It seems much simpler. Although the above worked, of course having to turn the firewall off & on is not a sustainable nor reasonable situation.
Here is the proper solution:
- Go to Open Network & Sharing (Right click on System tray icon, or reach the same through Control Panel.
- Change the Network to be a Private Network.
It seems that the authentication is not successful if the network is not Private!
Once I did this, then after a few seconds, it all started working without log-in. It just refreshed itself and worked.
