File Sharing

bigbadish

bigbadish

bigbadish

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Hey guys,

I have set up a wireless network at home and I am wondering what I need to do to file share over the network, from my upstairs PC to the Laptop in the lounge. I tried setting up the C drive on the PC to be accessable to anyone, but I couldn't see it on the laptop so I guess I am doing something fundamentally wrong.

A step by step guide would be appreciated if possible, as I've got no idea what needs to be done to set it up.

Thanks a lot.
 
Ah right ok great, yeah it's XP.

Will I have to have both of the machines on when I run the wizards, and also will you assign a workgroup during the wizard and you just have to make sure you name them the same?

Thanks.
 
Ok a few problems, nothing is simple hehe.

I have a Wireless setup at home so if I wanted to allow file sharing I guess I'd run the "Wireless Networking Wizard" so I had a go and used my USB stick, not sure why but it told me to plug it in to the machine downstairs so I, although it also told me to plug it in to the router, but there is no USB port on my router which is confusing.

After that it said it was complete, but there was an error with the PC and said I should reference the Microsoft knowledgebase (turns out it has a problem using windows XP to connect to the router).

I'm a little confused as to if I'm supposed to go in to the properties on my C drive on both the PC and lappy and share them, then each should be able to see one another...or is it a little more complex than that?

Thanks.
 
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