Help please Laptop & PC networking via wireless router

currob · 06-25-2008, 06:19 AM

Hi, I have a laptop and a wireless router setup at present. I also have an old desktop pc, if i could connect it via my wireless router to my laptop then i could transfer and store files that i download with my laptop to the pc - i would put a large hard drive in the pc to take the files. Is this possible to do? It would be cheaper than buying a usb external hard drive.

matt261102 · 06-25-2008, 08:06 AM

Your wireless router should have a 4 port ethernet switch on the back of it. Plug your desktop into one of these ports. If you assign both computers to the same workgroup, you can create a shared folder on your desktop that you can move files to.

Let us know if you need any help with this process.

Matt

06-25-2008, 06:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
currob Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: united kingdom Posts: 1 OS: windows vista home premium	Help please Laptop & PC networking via wireless router Hi, I have a laptop and a wireless router setup at present. I also have an old desktop pc, if i could connect it via my wireless router to my laptop then i could transfer and store files that i download with my laptop to the pc - i would put a large hard drive in the pc to take the files. Is this possible to do? It would be cheaper than buying a usb external hard drive.

06-25-2008, 08:06 AM	#2 (permalink)
matt261102 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 155 OS: XP, Vista, Server2003, Fedora	Re: Help please Laptop & PC networking via wireless router Your wireless router should have a 4 port ethernet switch on the back of it. Plug your desktop into one of these ports. If you assign both computers to the same workgroup, you can create a shared folder on your desktop that you can move files to. Let us know if you need any help with this process. Matt