TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 OK, I've got two computers. 1 PC running winxp pro, 1 laptop running win2000 pro. Both connect wirelessly to the internet via a netgear router, by a wireless pci card and wireless pcmcia card respectively. Now I want to be able to look at the files on my pc via my laptop and vice versa, maybe some printing too would be nice. What I've done so far is select a folder on my pc that I want to share and selected share this folder. However I still can't see it on my laptop. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. Can someone give me a step by step procedure of how I go about setting up my network. Cheers guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 first of all try in the run box off of start \\[computername]\c$ try it on either machine and see if u can get a folder up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Try browsing to it by IP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 first of all try in the run box off of start \\[computername]\c$ try it on either machine and see if u can get a folder up OK now bear with me.... I typed in \\[laptop]\c$ and got an error message telling me the network path wasn't found. I tried it on my laptop and it asked me for a network password. I typed in my login and my password but it didn't accept it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Try browsing to it by IP In lay-man's terms that's done how exactly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 OK now bear with me.... I typed in \\[laptop]\c$ and got an error message telling me the network path wasn't found. I tried it on my laptop and it asked me for a network password. I typed in my login and my password but it didn't accept it. i had this problem when 1 pc was win2000 so i made it XP and now i dont have the problem. Is the laptop called laptop, (can be found by doing right click on my computer choosing properties, under Tab network identification will tell you PC name) if so should read \\laptop\c$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 In lay-man's terms that's done how exactly? Start>run then type cmd and press return... you should get a dos box. Now type IPCONFIG and press return. Should return, amongst other things, an IP address. Now go to the other machine and browse to \\IPADDRESS\c$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Ahh unfortunately my lap-top isn't man-ly enough to run winxp. (No drivers for the graphics or sound available on xp) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Start>run then type cmd and press return... you should get a dos box. Now type IPCONFIG and press return. Should return, amongst other things, an IP address. Now go to the other machine and browse to \\IPADDRESS\c$ When I type that a dos window opens, and instantly closes. I think I have the IP address'. Not sure. My netgear gatway is 192.168.0.1 I think my pc is 192.168.0.2 and my laptop 192.168.0.5 Does that sound about right? If so I get the same results as above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 in run type cmd then type otherstuff in dos window that appears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 OK so I typed that in on both and got the following:- PC Connection-specific DNS suffix: IP Address:192.16.0.2 Subnet mask:255.255.255.0 Default Gateway:192.168.0.1 laptop Connection-specific DNS suffix: IP Address:192.16.0.5 Subnet mask:255.255.255.0 Default Gateway:192.168.0.1 So when I type the IP address in the other computer, it says:- ie on my laptop:- Firefox can't find the file at ///192.168.0.2/c$. (I browse using firefox, shouldn't be a problem should it?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 go back to cmd on the pc and type "ping 192.16.0.5" and tell me what it says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Request timed out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 I just tried it the other way (Laptop to PC) and got the following:- pinging 192.168.0.2 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 192.168.0.2 Packets: sent =4, received = 4, lost = 0 (0% loss) Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: minimum = 1ms, maximum = 3ms, average = 1ms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Rendar Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Are you sure you're pinging the correct IP address. You've mentioned both 192.168.0.5 and 192.16.0.5. The first one is more 'standard'. Also, if you're trying to browse one machine from the other using 'My Network Places', the chances are it's not working because you may have to enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP first. (It works differently if you simply try to map a network drive or access it from the command line, as described already.) When you go to "Browse the Network" / "My Network Places", you are using the browser service. Unfortunately, the browser service uses NetBIOS over TCP/IP. So, you need to check NetBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled. Bring up your Network Connections. Open the "Local Area Connection" that you are having trouble with... (not the one connected to the Internet). Open Properties. Double click on "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)" in the list. Under the General tab, click Advanced. Click on the WINS tab and then check the box "Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP". That's it. While you're at it, check the Computer Browser service is running. Go Start -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Services. Make sure the "Computer Browser" service is started and set to Automatic. With any luck, this will allow you to browse machines in the Workgroup and should also resolve your file sharing problems. Also, what firewalls are you running? It might be a good idea to disable them just while you're trying to diagnose the problem. Note: I'm not advocating turning firewalls off for more than a few minutes!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Rendar Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 If you can ping one way but not the other, then this suggests a firewall issue. But check your IP addresses first! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Righto I can connect from my pc to my laptop now. Nice one But I can't go from my laptop to my pc It was 192.168.0.5 the other one was a typo when I was writing it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Are both machines in the same workgroup ? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Are both machines in the same workgroup ? Mike to check that, thats from the network ID tab i said in earlier post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 When you browse to your PC do you get a password request or complete failure? can you ping your PC from your laptop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Rendar Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I just tried it the other way (Laptop to PC) and got the following:- pinging 192.168.0.2 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 192.168.0.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Looks like the ping is okay. So probably an authentication problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Are both machines in the same workgroup ? Mike They weren't. I've just run the network ID wizard on both so they are both part of the "workgroup" workgroup. (The PC was on a workgroup called "home") Now I can still see my laptop from my pc, but when I type in the IP of my pc on my laptop it now says "the connection has timed out" However I can still ping the IP address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Rendar Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 What are you typing exactly? What's the name of the folder you've shared on the PC? Let's say you've shared it as 'myshare'... From the command line on the laptop, type dir \\192.168.0.2\myshare See what you get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLicense Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Wa-hay! Got it working. Not sure how, but now I can see both ways. Even on explorer which is what I wanted to do! Cheers guys! One last question. How do I change from just seeing the IP address to seeing the actual names of the computers? (My girlfriend will be using this and she's even more computer clue-less than me!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 What's the names and IP's of both machines? You'll be needing a hosts file Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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