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simple networking question
Name: expiredcheetos Date: March 16, 2004 at 12:45:00 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: 768
Comment:
I networked my computers to have internet, now how do i share the files? I have the linksys 4-port router (BEFSR41).
Name: blin Date: March 16, 2004 at 15:28:18 Pacific
Reply:
quoted from http://www.ms-mvps.com/
How to setup home or peer-to-peer network
If all of the computers in a peer-to-peer workgroup don't have a common networking protocol, a common workgroup, and common user names and passwords, the computers may experience a difficulty to communicate with other computers that are running Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows 95, or Microsoft Windows 98. To resolve this issue, configure the computers by ensuring that they have a common networking protocol (TCP/IP), a common workgroup, and common user names and passwords. Also make sure enable File and Printer Sharing is installed.
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Response Number 2
Name: expiredcheetos Date: March 16, 2004 at 15:53:14 Pacific
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I mean, can you go into detail? On each computer there is a picture of a hand under the shared documents folder, but when i put a file in that folder on one comp, its not in the folder on anothe comp.
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Response Number 3
Name: wanderer Date: March 16, 2004 at 16:13:09 Pacific
Reply:
You need to review what networking is about.
When you share a folder and its file contents you are announcing to the world that these are here and to come get them.
You have assumed a link is created between two shared folders on two different machines. It does not work like that.
Review these topics;
File sharing and how to access from a remote pc. mapping a drive letter to a file share from a remote pc
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Response Number 4
Name: rick Date: March 17, 2004 at 13:35:11 Pacific
Reply:
sounds like what you want to do is map a shared folder.
it's basiclly a shortcut to the folder that has the shared files in it.
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