Re: Desktop / Laptop Network
From: BAR (BAR_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/23/05
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Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:17:03 -0800
Did you enable File and Print Sharing on both?
Did you disable the firewall on both [if there is one on the internet
connection - such as a router or perhaps one on the cable modem]?
"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:
> In article <915C76F2-DAC7-4B59-AA7F-EF0A4854A4FF@microsoft.com>,
> jsb932 <jsb932@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >I have a desktop and a laptop running windows xp .
> >Both are ethernet to a hub
> >Both PC get out to the web.
> >Desk and Lap both have the same workgroup name (miller)
> >PC names are jdesk and jlaptop
> >PC's can see olny themselves as I try to map network drive,
> >they cannot see each other.
> >What is the procedure so they can see each other so I can swap files...
>
> Please reply to this message in the news group (not by E-mail) with
> more information to help other people understand the problem.
>
> Does your network use a hub or a router? That makes a big difference
> in how the computers should be set up to see each other.
>
> What type of Internet connection do you have -- cable modem, DSL,
> something else? How does it connect to the network?
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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