Not sure if this is the right forum for this sort of chit chat but just brought a new laptop, got my router setup, and i'm able to share the internet connection, but should i be able to do file sharing from PC to laptop? I'd like to be able to get all my music etc, onto my laptop, but how do i go about it???? Running Windows XP so any experts like to give me some advice on how to do this id be grateful
Normally works right away using the network wizards. And then, of course, don't forget to actually right click those folders you want to share and then 'share' them. Forgot that myself once or twice
hehe, wierd i can share the connection, but when adding a network place which im geussing i have to do, it doesnt work..
You don't have to set up a network place necessarily. On both machines go My PC > right click -> properties -> Computer name and make sure both have the exact same Workgroup name (MSHOME it defaults to I believe). If that's not OK, run the wizards again and look out for when they ask for that part. If it's OK go to Explorer, not IE and not the 'Browse' one, but the one where the folders are in the left column in a tree. There you;ll see Network. Expand it. Then expand Entire Network. Then expand Microsoft Windows Network. Then expand whatever you called your Workgroup. That when you should see all PCs that are connected. Click on any of them and you'd normally see their shared folder, printers etc.
Ah wicked! Got it, it was along those lines of what you said, and some random buttons here and there Thanks
Next time, go Mac or Linux for some command line fun (actually it all works like Win on *nix too nowadays - I can highly recommend Ubuntu if you ever get bored of Bill's shit)
lol, im no good atall on Linux, can do basic chowns and the chmod lol on my server and thats about it!