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Old 05-10-2009, 08:56 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Forcing files to transfer over WIRED instead of WIRELESS connection

You don't have valid IP addresses on the wired connection, which is the basic issue.

Configure the wired connections on the machines as follows.

PC #1:
IP address: 192.168.9.1
Subnet Address: 255.255.255.0

PC #2:
IP address: 192.168.9.2
Subnet Address: 255.255.255.0

Leave the Default Gateway and DNS Server addresses blank.

Make sure any firewalls are configured to put the 192.168.9.x subnet in the trusted zone.

Finally, you'll have to enable fine/print sharing on the machines and actually share one or more folders or drives. Also, make sure that NETBIOS over TCP/IP is enabled on both machines for this connection.

Here's a page that describes the process in detail: http://www.howtodothings.com/compute...2-pcs-directly
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