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can't get home network to work
today i tried to set up a home network between my desk top and a notebook. the desktop has a pci ethernet card and the laptop has one inbuilt. the desktop is running xp home and the notebook's got xp pro. i just wanted to do an ad hoc setup for transfering files.
i used the network setup wizzard and every thing the help notes told me but i get a message saying there is limited or no conectivity.
however i set both computers to file and printer sharing, but the desktop can access the files on the notebook but not the other way round.
:base: wtf is goin on
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Windows (or other) Firewall settings on the desktop?
-Lee
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Also make sure they're both in the same workgroup.
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yeh i had the firewalls on both pc's off and they are in the same work group.
does it matter that the desktop has 5 user accounts and the notebook has 2.
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Nope
And try manually setting the ip address by entering your isp's ip address into the browser bar were you type the internet websites. Change one computer to 192.168.1.100 and the other one 192.168.1.101 . Maybe update the firmware to just to be sure.
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How do i set the ip adress of the comp
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thanx **** loads mate i figured it out it works now
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now how do i set it so that each of the computer in the network have full access to each other
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now how do i set it so that each of the computer in the network have full access to each other
You need to enable File and Printer sharing...
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yeah i done that but when i try to access the files it says the administrator has to set some permissions