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Bridging a Wifi to wired connection
Name: gort Date: July 25, 2005 at 07:56:25 Pacific OS: win xp pro CPU/Ram: 1700+amd/256mb
Comment:
hey guys i have a question, look at this post, i put it in the win xp forum but i think it should be here.
Name: adminpower Date: July 25, 2005 at 15:42:58 Pacific
Reply:
I'm sorry to say that using the regular windows utility won't really do what you want to anyway depending on what computer is acting as your bridge. If you use a computer with windows xp pro as the bridge it should be able to be on the network and view files. But a windows xp home or probably 98 won't be able to see any of the other computer's files. You can only map drives. Here is a link that may help you.
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