Personal Home Network Setup

altronataku · 03-19-2007, 05:11 PM

I want to set up a wireless home network between my desktop (Sony Vaio XP Home) and my laptop (Alienware Sentia Vista Home Premium). I want to be able to share files and my printer without having to connect them through LAN or any wired connection.

My PC's network connection is: Internet modem -> Linksys hub -> PC (wired connections).

My laptop uses a built-in wireless network card that picks up the Linksys router.

So with these two different OS's, how can I set up a home network so that I can share files wirelessly between the two computers and also be able to access my printer (connected to the PC) from my laptop?

I tried the Network Setup Wizard on the PC but, 2 problems:
1. My laptop is a Vista, so I think there might be compatibility issues
2. It had an option for creating a Network Disc for different OS's, but required using a floppy disc and my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

altronataku · 03-21-2007, 01:03 PM

Anybody?

foolios · 03-21-2007, 02:49 PM

Make a folder on each computer shared.
Put them both in the same workgroup. That also might help you.

altronataku · 03-21-2007, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foolios

Make a folder on each computer shared.
Put them both in the same workgroup. That also might help you.

Thanks for your help. But what is a workgroup and how do I make shared folders?

foolios · 03-21-2007, 03:37 PM

there we go. that's the problem.

In order for the computers to want to work with the network there has to be a share to give it reason to.

Right click a folder, click on sharing and security.

Good Luck!

altronataku · 03-21-2007, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foolios

there we go. that's the problem.

In order for the computers to want to work with the network there has to be a share to give it reason to.

Right click a folder, click on sharing and security.

Good Luck!

So if I set up the shared folders on both computers, they will automatically detect eachother and connect to eachother?

Also how can I share my printer by doing this, as the printer something I can share in a folder...

foolios · 03-21-2007, 07:58 PM

You must enable sharing of a folder for it to transmit it's availablity to the network.
If you look at a network and nothing is shared, you won't see anything. That looks to be the problem you are having.

FOr sharing the printer:

Go to start > printers and faxes

If it doesnt show up there, go to control panel > printers

Right click the printer attached to that computer, click on sharing...

03-19-2007, 05:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
altronataku Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Window Vista Home Premium and Window XP Home Edition	Personal Home Network Setup I want to set up a wireless home network between my desktop (Sony Vaio XP Home) and my laptop (Alienware Sentia Vista Home Premium). I want to be able to share files and my printer without having to connect them through LAN or any wired connection. My PC's network connection is: Internet modem -> Linksys hub -> PC (wired connections). My laptop uses a built-in wireless network card that picks up the Linksys router. So with these two different OS's, how can I set up a home network so that I can share files wirelessly between the two computers and also be able to access my printer (connected to the PC) from my laptop? I tried the Network Setup Wizard on the PC but, 2 problems: 1. My laptop is a Vista, so I think there might be compatibility issues 2. It had an option for creating a Network Disc for different OS's, but required using a floppy disc and my laptop doesn't have a floppy drive. Any help is greatly appreciated.

03-21-2007, 01:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
altronataku Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8 OS: Window Vista Home Premium and Window XP Home Edition	Re: Personal Home Network Setup Anybody?

03-21-2007, 02:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
foolios Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12 OS: XP	Re: Personal Home Network Setup Make a folder on each computer shared. Put them both in the same workgroup. That also might help you.

03-21-2007, 03:37 PM	#5 (permalink)
foolios Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12 OS: XP	Re: Personal Home Network Setup there we go. that's the problem. In order for the computers to want to work with the network there has to be a share to give it reason to. Right click a folder, click on sharing and security. Good Luck!

03-21-2007, 07:58 PM	#7 (permalink)
foolios Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 12 OS: XP	Re: Personal Home Network Setup You must enable sharing of a folder for it to transmit it's availablity to the network. If you look at a network and nothing is shared, you won't see anything. That looks to be the problem you are having. FOr sharing the printer: Go to start > printers and faxes If it doesnt show up there, go to control panel > printers Right click the printer attached to that computer, click on sharing... Last edited by foolios : 03-21-2007 at 07:59 PM.