[exparisstevie]

Hi,

I'm new to networking and have just set up a wireless router at home. I can now connect to the internet from both my desktop and laptop. What I want to do now is be able to access drives from both on both and if it's possible to be able to play music throuth the audio setup on the desktop (laptop speakers aren't good) from the laptop

Can anyone explain what I need to do please? - As I say i'm a newb to this so would need step by steps on how to do stuff.

Thanks for any help


Stevie

 

[Fr4665]

have a read here http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304040/EN-US/ this will show you how to share folders over the network.

another good tool is windows media player. share the music folder over the network and then access the music folder through windows media player as a library.

also you can stream music using the tool VLC (google for it)

 

[exparisstevie]

Struggling

I don't know what i'm doing wrong, I've allowed the drives on the desktop to be shared, I've ensured all firewalls are allowing netbios incoming and outgoing, but when i try and map the drive on the laptop it shows entire network>microsoft network>home - but then nothing!

Any ideas anyone?

 

[Fr4665]

so you have shared the folders and everything but you cant see the computers ?

did you make sure that the computers are in the same workgroup ? right click on my computer and go to computer name there it will state what workgroup it is it. usually this isnt needed to make it work but it can sometimes hinder it from functioning.

 

[exparisstevie]

same work group name

Hi,

Yep, I checked the comuternames on both pc's - they're on the same workgroup

 

[johnwill]

Checklist for networking Windows Machines with TCP/IP
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- PCs which are not XP must have TCP/IP installed.
- Each PC must have a unique computer name.
- Each PC must have a network share defined.
- ALL NICS must be on the same subnet (e.g. IP 192.168.0.* subnet mask 255.255.255.0).
- XP PCs must have Netbios over TCP/IP enabled (only essential for XP to talk to W9X PCs).
- MS Client and file & printer sharing must be enabled on each machine.
- All NICs must have their node type = anything except p-node (peer to peer, or point-point).
* To check, open a command prompt and type IPCONFIG /ALL.
- XP's ICF firewall is permanently disabled. (Only necessary for pre XP SP2).
- All 3rd party firewalls are disabled, uninstalled and deleted (until connection is working).
- PCs have the same workgroup (helps, but not essential for XP/2K, necessary for 9X/ME).

Allow 15 mins after rebooting a PC for that PC to appear in the workgroup, or
for it to see all other PCs. Or you can search for the PC by its computer name.


Additional things to check if you still have problems:
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- Check your Services are Started on all PCs: Workstation, DHCP Client, Server, TCP/IP Netbios helper, Computer Browser.
- XP gives access to its shares via the Net Guest Account. (Note, not the same as the local guest account in user accounts which should be off). Net Guest Account is enabled by default in XP, but to check it, open a command prompt and type: NET USER GUEST
Should return a line with 'Account active yes'.


Check XP Security policies:
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- Access this computer from the network: add guest
- Deny logon locally: remove guest
- Network access:Sharing and security model... -> Guest only
- Deny access to this computer from the network-> check Guest is not here.