Pc to Laptop connection

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Do what Tripwire said except use \\ipaddress in the run box

Note, to find the IP address of the main PC, run cmd to get to the command prompt, then type ipconfig and make a note of the IP address.

Pete

 

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Krud. Forgot they are backwards slashes in Windows.

 

Some ya win

 

Okay, noob question but how do I find each of my computers ip's?

 

Bluerinse already answered that question but I'll flesh it out a bit.

Click Start

Click Run

Type "cmd" (without the quote marks) in the available field

Click OK

The command window will open

At the prompt, type ipconfig/all

Press Enter.

A list of information will appear. Next to IP Address is the ip address of your computer. Repeat this process on all the Windows computers you need this information on. These instructions will work on Both versions of XP (Pro and Home) and Windows 2000. See the screenshot attachment for what the final result should look like.

 

Okay had a breakthrough, that above works for accessing the laptop's files/folders from the main pc. I've even managed to copy and paste a shortcut to get there now. Still not working from laptop to pc though which is the main thing I need. When I try I get:

\\192.168.0.1
The network path was not found

Laptop ip \\192.168.0.146
Pc ip \\192.168.0.1

I have looked around the web and found a few things about checking local security in administrative tools and also 'simple file sharing' in the view around for folder settings. Strange thing is that none of these seem to be present to check on the laptop. Thought it may help you in helping me.

 

If you can get to the laptop from the PC, then the message you get shouldn't be:
"\\192.168.0.146
The network path was not found"
...since that's the laptop's IP but it should be:
"\\192.168.0.1
The network path was not found"
...which is the PC's IP. I'm kind of tired. Am I missing something?

 

Yeah I spotted that as soon as I did it and changed the post, you must of already been replying lol. Anyway... any thoughts?

 

I have loads of thoughts lol one is that nothing ever works even when it should be simple.

You should have NetBIOS over TCP/IP enabled and make sure the browser service is running - more info here... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318030

Make sure you have the same user name and password on both machines.

Disable any firewall software whilst testing connectivity otherwise it will probably prevent LAN packet transmission/reception. You only *need* a firewall on the machine that accesses the Internet.

Try mapping a drive to the share map \\servername\share in windows explorer >tools > map network drive. You could even give different user credentials here!

Make sure simple file sharing is turned off.

You could try installing Netbuei as well as TCP/IP as it is easy and needs no configuration.

Note XP home is a bear to network IMHO.

Pete

 

Still no joy. Very frustrating!

 

Here's some screenshots of the ipconfig for all, I'm not sure but some settings are enable on the pc that aren't on the laptop, not sure if this will have any effect.

 

All working, a mate of mine online who know's a bit about networking pointed out I hadn't run the network setup in Norton on the main pc. As soon as I did that it all started working. Thanks for all the help guys, wouldn't of even got this far without it!

 

Pete, I network machines all the time in workgroups that don't have the same username and password. When I connect, I get an authentication dialog, type the username and password for the box I want to access and bingo, I'm in.

EDIT: I didn't know you had to run anything in Norton to network.

 

Yeah there's a networking tab under the firewall settings with a wizard. Fixed the problem instantly.

 

Oh. Thought you'd disabled the firewall, mate.