Trying to setup simple crossover network..failing
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in the network and sharing center i see my wireless inet connection and 'unidentified network] and that is public.
if i go on full map and select this network [which is the wired connection] it says it cannot create network map due to being public.
there must be some sort of connection as the send/received bytes match up.
in ipv4 in local area connection status it says 'no inet access' in both machines
if i go on full map and select this network [which is the wired connection] it says it cannot create network map due to being public.
there must be some sort of connection as the send/received bytes match up.
in ipv4 in local area connection status it says 'no inet access' in both machines
im trying to file share so that i can easily rip a blu ray on my powerful pc and send it over to my HTPC, because of the size of the file i went for the wired gigabit route.
something seems to have worked,
i am still getting 'unidentified network' and it is still public, but i can now see some folders from my main pc on my HTPC
i have tried to allow a whole drive to be shared, but on my HTPC i can see drive X but i get this error
Windows cannot access \\alex-pc\X
one of the default folders [recorded tv] is sharing, and i can play the files on the HTPC
something seems to have worked,
i am still getting 'unidentified network' and it is still public, but i can now see some folders from my main pc on my HTPC
i have tried to allow a whole drive to be shared, but on my HTPC i can see drive X but i get this error
Windows cannot access \\alex-pc\X
one of the default folders [recorded tv] is sharing, and i can play the files on the HTPC
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I am unable to share a whole drive, but i have managed to share a folder on said drive, thats good enough for me,
i also seem to be achieving full 1Gbit/s speeds, a 1Gbyte file transfered over at 120ish Mbytes/s
Seeing as i have faffed with a number of security features and have wireless cards on each PC do i need to take any extra precautions such as securing the connection between to 2 PCs?
both have windows firewall/ZA firewall
i also seem to be achieving full 1Gbit/s speeds, a 1Gbyte file transfered over at 120ish Mbytes/s
Seeing as i have faffed with a number of security features and have wireless cards on each PC do i need to take any extra precautions such as securing the connection between to 2 PCs?
both have windows firewall/ZA firewall
Ran into another problem, on the other pc, after much searching i found i needed to enable sharing with 'everyone'
So now i have a proper folder mapped as a network drive on both pcs, works flawlessly
With everyone selected does this pose a internet security threat of any kind?
So now i have a proper folder mapped as a network drive on both pcs, works flawlessly
With everyone selected does this pose a internet security threat of any kind?