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need help networking !
Discuss need help networking !
Posted by: makaveli#1fan
When my brother in law comes around he brings his laptop, we want to network our computers using the cross over cable i have, each computer is running xp home edition and both recognise the connection, where do i go from here??
- Dale :confused:
Posted by: Inaris
At that point you are a Peer to Peer network. So you can access files on each machine if you have the correct logins. What is it that you are doing that you want to network the machines together?
Posted by: office politics
[url]http://www.consensor.com/Support/WXPpeer.htm[/url]
Posted by: ekĘsine
i think you guys might be overthinking this one. makaveli#1fan run the network setup wizard in [B]my network places[/B] or [b]network connections[/b] folder. right click on a folder and click [B]sharing and security[/B]. check the box for [B]share this folder on network[/B].
to get to that folder in another machine go to [B]my network places[/B] you should see a shared folder appear within 2 minutes. if you dont click the [B]view workgroup computers[/B] on the left side-menu and browse through the workgroup names and shared resources.
this is simple sharing. no passwords or usernames are needed to access any folders set up this way since both are winXP machines. there are advanced sharing options. if you need them disable [B]simple sharing mode[/B] in any folder options. this is only for advanced users
Posted by: makaveli#1fan
dont i have 2 setup n e ip ads first? i've had them networked together before by following instructions of a mate, now that i tried it again, i set the ips first, the through ms dos, i try pinging each computer, where each computer doesn't not find 1 another, the cross over cable is brand new from a dse powerhouse so what do i do?