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Name: lund
Date: July 19, 2004 at 02:47:52 Pacific
OS: Windowsxp home
CPU/Ram: 2.8 mhz/512mb
Comment:

hi there,
recently i bought a laptop and want to transfer some of the files from my desktop to the laptop. both the computers have network card and i have crossover cable as well.

can anyone please tell me how to set the computers to trasnfer files?

cheers!



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Name: Curt R
Date: July 19, 2004 at 05:09:39 Pacific
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Apply static IP addresses to both. Give one the following TCP/IP info:
IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Give the other the following info:
IP Address: 192.168.0.2
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Make sure they use the same workgroup name and have unique host (computer) names.


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