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networking via Router and USB network adapter
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| Vivid Boy |
| Okay so i have recently just network my computwer and my brothers. I was wondering, if its possible to share files now to both computers. The sole purpose was just to share the internet but we want to get our full money's worth :) and if so how do i go about doing this. thank you |
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| jon |
| what operating systems are the pc's running? |
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| Vivid Boy |
| my brothers is running on windows 98 and im running windows xp |
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| Matt Jay |
Any folder you want to share just right click on it and got the sharing properties and give it a share name.
you should be able to see the computers in network nieghborhood or my network places. |
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| ô§§|E |
Piece of cake.
My computer -> My network places -> set up and home or small office network -> (now follow the wizard through, make sure both computers are turned on).
btw do this on the XP computer :)
this will work, but u may have some problems, if so post back and i'll try n sort em out. |
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| Vivid Boy |
| alright everything is working fine...i have the internet working on both comps perfectly i just cant share files between eachothwer...ive tried all ur methods nothing works... |
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| jon |
| blame MS, they made networking between different operating systems soo hard, your best bet is to try to set up file sharing on the win98 system first |
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| Matt Jay |
true, if you share a folder on XP that has more than 12 characters for the share name, then 98 won't see it.
do the pc's have their own ip address? |
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| maxstradamus |
I don't think you can share files via router. You need to have both computers connected through a crossover cable.
I could be wrong though... |
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| ô§§|E |
Sorry max, u are wrong, im doing it atm.
btw Vivid boy, why dont you just install XP on the win 98 system, itd make this file sharing thing a LOT easier!
downside is 98 is a lot easier to screw with and u'll lose that, but if you're not into playing around with the OS then id just upgrade the 98 system to a XP one :) |
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| DJAntSmith |
| share the folder you want, give both machines an ip address in the same range, connect them together with either a crossover cable, or standard cat5 network cable if they're going into a router/hub/switch. restart both machines and then browse the other computer for the folder. |
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