Re: Connecting two PCs w/o Internet access

1. Hit START.
2. Hit HELP.
3. Enter WORKGROUP.
4. Hit LIST TOPICS.
5. Highlight CREATE A PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK.
6. Hit DISPLAY.
7. READ AND DO EXACTLY WHAT THE RELIABLE STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL SAYS.

For what it's worth (you may know all this already):

A workgroup is a peer-to-peer network, a form of LAN. This means that there is no heirarchy, no central control really; the member PCs interoperate in ad hoc fashion - they actually hold elections to see who's in charge right now. Like small boys throwing dice to see who's IT when the game starts.

To share resources - say, partitions, directories, or individual files - those resources must be set as "shared" at the PC where they reside. A shared partition shares all its contents; a shared directory shares all its subdirs and files, and so on.

For some years now I have shared partitions on my 4-machine workgroup LAN. I run extensive backups of numerous large files daily. The LAN has run on a succession of different media, and as PCs aged they were replaced, all without a hiccup. Last year I put the workgroup on wireless, and now all 4 machines in 2 buildings have connectivity not only to each other but also thru an integrated cablemodem to the web. Very handy for me, but more than it seems you want right now.

ATK31 wrote:

Dan Seur,

Your statement "Many many tutorials have been written on this" is the ultimate "good answer" to ANY question posted here, isn't it?











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What you need to accomplish your 2-PC file transfer is a setup called a Windows Workgroup.

This requires an 'ethernet-type' networking card in each machine, and an ethernet cable between the two cards.

All necessary software is included in W2k. You may have to use the 'Add/Remove Programs' control panel applet with the W2k CD to install some networking software you may not have installed originally. Don't try to do that until you've installed the hardware (below).

Many many tutorials have been written on this. W2k "Help" has the info you need, too.

Install and connect the cards/cable first if your PCs are not already so equipped. (Some newer PCs have the network card built into the mainboard.)

Then do what the tutorial you found in Help or by Googling for windows workgroup (which you printed, of course) instructs you to do.

ATK31 wrote:


I am looking for RELIABLE instructions for connecting two PC running WINDOWS-2000.

The PCs have a network-card and are connected by a cable.

The connection is only for occasional file-transfer between the PCs and no access to the Internet is required.

Thank you.




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