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Slynet

Slynet

Slynet

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Hello. So, I want to connect my second PC to my other one downstares so that they are able to share the printer, files and what not. This is how it's currently connected.

PC1 > Connected to a Router > Ethernet cable from the router to PC2. So they are sharing a 20meg internet connection.

Simple right. So how would I go about being able to share resources and files?

Cheers.
 
Does the printer have a network card, or is it plugged into one of your existing machines via USB? If it's usb you'll have to 'share' the printer on the host computer so that the other machine can see it. In effect becoming a print server. If this is the case right click on the printer and click on 'sharing' you'll get a wizard that'll pop up - it'll take you through the rest from there.

Are you familiar with sharing network folders and that kind of thing?
 
Alright, so I used the network wizard, there both connected to the same workgroup nammed 'MSHOME'.

Yes, the the printer I wish to share is a USB connection and connected to PC1(The one I'm not using).

So I went into Control Pannel, Printers, and set the printer to share. Yet nothing works, is there some more settings I need to enable?

Thanks.
 
Slynet said:
Alright, so I used the network wizard, there both connected to the same workgroup nammed 'MSHOME'.

Yes, the the printer I wish to share is a USB connection and connected to PC1(The one I'm not using).

So I went into Control Pannel, Printers, and set the printer to share. Yet nothing works, is there some more settings I need to enable?

Thanks.
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Don't use MSHOME as the network name, use another one. Did you enable file and printer sharing?
 
after you have shared the printer on the machine that it is connected to,

go to the other computer and add a new network printer. it should come up in the list of available network printers


also, right click on to any folder that you wish to be available to other computer and click, sharing and share the folder
 
I do all the above, when I try to add a printer to my second PC, it can't find it.

If I ping the other computer, I don't get a response anyway: ping 192.168.1.4

(192.168.1.4 = First PC with printer)
(192.168.1.3 = Second PC)

I done everything exactly as said, and read the same things on Google aswell. =\
 
In fact, I get a response if I ping PC2 from PC1, but not the other way round.

Anyway...

PC2

Hostname: anthony
Primary DNS Suffix:
Node Type: Unknown
IP Routing Enabled: No
WINS Proxy Enabled: No

Physical Address: 00-19-DB-B7-46-9C
Dhcp Enabled: Yes
Auto Configuration Enabled: Yes
IP Address: 192.168.1.3
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server: 192.168.1.1
DNS Server: 192.168.1.1

PC1

Hostname: Jeff
Primary DNS Suffix:
Node Type: Unknown
IP Routing Enabled: No
WINS Proxy Enabled: No

Physical Address: 00-17-3F-CE-30-BE
Dhcp Enabled: Yes
Auto Configuration Enabled: Yes
IP Address: 192.168.1.4
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server: 192.168.1.1
DNS Server: 192.168.1.1

Thanks.
 
check the windows firewall is set to allow 'file and printer sharing' on both machines.

right click a folder, say C:\share, and click sharing..

share it, then on pc1

do, start, run
\\pc2


it'll show the shared folder
 
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