Filesharing over LAN

sjcf1 · 18 Apr 2010 at 16:59

Hi,

Tomorrow, I've got a second broadband line coming into the house, currently we have BT, the new one is provided by sky, both have their own routers which that line has to be connected through.

My PC's and my sisters laptop will use the new sky internet, and my dads computers will use the old bt internet. However, we'll need to share files over the two computers. Ideally I'd like to just keep the normal windows networking, as that's what my family are used to, and teaching them another program wouldn't be a pleasant experience.

I've done some searching around and it appears quite difficult to do this.

Has anyone tried to do this before, and can anyone advise me on how to get this problem sorted. The sky broadband is going live tomorrow evening, and I don't want to be doing it all night.

Thanks in advance.

sjcf1 · 18 Apr 2010 at 17:19

We've got 4 laptops which all connect over wireless, and 2 desktops - more when I have friends over, which all use wired connections, although thats done through a different router.

sjcf1 · 18 Apr 2010 at 19:58

You've slightly confused me there.

Essensially, I need to put a cat 5/6 cable from the sky to the BT one, each of the different broadbands has its on wireless network, so devices can connect and disconnect when they want between the two wireless networks.

When you say configure devices manually, does that just mean you connect the device to one network?

Sorry for being slightly stupid here.

sjcf1 · 18 Apr 2010 at 20:32

Is there guides out there how to do this, or is it fairly easy to figure out?

sjcf1 · 18 Apr 2010 at 20:56

Do I then need to use the same TCIP settings as the BT router then?

sjcf1 · 18 Apr 2010 at 21:23

He's using windows XP, tried to convince him to move to 7 but he refuses, due to him using his laptop 24/7. My desktop may connect to it aswell. But I have no problem plugging my wire into the BT hub.

I'll be setting it up tomorrow evening, at about half 5, when I get in.

But I will take anyone up on the offer of running me through it.

sjcf1 · 18 Apr 2010 at 22:29

Thanks for explaining it, will give this a try tomorrow night and report back. Really am greatful for the help guys

sjcf1 · 19 Apr 2010 at 18:28

Thanks for the help guys, I appreciate it. Got the PC's wired up nicely now.

sjcf1 · 19 Apr 2010 at 20:54

Yeah, I got it setup, working, but since there was only one pc using the BT side of things, he's decided just to connect to the sky one, when he wants something off another computer. Nice and fast install, was on the sky net within a couple of mins.