Paul D <tony_nospam_ @highbury_spam_no_no.com> declared for all the
world to hear...
> On Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:51:37 +0100, Jon Parker
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Paul D <tony_nospam_ @highbury_spam_no_no.com> declared for all the
> >world to hear...
> >> I have a PC, running Win ME, with a LAN Card connected to the Wanadoo
> >> box via an ethernet cable.
> >>
> >> I have a laptop, running Win XP, that is connected to the Wanadoo box
> >> via an internal wireless adaptor.
> >>
> >> How can I set-up file & printer sharing between the two machines?
> >
> >On the XP machine, right-click the drive/folder/printer you want to
> >share and click "sharing"
> >
> >On the ME machine the principle is the same but you first have to enable
> >file and printer sharing by right-clicking network neighbourhood, click
> >properties, then click file and printer sharing.
>
> OK. Once I have done this how and where will I view the shared
> folders/drives on each machine?
For file sharing to work you also must make both computers members of
the same workgroup and they must be on the same IP/subnet mask, eg XP
machine as 192.168.1.2 subnet 255.255.255.0 and ME machine as
192.168.1.3 subnet 255.255.255.0
XP> My Network places (but will also show in any explorer window)
ME> Network Neighbourhood.
For ease of navigation and depending on how your hard drives are
partitioned, I would be inclined to map drives on the secondary machine
(machine you use less) onto the primary machine and assign a high drive
letter eg T:, S: etc. (From explorer window on the XP machine choose
tools > map network drive.
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Regards
Jon
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