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Using Shared Documents

ApolloTreatingYouApolloTreatingYou __BANNED USERS regular
edited November 2006 in Help / Advice Forum
My brother brought his computer over today and we are trying to transfer some files from mine to his. We have connected our two computers but we can't seem to get the shared documents folder to work correctly. It seems we need to create a network or something but I have no idea how to do this. Can anyone help me out?

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  • ApolloTreatingYouApolloTreatingYou __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2006
    Bumping.

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    how are you connecting them?

    Directly?

    Computer>Ethernet Cable<Computer

    Through a Router/switch?

    Computer>Ethernet Cable>Router/Switch<Ethernet Cable<Computer

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  • robaalrobaal Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    To check if the computers see each other:
    go to start->run->cmd and type ipconfig on of the PCs, note the IP.
    Go to the other computer and go to start->run->ping <the other PCs IP>.

    If it times-out then the computers don't see each other.

    Computer>Ethernet Cable<Computer

    You need a special cable for this to work - a crossover cable. If you have a crimping tool you can make one yourself - it only differs in the order of the wires:

    http://www.ertyu.org/steven_nikkel/ethernetcables.html


    eidt: If you're already using a crossover cable then you probably have to assign IPs manually - go to the properties of the connection -> TCP/IP properties and select manual or whatever it's called. Type in something like 192.168.0.6 for the first one and 192.168.0.66 for the second one (they must have the same first three numbers to see each other).

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  • ApolloTreatingYouApolloTreatingYou __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2006
    Well I don't know if we have a crossover cable, but we are connected Computer->ethernet>Computer. But we are also using the same routher to connect to the internet, which is working fine.

    Is there a way to just create a network so I can put stuff in the shared folder. Like just create a windows network?

    Edit: I just tried to ping it and they didn't see eachother.

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  • ApolloTreatingYouApolloTreatingYou __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2006
    bumping

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Are they both XP machines?

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Sorry I didn't see your reply earlier,

    Ok, so both computers are connected to a router or one is connected to the router and the other computer? choose either a or b:

    setup A:

    Internet>Router-->Computer1
    ..................|
    >Computer2

    setup B:

    Internet>Router>Computer1>Computer2

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  • ApolloTreatingYouApolloTreatingYou __BANNED USERS regular
    edited November 2006
    Setup A I guess. We are both plugged into a router, that is connected to the internet.

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  • unilateralunilateral Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    If you are both in the same workgroup, you should be able to see each other in network places. Then you can just drag the files. Thats what I do.

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  • blincolnblincoln Registered User regular
    edited November 2006
    Since the machines can't ping each other, it sounds like something along these lines:

    - The router isn't set up to route between machines that are both on the internal network.
    - There is a firewall rule on the router preventing NetBIOS communication.
    - The Windows firewall is getting in the way.

    What are the IP addresses of the machines, when you run ipconfig on them?

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