wireless file sharing

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by eagerinsight, Aug 15, 2005.

  1. eagerinsight

    eagerinsight Private E-2

    I'm trying to set up a wireless file sharing network between all my home computers. Isn't there a way to set it up so all my computers can share files wirelessly? I have no idea where to start, I tried to follow Microsoft's guide but got lost, does anyone know of any easy explanations?
     
  2. kjanz

    kjanz Corporal

    right click 'c' icon in control panel,

    click on sharing/security

    enable sharing there.

    do same with documents folder
     
  3. cat5e

    cat5e MajorGeek

  4. goldfish

    goldfish Lt. Sushi.DC

    Akkk, why does everyone keep recommending to share the root of the C drive? :confused: In any case, you can get into it without even sharing it. Windows is like that, providing you know the admin password. \\IP.address.here\C$
    e.g. \\192.168.0.2\C$
    You'll get a password prompt, enter your credentials and you're in. No need to "share" the drive. It's a handy feature, especially when using terminal services connections I've found. It's also a security risk. Sharing the drive without even asking for a password is just stupid.

    And there is a "Shared Documents" folder for a reason. To Share your documents. Put stuff in there you want to share with the network, and go to..
    \\192.168.x.x\Shared
    and you'll get the contents of the shared folder.

    Anyway, read the guide cat5e posted... personally I'd rather use TCP/IP but NetBEUI works and is quite easy.
     

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