @xabib2302 From the screenshot (although I don't understand what language is), it looks like your RetroPie is not reachable from your PC. You either have a firewall between the 2 devices or the Router has AP Isolation enabled and the devices are not able to communicate with each other. Either way, you need to find out what's preventing the communication and fix it outside RetroPie.

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                  • Thorr69T
                    Thorr69
                    last edited by

                    I don't think it will show up unless the Samba shares are enabled. Once I set up the samba shares, I can usually get to the Pi by IP address. After I connect to it once, it can be accessed by name.

                    I have had lots of trouble with this very problem. I've still never been able to get my Pi 3 to work on WiFi. It only works when wired. I have an OrangePi as well and that worked for a while then went haywire on WiFi. Eventually I reset all device addresses on the Router and they started working again.

                    RPi 3b
                    Official PSU
                    Official RetroPie image
                    Pandora's Box 5 controller

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                    • cyperghostC
                      cyperghost @mitu
                      last edited by cyperghost

                      @Xabib2302

                      Please ping 192.168.100.5
                      alternatively you can ping retropie

                      You pinged wrong adress. Come on you were born on the "Day of the Army" ;)

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                      • mituM
                        mitu Global Moderator
                        last edited by

                        Yeah, @cyperghost is right, didn't even notice I put the wrong address in the ping command.

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                        • ClydeC
                          Clyde @mitu
                          last edited by

                          @mitu It's nice to observe synergy at work. :)

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                          • Xabib2302X
                            Xabib2302 @cyperghost
                            last edited by

                            @cyperghost The communication check failed to detect the retropie node.
                            Check the host name and try again.

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                            • Xabib2302X
                              Xabib2302 @mitu
                              last edited by

                              @mitu AP Isolation disabled

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                              • mituM
                                mitu Global Moderator @Xabib2302
                                last edited by

                                @xabib2302 If pinging 192.168.100.5 still doesn't work (i.e. you get host not found) then the same comment as before applies - your RetroPie device at 192.168.100.5 is not reachable from your PC, so there's nothing RetroPie can do. Check if you have any firewall/Antivirus(?) installed on your PC and maybe temporarily disable them while repeating the ping test to see if they interfere.

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                                • Xabib2302X
                                  Xabib2302 @mitu
                                  last edited by

                                  @mitu The SmartScreen and firewall disabled and still the result is zero

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                                  • ClydeC
                                    Clyde @Xabib2302
                                    last edited by Clyde

                                    @xabib2302 Can you access the console of Retropie? (i.e. connect a keyboard to your Pi and press F4 in Emulation Station)

                                    Then, you could check how it looks from Retropie's side with the command

                                    ifconfig     # NOT ipconfig like in Windows
                                    

                                    or you could try to ping your router or Windows from the Pi:

                                    ping 192.168.100.1    # or whatever your router's IP is
                                    ping 192.168.100.2    # or whatever your PC's IP is
                                    

                                    As a desperate measure, you could even test if your Pi responds to pings by pinging itself:

                                    ping localhost
                                    

                                    Remember, all commands are to be issued on the Pi's own console you land in after pressing F4 in Emulation Station.

                                    Unfortunately, my knowledge about solving network issues is very limited. The above commands are meant to provide further information an to rule out some unexpected problems on the Pi's side.

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                                    • ByteThisB
                                      ByteThis
                                      last edited by ByteThis

                                      @Xabib2302 I found if you have Windows 7 or higher, you may have to turn on network discovery if it isn't enabled by default : Windows Network Discovery

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                                      • micro-beeM
                                        micro-bee
                                        last edited by

                                        Not sure your having ssh or samba issues.
                                        For ssh (you can do a reinstall):

                                        sudo apt-get -y purge openssh-server
                                        sudo apt-get -y install openssh-server

                                        For Samba:

                                        sudo nano etc/samba/smb.conf
                                        Just change the workgroup (and should be find in Windows)

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                                        • G
                                          grant2258 Banned
                                          last edited by grant2258

                                          mine never showed up on a static ip for some reason but worked with dchp(on the windows machine)

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                                            Chuck_G @grant2258
                                            last edited by

                                            I'm having the same problems. Device is on Wifi (I can see the IP address within Retropie displays and I've been able to use the scrubber for roms). It won't show up in my Win10 file explorer. Pinging 182.168.100.5 gives me REQUEST TIMED OUT.

                                            Sharing does appear to be enabled as I can transfer files to and from my NAS. Suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help.

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