I have found numerous sites on the web and have even followed the inforamtion provided on the Microsoft website for setting up two computers at home as a network. My only reason for doing this is to tranfer files from one computer to another using share. Unfortunately once I get everything done one computer won’t let me access the other.
Does anyone have a simple step by step guide of how to set up a home network? The only thing I need is to share files between the two computers.
How are the computers connected? Wireless, wired direct or ? The Network setup wizard in the control panel is pretty idiot proof, did you use that? Go to Network Setup and click the Set up Home Network wizard (in the left panel). Did you try turning off any firewalls (including XP FW)?
I maybe wrong on this, but I think you need a ‘cross over’ cable rather than a standard LAN cable to connect two computers together. Try using your printer cable and setting it up that way.
This is odd. The LAN cable should be capable of doing this, we used to link 20 computers together only using a LAN cable, but that was for accessing the internet not sharing files. Setting up a home LAN from what I understand should only take a LAN cable…
I’m using a switch hub to connect the computers together using one internet line. I’ve been using the hub so that my wife and I can use the internet at the same time. This is all I should need to connect them together. I can connect four other computer’s to the the hub.
Agree with what ac_droupout said, a hub is required. Our (small) office has an ADSL connection but the hub actually allows internal networking and makes it possible for all the PCs to access the internet.
Not the LAN cable but the LAN makes it possible - and part of that LAN is a hub, switch or router.
Else how do you connect the 20 computers together because logically you will also have 20 cables!?
As already mentioned you can connect two PCs with a cross-over cable but if you have only one LAN port at each PC you can’t connect the ADSL anymore.
I’m trying to connect 3 pcs using win98SE in English and Chinese so we can share printers/files where possible.
BUT… I’m a complete idiot.
I have an ADSL connection shared through LAN with a wireless router (4 Lan ports). Two pcs are connected via ports, one wirelessly.
How on earth do I get them to work together so we can share resources?
I thought it was just to enable the file sharing options, but apparently that’s not enough. I have set test folders for sharing but that doesn’t work either. What have I forgotten?
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if you are using windows xp disable the built in firewall on your netowrk connection
-if each computer is set up with dsl, your settings might not be set for a local network, basically assign each computer you want to share with an unique address, most asdl shits set the network adapter to an ip address and jsut communicate withthe one the pppoe negotiates, set each ip to 192.168.0.100, then 192.168.0.101, then 102 etc, also set the workgroup name the samewi can barelytype this is so borign to me and im falling asleep wheres the weight gain and spray paint fattys
Direct Cable Introduction - Here’s a site that lets you know about connecting two computers using their ports like a modem, if you’re not ready to connect them for full networking.
I am using a crossover cable to connect my XP’s, but all the experts suggest against it, and it was quite tricky. The advantage of it was that it only costs $200 for the crossover cable. Windows update removed some of the required software (NetBEUI?) from the OS, that you need to reinstall despite the security risk.