Wireless/Wired Network

[Lance Cole]

I just purchased a new laptop (WIN XP HOME) along with a wireless router and
wireless card. I set up a home network. The broadband internet access
(cable) works fine for both my PC (running WIN ME and connected to the
router via a cat5 cable through one of the lan ports) and the laptop. I can
See the shared files on the PC from the laptop and I can use the PC's
printer from the laptop. I can not, however, access the laptop' shared
files from the PC.

When I set up the home network on the Laptop using the XP home network
wizard it said that it could make a file on a floppy to use on the PC not
using XP to help set up the network. The new laptop however does not have a
floppy drive. Should I get an exteranl drive so I can create this disk? I
tried to save it to the hard drive and e-mail it to the PC but it will only
save to a removable drive.

Thanks,

Lance Cole

[Dave Lowther]

"Lance Cole" > wrote in message
...
> When I set up the home network on the Laptop using the XP home network
> wizard it said that it could make a file on a floppy to use on the PC not
> using XP to help set up the network. The new laptop however does not have
a
> floppy drive. Should I get an exteranl drive so I can create this disk?
I
> tried to save it to the hard drive and e-mail it to the PC but it will
only
> save to a removable drive.

Taking your above reasoning one step further. Why not save it to floppy
(perhaps copy to hard disk from floppy) and then e-mail it to the PC from
the floppy ?

[Lance Cole]

There is no floppy to save it to. I guess I need to buy a usb floppy or zip


"Dave Lowther" > wrote in message
...
> "Lance Cole" > wrote in message
> ...
> > When I set up the home network on the Laptop using the XP home network
> > wizard it said that it could make a file on a floppy to use on the PC
not
> > using XP to help set up the network. The new laptop however does not
have
> a
> > floppy drive. Should I get an exteranl drive so I can create this disk?
> I
> > tried to save it to the hard drive and e-mail it to the PC but it will
> only
> > save to a removable drive.
>
> Taking your above reasoning one step further. Why not save it to floppy
> (perhaps copy to hard disk from floppy) and then e-mail it to the PC from
> the floppy ?
>
>