Paul
January 10th 04, 01:14 AM
Larry - this was very helpful. I have a similar
problem. How important are your last two paragraphs?
On my network, machine A (XP) can see Machine B (ME) just
fine. From Machine B, I can ping machine A, but not
access it from Internet Explorer.
Thanks for any thoughts.
Paul
>-----Original Message-----
>Here's the deal, first make sure you have a common
>workgroup on your computers. Next it depends on how you
>are sharng your DSL connection, if you are using the
>simple DSL modem that is supplied via the DSL provider,
>most only have 1 RJ45 jack to connect 1 computer.
Assuming
>that you have a router with several jacks and you
>connected all computers to it via CAT5 network cable and
>you have a NIC card on each computer. Once connected
each
>computer should have it's own IP address. To see what
your
>address is at that moment click on START, RUN, type
>COMMAND or CMD and press ok. A Window pops up in that
>window type (ipconfig)you will see several lines come up
>IP Address, this is your address for that computer, the
>next line Subnet Mask dont worry about and the Default
>Gateway is your router for you local network. Ok lets
say
>your address is 192.168.1.100 for this computer. Repeat
>the same command on the other computers to find out
their
>address. They most like will be something like
>192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.102. Next try to PING each
one
>from the same window you opened for IPCONFIG, Example
>(ping 192.168.1.101) you should see several lines with a
>REPLY if not, oops something is wrong. Try to ping your
>router (ping 192.168.1.1) if a reply comes back good. If
>you can ping all computers then there are 3 ways of
>finding the other computers, one is to click on START -
>RUN in the white box type \\192.168.1.101 or anyone of
the
>ip addresses for the other computer. You will see
nothing
>for a bit so just sit back and wait for a few moments.
If
>the systems are seeing each other then a window will pop
>up either asking you to login in or showing you the
>resources available on the other computer.
>Or you can Click on My Network Places and search the
>Entire network.
>If by chance you used Internet Sharing on one computer
>that is connected to the DSL Modem a whole different
story
>since Internet sharing assigns it's own IP address group
>like 192.168.0.1 and so on.
>Make sure you logon to all computers with the same name
or
>create accounts on each computer for each user.
>
>Have fun
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I've networked my home computers and they are sharing a
>DSL
>>internet connection.
>>Now....how can I share files or transfer files between
the
>>three networked computers. Everytime I try to access
>>another computer I get an error message telling
me "Access
>>deined".
>>I don't have "permission". As far as I can tell, all the
>>computers are set up to allow complete access.....no
>>private files, etc.
>>DO I have to have XP Professional installed to do this ?
>>All I really want to do is transfer files between a
>desktop
>>and a laptop.
>>
>>Help
>>.
>>
>.
>
problem. How important are your last two paragraphs?
On my network, machine A (XP) can see Machine B (ME) just
fine. From Machine B, I can ping machine A, but not
access it from Internet Explorer.
Thanks for any thoughts.
Paul
>-----Original Message-----
>Here's the deal, first make sure you have a common
>workgroup on your computers. Next it depends on how you
>are sharng your DSL connection, if you are using the
>simple DSL modem that is supplied via the DSL provider,
>most only have 1 RJ45 jack to connect 1 computer.
Assuming
>that you have a router with several jacks and you
>connected all computers to it via CAT5 network cable and
>you have a NIC card on each computer. Once connected
each
>computer should have it's own IP address. To see what
your
>address is at that moment click on START, RUN, type
>COMMAND or CMD and press ok. A Window pops up in that
>window type (ipconfig)you will see several lines come up
>IP Address, this is your address for that computer, the
>next line Subnet Mask dont worry about and the Default
>Gateway is your router for you local network. Ok lets
say
>your address is 192.168.1.100 for this computer. Repeat
>the same command on the other computers to find out
their
>address. They most like will be something like
>192.168.1.101 and 192.168.1.102. Next try to PING each
one
>from the same window you opened for IPCONFIG, Example
>(ping 192.168.1.101) you should see several lines with a
>REPLY if not, oops something is wrong. Try to ping your
>router (ping 192.168.1.1) if a reply comes back good. If
>you can ping all computers then there are 3 ways of
>finding the other computers, one is to click on START -
>RUN in the white box type \\192.168.1.101 or anyone of
the
>ip addresses for the other computer. You will see
nothing
>for a bit so just sit back and wait for a few moments.
If
>the systems are seeing each other then a window will pop
>up either asking you to login in or showing you the
>resources available on the other computer.
>Or you can Click on My Network Places and search the
>Entire network.
>If by chance you used Internet Sharing on one computer
>that is connected to the DSL Modem a whole different
story
>since Internet sharing assigns it's own IP address group
>like 192.168.0.1 and so on.
>Make sure you logon to all computers with the same name
or
>create accounts on each computer for each user.
>
>Have fun
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I've networked my home computers and they are sharing a
>DSL
>>internet connection.
>>Now....how can I share files or transfer files between
the
>>three networked computers. Everytime I try to access
>>another computer I get an error message telling
me "Access
>>deined".
>>I don't have "permission". As far as I can tell, all the
>>computers are set up to allow complete access.....no
>>private files, etc.
>>DO I have to have XP Professional installed to do this ?
>>All I really want to do is transfer files between a
>desktop
>>and a laptop.
>>
>>Help
>>.
>>
>.
>