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You can also manually change the network type to Public or Private depending on what kind of privacy you want.

If you choose no, it will make the network public. Sometimes, Windows will ask you if you want to enable sharing or find devices once you connect to a network and if you say yes, it will make the network private.

Windows will normally try to figure this out for you automatically so that when you connect to a public WiFi network, it will use the Public profile and not the private one. This means others can find your computer on the network, possibly access shared folders, stream media from your computer, etc. This is very important because when you are connected to a private or home network, there are a lot of sharing settings that are set by default to be trusting. In the above examples, one has Home network listed and the other has Private network listed. The first thing to understand about this info is the network type, which is listed directly below the name of the network. In Windows 8 and Windows 10, they cleaned up the interface by getting rid of a couple of items and combining other items.Īt the top, you’ll see the active network or networks, the network type, the type of access, HomeGroup info and the connection info. Windows 7 has a little bit more information and also a couple of more options. The first thing you’ll see when you open the Network and Sharing Center is your current connection to the network and to the Internet. If you are in icon view, just click directly on Network and Sharing Center. In the Control Panel, you can click on the Network and Internet category and then click on Network and Sharing Center.