wireless interent

[BENSAX3]

if you are confident with wireless i8nternet and could tell me how to share files could you please pm me
cheers

[BENSAX3]

cummon i need help:bump:

[Dan]

What kind of files you wanting to share?

[BENSAX3]

my documents, i dont know how to set it up, i have tried google i also want ot share a printer please help i will rep

[LittleDude101]

I didnt think you could do this via wireless internet... I thought you needed to start a LAN...

I could also be talking bollocks

[argylefan1985]

do you want to share files over your homes wireless conection do you mean? or share them online but youve got wireless internet at yours.

[BENSAX3]

i have got the interent sorted i can recieve the internet via wireless is that lan

[BENSAX3]

i want to share file in my house with wireless. i want my compuuter up staires to be able to access files downstaires via wireless

[LittleDude101]

Have you only got a reciever connected to the modem?

[furiomike]

do you have a modem plugged into the phone lines and a wireless router as well (which may be part of the same thing) and your coputer connects wirelessly to that?

to share a folder, right click on it, properties, sharing tab, tick 'share this folder'. something like that.

[BENSAX3]

i have a router, modem, reicever (several) and i have tried right clicking and then shearing but i still havn't got anything. i was told i have to do something to the ip addresses and get the computers to rewcognise each other

[LittleDude101]

go to my computer, into the contol panel, then network connections, right click local area connection and click enable

see if that works

[Clouds_mate]

Lots of incorrect advise been given already ;) lol


Right click the folder. Properties > Sharing > Share this folder on this network. Then enter a share name Example....Documents$

then if your machine are both connected to the same workgroup (doubt it will be domain) go onto the other machine where the folder arnt and do this...


Start > Run > \\ipaddress\sharename

Ipaddress - here enter the Ip of the machine that the documents are on.
Sharename - here enter the name that you enetered for the share name on the other machine..

Example...


\\192.168.0.2\documents$

[BENSAX3]

i tried that and i think it is enabled as it only has diaable. it has a red cross on it though presuming that it is not connected

[Clouds_mate]

go to my computer, into the contol panel, then network connections, right click local area connection and click enable

see if that works


his connection will already be enabled if he has internet. Thats just to enable the network card on the machine. Nothing to do with file sharing.

[devilsadvocate]

Yer thats right. You need to setup a wireless internet. Look for the wirless internet symbol by your clock, right click it and select 'View Available wirless networks'. If you havent set one up try going into control panel and there should be an icon saying 'Wireless network setup wizard'. Once you have done this on one machine you need to do it on the second machine (Both the wirless network names have to be the same on both machines obviously).

You may need to set both wirless cards to 'Ad Hoc' mode. You can do this by calling up the Properties of the wirless adapter, going to the wirless network tab, selecting advanced and clicking the option for 'Computer to Computer ( Ad Hoc networks only). Try doing a google search for 'Ad Hoc Wirless networks'.

Hope this helps

[BENSAX3]

thanks lekie how do i find out the ip address and can i call it anything

[Clouds_mate]

i have a router, modem, reicever (several) and i have tried right clicking and then shearing but i still havn't got anything. i was told i have to do something to the ip addresses and get the computers to rewcognise each other

they both need to be on the same workgroup.

[BENSAX3]

thanks for the inmput lauriedatlen but the internet is already working

[Clouds_mate]

thanks lekie how do i find out the ip address and can i call it anything



Start>run>CMD then click OK> then type ipconfig then press enter

[BENSAX3]

work group??

[Clouds_mate]

I think some people are getting Internet and the Network a little mixed up ;)

[Clouds_mate]

work group??

Right click my computer and go to name

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a336/DannyBoyLeckie/09%20PC%20Related/Screen%20Shots/untitledMedium.jpg

there you can see the workgroup name. Make sure both are on the same.

[BENSAX3]

ok tying it now

[devilsadvocate]

Im a bit confused here. How do you access the internet, is it via a usb modem or a router?. If its a USB modem you need to setup the Ac Hoc wireless internet as described above. If you have a wirless router you just need to tell machine which folders/files you want to share. You can do this by right clicking them going to the sharing tab and selecting the option to share them. You dont need to worry about IP addresses ect if you have a working wirless router becuase your router will have assigned one to your machine already.

[BENSAX3]

i have the internet working

[BENSAX3]

just re read the post i will try what leckie said but thanks i will rep you lauriedatlen

[Clouds_mate]

once you know both on the same group you could map it as a network drive.

open my computer.

tools>map network drive

Select a drive letter (any it odesnt matter)

The for the folder type it for the example of before...

\\192.168.0.2\documents$

then that will show the folder of the other machine as a network drive under my computer ;)

[devilsadvocate]

Cheers. Wirless networks are a nightmare mate. We have one and it goes down every week. Im a computer engineer for Kent County Council and wirless networks drive me insain. I use Google most of the time to find the info i need. Im working on a website right now which shows the solutions for almost every PC problem you can think of. Will take another year or so to complete bcuase i do it in my free time. Will let ppl know when its done.

[VTaaRon]

easiest thing to do is to set up 2 hotmail accounts (emails) then open messenger on both comps and create a share file through messenger then you can access all files in the folder from both comps easy as pie