How do I network 2 computers?

[Y_lifter]

Why don't you either contribute to the thread or post elsewhere? Or better yet, stick around and entertain us with your penis envy.

I did contribute you felching flammer.. I said have someone come in and do this shit right so you won't be posting up next week crying that the shit isn't working right due to your inept installation..

And I am quite happy with my penis, thank you very much..

 

[AAP]

I did contribute you felching flammer.. I said have someone come in and do this shit right so you won't be posting up next week crying that the shit isn't working right due to your inept installation..

And I am quite happy with my penis, thank you very much..

Listen queerholio, perhaps you can put your internet skillz to better use for something other than researching how to cure the testiclitis that your chin is inflicted with and post up a solution.

 

[AAP]

Anyway... I won't be at home until about 10PM tonight to try to fool with those two again.

I am beginning to think maybe my firewall is what is causing the computers to not see each other. Both computers have their own firewall. I am going to try to disable it and see if that helps later.

 

[AAP]

Mava & yossa

Those devices would still require me to use the keyboard and mouse for each seperate box right? I want to get rid of those as well.

 

[ZKaudio]

Anyway... I won't be at home until about 10PM tonight to try to fool with those two again.

I am beginning to think maybe my firewall is what is causing the computers to not see each other. Both computers have their own firewall. I am going to try to disable it and see if that helps later.

by default, windows firewall will not disable windows networking.

For the record you do NOT need to make a network floppy disk or w/e they call it. Just perform the same steps on each computer. try sharing a folder on each after running the wizard, then restart after folders are shared. Go into:

mynetworkplaces/ entire network/ microsoft windows network/ insertdomainnamehere/ insertcomputernamehere

 

[AAP]

by default, windows firewall will not disable windows networking.

For the record you do NOT need to make a network floppy disk or w/e they call it. Just perform the same steps on each computer. try sharing a folder on each after running the wizard, then restart after folders are shared. Go into:

mynetworkplaces/ entire network/ microsoft windows network/ insertdomainnamehere/ insertcomputernamehere

I tried that.

Here is the scenario on how it is doing :

Computer 1 -
Entire Network
-->Microsoft Network
---->MSHOME
------>Computer 1 (can see everything on here, all files shared)
------>Computer 2 (can see NOTHING. Just the name, says I have to have administrator permission. I am already Administrator on both boxes)


Computer 2 -
Entire Network
-->Microsoft Network
---->MSHOME (when I click here, NOTHING shows up. Not even Computer 2 itself. It just says I do not have permission to access network.)

Now I do have Norton Internet Security enabled. I think that is a firewall type thingy. Maybe I should disable it?

 

[jnuts]

Both computers have their own firewall. I am going to try to disable it and see if that helps later.

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Yes, it is probably dicking up the file sharing. When I setup my dad's system, the firewall was messing it up until I opened up the ports. Trouble shoot by turning them off. I think that is the prob. BTW, he was running Norton too.

 

[dawookie]

Try this:

get the ip addresses of each of the computers you are working from (the name of the computer will also work for this)
to get an ip address: click start, click run, in the run command window type cmd and press enter. this brings you to a black dos window.
at dos type ipconfig
you will get an ip address of the computer you are on. write this down.

now from another computer that is on the network and click on the start button, then click run, and in the run box type //ipaddressfromtheotherpc/c$

it may then ask you for an id and password, here you would put the id of the administrator of the machine and a password if there is a password.


This will manually connect you to the other computer. you can also map a network drive if this works, by opening 'my computer', then click on tools, and choose map network drive. pick a drive letter to use, and for path put in \\ipaddressforothercomputer\c$ .. if you needed to put a password when connecting manually, click on the link 'connect using another computer' and put the id and password in here.

 

[ZKaudio]

if you have a router, there is a very large chance, it has a built in firewall... unless you are terror suspect or something, I really doubt anyone's going to waste teh time hacking past that to then be foiled by your software firewall... i'd disable all software firewalls to make youre life simpler.

 

[AAP]

if you have a router, there is a very large chance, it has a built in firewall... unless you are terror suspect or something, I really doubt anyone's going to waste teh time hacking past that to then be foiled by your software firewall... i'd disable all software firewalls to make youre life simpler.

I have a 2Wire wireless router and a Lynksis printer server running. All the computer have wireless network cards in them.