New to home networking

[Jman13]

Hello. I just finished building my wife's computer and I'm trying to get my machine to talk to her machine. I have them patched through the network cards with a crossover cable, and run through the home network setup wizard, sharing all the drives, but the computers don't see each other. What do I need to do to get them to share drives, and is there a way for my wife's computer to use my modem to connect to the internet (her machine doesn't have a modem, but we're moving where we can finally get broadband, but until then, we have to suck it up with dialup)?

Both machines are running WinXp Home SP2. Mine's the one in my sig, hers is a Sempron machine.

Thanks.

 

[imported_JFG]

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/
to share your internet connection.

For the computers to talk you will want to put them in the same workgroup and make sure that their IP's are on the same network.

 

[JackMDS]

Log to this page it has a lot of links to instructions to Windows Network Settings, and Sharing.

Link to: Windows Network - Installing & Sharing.

:sun:

 

[nweaver]

don't use workgroups/network neighborhood to "netowork" and share files.

Can you ping the other computer's IP address, are the firewalls set to allow file sharing, can you open a run box and type in \\ipofothercomputer\ and get a prompt for username/password or the files shared?

 

[sjgmoney]

Originally posted by: nweaver
don't use workgroups/network neighborhood to "netowork" and share files.

Can you ping the other computer's IP address, are the firewalls set to allow file sharing, can you open a run box and type in \\ipofothercomputer\ and get a prompt for username/password or the files shared?

This line of thinking always has me scratching my head. I'm not knocking nweaver per se but why shouldn't double clicking network neighborhood, then workgroup show me my networked computers? Why should I have to type all that bs? Why should I have to teach my kids to click start, run, then type all that bs?

Follow Jack's instructions, set up sharing using NetBEUI protocol and your 5year old daughter, like mine, can click Network Neighborhood, then Workgroup, then access the files she wants on Dad's computer. All by clicking, not typing ip address crap.

 

[nweaver]

network neighborhood is a craptastic piece of unfinished malware....that is why I don't use it.

Map network drives, build batch files that have icons...give it the NN icon and name it "Shortcut to dad's computer".

 

[sjgmoney]

Originally posted by: nweaver

Map network drives, build batch files that have icons...give it the NN icon and name it "Shortcut to dad's computer".

All of that sounds much easier and less complicated than sharing using NetBEUI.

Not.