Wireless Question

ricey

I just set up a wireless router at home so i can share my connection with my laptop, my question is can i send a file i have on my laptop to my desktop?

hope someone can help me out cheers.

Endurance Man

I was about to post the exact same question , help us

Mac daddy

yes (well depending what you mean by desktop computer?

Make sure they are in the same workgroup, sharing is enabled and pref xp pro and not home.

ricey

By desktop i mean a pc i have im my room.

Could someone explain it a bit more?

I use XP home so can u still do it with that?

beller b

Networking has to be set up on both computers. Run the networking wizard on both & give them the same settings & workgroup. Set up sharing on the folders you wish to share. When done (you may need to reboot) right click on start/explore goto my network places/entire network/microsoft windows network/mshome(or whatever you named your work group). When you open MSHome you should see whatever PCs are on your network

Mac daddy

i have replied a buckett load of these threads before use the search function,

Try the following anyway right click my computer -
Properties,Computer name - Click "Change" enter WORKGROUP if you want
make sure both the desktop and laptop are set this way.(You will need to reboot after this on both!!! )


Go to network connections / Right click / Properties / Tcp Ip / Properties / General / Advanced / Winns / Enable netbios over tcp ip.

Do this on both -

When done go to network places - select view workgroup computers.

Create a share on both systems and happy copying,

If any errors regarding permissions let me know.

(Xp should work fine)

kevin

Mac daddy

beller b wrote:

Networking has to be set up on both computers. Run the networking wizard on both & give them the same settings & workgroup.

Not the best way of doing it can be a bit flaky have had some bad experiences doing it this way.

Give it a shot if it does work do it the way i posted never had any problems doing it that way

beller b

I would have mentioned the above , but I was trying to keep it simple for starters.. Anyway , yes Mac Daddys way is the best option

ricey

Alright cheers lads great info.