remote access

Hi i have two computers, one a laptop and the other a tower. Both have xp with remote access listed under communication. I dont know how to access. I would like to send documents from my laptop to the upstairs computer that has a printer. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks for reposting here N84Christ, I don't think the powers at Major Geeks want problems posted in the "Shout Box" (Not sure on this, and have sent a PM to M.A. to confirm).

To your question, do both units have a "Wireless Card" or are you going to "Hard wire" them through a router, with your printer?

 

the laptop has a wireless card the tower has a wireless router (lynksys) hook up to it.sorry about the shout box abuse.

 

Okay, I would say the first step is to verify connectivity between the devices and the router. Here's how on each computer:

1. Hit windows key + r (or click Start --> Run)
2. Type 'cmd' (without the quotes)
3. At the command prompt, type "ping ip-of-router" (without the quotes)
4. Press enter

Where ip-of-router is the network address of your router. This will cause the computer to attempt to "talk" with the router. If you recieve replies, then we have confirmed connectivity.

 

my laptop is taking the signal out of the air.my tower is connected to a wireless router. there are no interconnect wires

 

it said ping could not find name of host

 

What did you use for ip-of-router?

 

the router that is with the tower i will go ping it and find the address be right back

 

niether computer have name of host

 

what did you mean "what did i use for ip-of-router

 

When you issue the ping command, you have to specify a device to ping. Your router will have an IP address (ours, for example, is 192.168.0.1 ) in a format like this. You do not literally use ip-of-router, instead, substitue the network (IP) address of the router. For a thorough explanation of IP addresses, please see this link. This should clarify. (You know what they say about teaching a man to fish)

Alternatively, If you were to post the make and model of your router, we can find the manual, which will tell us the default IP, as well as whether the router doubles as a DHCP server.

 

hello now i understand what you meant by ip-of-router i ping it and got a message of pinging 192.168.1.51 with 32 bytes