Georgebaker wrote:
> I' don't know why this end up in networking.wireless
>
> If anyone knows the right name for the group, please tell me and i will move
> the question.
>
> Thanks!
>
> "Georgebaker" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a problem connecting two laptop through a Firewire 400 cable.
>>
>> I have two IBM ThinkPad laptops ( R51 and R52 ) which both have build-in
>> FireWire and i'm trying to connect from one computer to another computer. I
>> have succeed making a Network Bridge on both laptops, but when i'm type in
>> \\MyMachineName to connect to computer no 2, it prompt me with a login to the
>> Guest accout. I type in the password for that account, but it seems it will
>> not accept that password. I know the password is right and no capital letters
>> and so on.
>>
>> I have followed this artichle : Using IEEE 1395 Devices with Windows XP
>> (Creating Network Bridges) -
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...02march25.mspx
>>
>> Any ideas what's wrong ?
>>
>> Any answers are appreciated.
A better group would be microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web
But, as long as you're here ...
Unless you want to connect the two laptops to another network (for
example, as shown in the article you cited, a wireless network), there
is no need to have a network bridge. Delete the bridges you created.
Following adapted from MS-MVP Malke's advice:
If all you want to do is to share files between the two laptops, the
simplest thing to do is to connect the FireWire cable, make sure that
you have all third-party firewalls disabled (preferably uninstalled),
and run the Network Setup Wizard on both laptops, making sure to enable
File & Printer Sharing, and reboot.
The only "gotcha" is that this will turn on the XPSP2 Windows Firewall.
If you aren't running a third-party firewall or have an antivirus with
"Internet Worm Protection" (like Norton 2005/06) which acts as a
firewall, then you're fine. If you have third-party firewall software,
configure it to allow the Local Area Network traffic as trusted.
Because there is no router or other source of handing out IP addresses,
the two FireWire NICs will fall back on the Windows default of using
APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing) and assign IP addresses of the
form 169.254.0.0 - 169.254.255.255. You would then have to identify
this range of IP addresses as "trusted." If I were you, however, I
would go into the Properties of each FireWire NIC and set a static IP
for each of the two computers. For example, use 192.168.1.10 and
192.168.1.15, and use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 for each. Then
explicitly identify the two addresses you set as "trusted."
Note that the "Guest" account is the built-in account named Guest, not
one that you created. It can be "on" or "off" as long as it is not
"disabled." See
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300489
If one or more of the computers is XP Pro:
a. If you need Pro's ability to set fine-grained permissions, turn off
Simple File Sharing (Folder Options>View tab) and create identical user
accounts/passwords on all computers.
b. If you don't care about using Pro's advanced features, leave the
Simple File Sharing enabled.
Simple File Sharing means that Guest (network) is enabled. This means
that anyone without a user account on the target system can use its
resources. This is a security hole but only you can decide if it
matters in your situation.
Then create shares as desired. XP Home does not permit sharing of users'
home directories (My Documents) or Program Files, but you can share
folders inside those directories. A better choice is to simply use the
Shared Documents folder.
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