On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:02:41 +0100, Slaphead wrote:
> I am new to networking so any help will be appreciated. I want to connect my
> laptop PC, (wireless network enabled) with my desktop PC. My desktop has no
> free PCI slots so I have purchased a Linksys wireless USB network adaptor,
> attached it to my machine and installed the software. I have name my
> computers MIKES-PC and MIKES-LAPTOP and both are running Windows XP. I have
> run the Microsoft network wizard on both and have shared some folders on the
> desktop. It looks like the machines are talking to each other because when I
> look at the wireless network properties on my desktop it says connected and
> shows the name of the laptop (MIKES-LAPTOP). However, when I try to connect
> the laptop to the shared folders on the desktop I can't find them.
>
> I obviously haven't set everything up that I need to but I don't know what
> I've missed. Can anyone give me some clues or a walkthrough of how I should
> have set them up would be useful..
>
> Cheers
>
> mike
Sounds like your workgroup names are not the same on each machine. This is
not essential but it does help for the computers to 'find' each other.
It can take a while for the machines to populate the the 'My network
places' If you leave them connected it will eventually show the other
machine.
You can actually force a connection by mapping a drive from the command
prompt by using the 'NET USE' command. To map the X: drive on the laptop
to a share on the desktop:
NET USE X: \\MIKES-PC\share-name
Hope this helps, graham
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