Internet connection public or private

[#1]

Noticed that my internet connection is Public, should I change it to Private?

What changes would I find if I did.

I currently have two printers, an iPhone and iPad that connect WiFi. Also a Sky On Demand adaptor, Amazon Fire Stick and Kindle reader that connect WiFi when required.

[#2 · Accepted solution]

If you change it to private, I think you will lose the WIFI side of the connection...

I had a problem recently, where I could not see the wifi icon on the task bar, and could not connect via wifi, tried all sorts of stuff, then finally found that changing from private to public the wifi icon appeared and all was good again ! ! .

( of course, I could be wrong...  ! ) ...

[#3]

Yes, thanks shutter. I vaguely recall seeing that or something very like it written down somewhere.

Like lots of things in Win 10, looking through the options, the answers are not always clear.

I'll leave it on Public, and give you a green tick.

[#4]

Ideally a home network should be private as this link explains.

[#5]

Ok thanks Browni, following that advice, I've switched my network to Private, with no apparent change in operation, except, it may be fractionally quicker connecting with the printers, but that maybe more to do with recently fitting an SSD.