cold14 Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 I have two computers connected to a netgear router, one with ethernet and the other wirelessly. How can i make it so that i can send files from one computer to the other through the network/router? or do i need a server to do that sort of thing? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C:Amie Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 You need to perform three operations. Firstly you need a working network. As you said you have a router, we can assume that it's dishing out Internet access to both PC's OK, therefore the network addressing is automatic. If not, you need to look into setting that up. Secondly - and we're assuming you're systems are both running Win32 here - , both PC's (ideally) need to be in the same Workgroup. This is setup in the System control panel applet under 2000/XP/2003, or Network applet under 9x/NT4. Lastly, you need to enable file sharing. There is a quick run down of that in the first section of the how-to here: http://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/c/0006.asp. If you are using linux to Windows you need to look into Samba shares, I imagine that would apply to Mac > Windows too, though I'm not the person to advise you over Mac. Then all you do to access the shares is either use My Network Places / Network Neighbourhood or type the UNC path as outlined in the link above (The article is for WinCE, but the process is the same). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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