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05/10/2004 08:20 PM
~BlaZe~ Member Posts: 32 Joined: 04/24/2004	Hi there. Ive got a wireless G network in my house conected to 2 computers. 1 is my desktop and 1 is my laptop. I want to make the hard disk from my desktop accesible to the laptop as a nerwork drive. how do i do this???? ------------------------- Desktop PC CPU: Athlon64 3200+ Cooler: ThermalTake SilentBoost K8 \| Case: ThermalTake Xaser III \| Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 PRO \| RAM: 1GB DDR400 PC3200 \| HDD: 610GB(250GBB SATA 8MB Times 2, 40GB IDE, 20GB IDE)\| Graphics Card: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB \| PSU: 550W JouJou \| DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professional Laptop (Acer 1501Lce) CPU: Athlon64 3000+ \| RAM:512MB DDR333 \| HDD: 40GB \| Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 \| DVD/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professiona
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05/10/2004 08:22 PM
Stix Linux Ninja Posts: 4617 Joined: 03/01/2004	Run the networking wizard and right click on the drive you want to share and enable sharing. If using firewall make sure you open a port so you can access it and also TURN ON WEP if your gonna share a drives contents.
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05/10/2004 08:23 PM
merlin371 Alpha Geek Posts: 2985 Joined: 02/24/2004	right click on the drive select sharing tab and then click on the "if you understand the risk... blah blah blah" then check the box share this folder on the network, and if you want to be able to write from the laptop to the computer just chech the "allow network users to change my files"
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05/10/2004 08:30 PM
~BlaZe~ Member Posts: 32 Joined: 04/24/2004	i forgot to mention that i am running xp pro and i have already right clicked and shared but it wont show up on the laptop. do i have to run the networking wizard for this to work because i did that yesterday onach machine and put them in the same workgroup and the wizard created a network bridge on my laptop which made it try to connect to the net via its inbuilt 56k modem so i had 2 do a system restore. it also created a network bridge on my desktop but it was unafected so i deleted the bridge. any more suggestions please? ------------------------- Desktop PC CPU: Athlon64 3200+ Cooler: ThermalTake SilentBoost K8 \| Case: ThermalTake Xaser III \| Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 PRO \| RAM: 1GB DDR400 PC3200 \| HDD: 610GB(250GBB SATA 8MB Times 2, 40GB IDE, 20GB IDE)\| Graphics Card: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB \| PSU: 550W JouJou \| DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professional Laptop (Acer 1501Lce) CPU: Athlon64 3000+ \| RAM:512MB DDR333 \| HDD: 40GB \| Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 \| DVD/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professiona
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05/10/2004 08:32 PM
merlin371 Alpha Geek Posts: 2985 Joined: 02/24/2004	try and check the Ip address cause it has to be on the same range, what i mean is if the IP address on the laptop is 192.168.0.3 on the computer you have to have an ip addres with 192.168.0 so it could be 192.168.0.3 for the laptop and 192.168.0.4 for the PC
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05/10/2004 08:34 PM
~BlaZe~ Member Posts: 32 Joined: 04/24/2004	QUOTE (merlin371 @ May 11 2004, 01:32 AM) try and check the Ip address cause it has to be on the same range, what i mean is if the IP address on the laptop is 192.168.0.3 on the computer you have to have an ip addres with 192.168.0 so it could be 192.168.0.3 for the laptop and 192.168.0.4 for the PC WHAT A SUPERB GUESS MERLIN LOL! OMG! 192.168.0.3 IS MY EXACT LAPTOP IP ADDRESS!!!! and they are on the same range. my desktop is 0.2 ------------------------- Desktop PC CPU: Athlon64 3200+ Cooler: ThermalTake SilentBoost K8 \| Case: ThermalTake Xaser III \| Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 PRO \| RAM: 1GB DDR400 PC3200 \| HDD: 610GB(250GBB SATA 8MB Times 2, 40GB IDE, 20GB IDE)\| Graphics Card: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB \| PSU: 550W JouJou \| DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professional Laptop (Acer 1501Lce) CPU: Athlon64 3000+ \| RAM:512MB DDR333 \| HDD: 40GB \| Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 \| DVD/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professiona
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05/10/2004 08:35 PM
Stix Linux Ninja Posts: 4617 Joined: 03/01/2004	If that happens just delete and break the bridge no need for system restore. And yes you do have to run the netwrok wizard on both machines in order for it to work. Are you running a firewall?
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05/10/2004 08:35 PM
~BlaZe~ Member Posts: 32 Joined: 04/24/2004	QUOTE (Stix @ May 11 2004, 01:22 AM) Run the networking wizard and right click on the drive you want to share and enable sharing. If using firewall make sure you open a port so you can access it and also TURN ON WEP if your gonna share a drives contents. 256bit wep was the first thing i setup when i got my router dont want to get arressted now do i? ------------------------- Desktop PC CPU: Athlon64 3200+ Cooler: ThermalTake SilentBoost K8 \| Case: ThermalTake Xaser III \| Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 PRO \| RAM: 1GB DDR400 PC3200 \| HDD: 610GB(250GBB SATA 8MB Times 2, 40GB IDE, 20GB IDE)\| Graphics Card: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB \| PSU: 550W JouJou \| DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professional Laptop (Acer 1501Lce) CPU: Athlon64 3000+ \| RAM:512MB DDR333 \| HDD: 40GB \| Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 \| DVD/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professiona
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05/10/2004 08:36 PM
Stix Linux Ninja Posts: 4617 Joined: 03/01/2004	QUOTE (~BlaZe~ @ May 10 2004, 04:35 PM) 256bit wep was the first thing i setup when i got my router dont want to get arressted now do i? Hmm what ya got on that drive you would get aressted for
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05/10/2004 08:39 PM
~BlaZe~ Member Posts: 32 Joined: 04/24/2004	QUOTE (Stix @ May 11 2004, 01:35 AM) If that happens just delete and break the bridge no need for system restore. And yes you do have to run the netwrok wizard on both machines in order for it to work. Are you running a firewall? yes norton internet security 2004 pro on both machines but thats not interferin. ok i will try but i doubt it will work. i did delete the bridge but it still kept usin 56k. fanx 4 advice ------------------------- Desktop PC CPU: Athlon64 3200+ Cooler: ThermalTake SilentBoost K8 \| Case: ThermalTake Xaser III \| Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 PRO \| RAM: 1GB DDR400 PC3200 \| HDD: 610GB(250GBB SATA 8MB Times 2, 40GB IDE, 20GB IDE)\| Graphics Card: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB \| PSU: 550W JouJou \| DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professional Laptop (Acer 1501Lce) CPU: Athlon64 3000+ \| RAM:512MB DDR333 \| HDD: 40GB \| Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 \| DVD/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professiona
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05/10/2004 08:40 PM
merlin371 Alpha Geek Posts: 2985 Joined: 02/24/2004	128bits it's all you need even less 256-bit will only slow the network down
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05/10/2004 08:41 PM
~BlaZe~ Member Posts: 32 Joined: 04/24/2004	QUOTE (merlin371 @ May 11 2004, 01:40 AM) 128bits it's all you need even less 256-bit will only slow the network down ok. but i need my security more than speed. any more clues to get this working anyone please? ------------------------- Desktop PC CPU: Athlon64 3200+ Cooler: ThermalTake SilentBoost K8 \| Case: ThermalTake Xaser III \| Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 PRO \| RAM: 1GB DDR400 PC3200 \| HDD: 610GB(250GBB SATA 8MB Times 2, 40GB IDE, 20GB IDE)\| Graphics Card: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB \| PSU: 550W JouJou \| DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professional Laptop (Acer 1501Lce) CPU: Athlon64 3000+ \| RAM:512MB DDR333 \| HDD: 40GB \| Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 \| DVD/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professiona
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05/10/2004 08:43 PM
merlin371 Alpha Geek Posts: 2985 Joined: 02/24/2004	right best thing now try and ping the laptop from the pc and the pc from the latop to do that go to start then run type in "cmd" and on the prompt type in ping 192.168.0.X x is the last number which would be 3 for the laptop and 2 for the PC see if that works
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05/10/2004 08:48 PM
~BlaZe~ Member Posts: 32 Joined: 04/24/2004	QUOTE (merlin371 @ May 11 2004, 01:43 AM) right best thing now try and ping the laptop from the pc and the pc from the latop to do that go to start then run type in "cmd" and on the prompt type in ping 192.168.0.X x is the last number which would be 3 for the laptop and 2 for the PC see if that works request times out. thats odd. well i host lan gamea and those are ok with the connectivity between to 2 machines, and im currently controlling the desktop (0.2) with the laptop using remote administrator so the connectivity is there, but i cant ping it. something is wrong here ------------------------- Desktop PC CPU: Athlon64 3200+ Cooler: ThermalTake SilentBoost K8 \| Case: ThermalTake Xaser III \| Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 PRO \| RAM: 1GB DDR400 PC3200 \| HDD: 610GB(250GBB SATA 8MB Times 2, 40GB IDE, 20GB IDE)\| Graphics Card: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB \| PSU: 550W JouJou \| DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professional Laptop (Acer 1501Lce) CPU: Athlon64 3000+ \| RAM:512MB DDR333 \| HDD: 40GB \| Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 \| DVD/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professiona
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05/10/2004 08:49 PM
merlin371 Alpha Geek Posts: 2985 Joined: 02/24/2004	try disable all of the firewall on both machines
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05/10/2004 08:54 PM
Stix Linux Ninja Posts: 4617 Joined: 03/01/2004	QUOTE (merlin371 @ May 10 2004, 04:49 PM) try disable all of the firewall on both machines I been saying that lol
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05/10/2004 08:54 PM
~BlaZe~ Member Posts: 32 Joined: 04/24/2004	THANKS MAN. PING PROBLEM SOLVED now let me edit firewall settings to see why it was blocking the pinging ------------------------- Desktop PC CPU: Athlon64 3200+ Cooler: ThermalTake SilentBoost K8 \| Case: ThermalTake Xaser III \| Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 PRO \| RAM: 1GB DDR400 PC3200 \| HDD: 610GB(250GBB SATA 8MB Times 2, 40GB IDE, 20GB IDE)\| Graphics Card: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB \| PSU: 550W JouJou \| DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professional Laptop (Acer 1501Lce) CPU: Athlon64 3000+ \| RAM:512MB DDR333 \| HDD: 40GB \| Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 \| DVD/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professiona
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05/10/2004 09:00 PM
~BlaZe~ Member Posts: 32 Joined: 04/24/2004	ok i fixed that problem. i can now ping them with norton turned on. i had to add some ip ranges to the trusted networking zone ------------------------- Desktop PC CPU: Athlon64 3200+ Cooler: ThermalTake SilentBoost K8 \| Case: ThermalTake Xaser III \| Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 PRO \| RAM: 1GB DDR400 PC3200 \| HDD: 610GB(250GBB SATA 8MB Times 2, 40GB IDE, 20GB IDE)\| Graphics Card: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB \| PSU: 550W JouJou \| DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professional Laptop (Acer 1501Lce) CPU: Athlon64 3000+ \| RAM:512MB DDR333 \| HDD: 40GB \| Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 \| DVD/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professiona
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05/10/2004 09:06 PM
merlin371 Alpha Geek Posts: 2985 Joined: 02/24/2004	but you still can't acces the other computer, try going to my computer and on the address bar type in \\192.168.0.X and use this \ not / or it won't work
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05/10/2004 09:21 PM
~BlaZe~ Member Posts: 32 Joined: 04/24/2004	ok. ive got the hard disk showing up in my laptops "network places" and it cant connect to the disk. i tryed mapping it and i get the following screen below. http://www31.brinkster.com/stuff43/share.jpg' ">http://www31.brinkster.com/stuff43/share.jpg Edit: Replaced large inline image with a link to the image. ------------------------- Desktop PC CPU: Athlon64 3200+ Cooler: ThermalTake SilentBoost K8 \| Case: ThermalTake Xaser III \| Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-K8VT800 PRO \| RAM: 1GB DDR400 PC3200 \| HDD: 610GB(250GBB SATA 8MB Times 2, 40GB IDE, 20GB IDE)\| Graphics Card: Radeon X800 PRO 256MB \| PSU: 550W JouJou \| DVD-RW/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professional Laptop (Acer 1501Lce) CPU: Athlon64 3000+ \| RAM:512MB DDR333 \| HDD: 40GB \| Graphics Card: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 \| DVD/CD-RW Drive \| OS: Windows XP Professiona
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