File And Printer Sharing Over WIFI Router

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KiLLerZm

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Wannabe Geek

#16008 19-Sep-2007 20:03

Hi All,

I have just brought a laptop with wifi, which runs XP Pro. I have a desktop which runs on Xp home. The Desktop pc is connected to a belkin wifi router, through an ethernet cable. My laptop connects to the router through wifi. I can go on the internet over wifi, but cannot seem to share files and printer between the 2 computers over the wifi router. Could someone please tell and show me how to file and printer share over a wireless router.

Cheers

tonyhughes

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#87242 19-Sep-2007 20:07

Should be simple.

Set the workgroups to be the same as each other ('WORKGROUP' or 'MSHOME')
Enable sharing on the resources you want
Connect / browse from the other machine

Where are you getting stuck?

tonyhughes

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#87243 19-Sep-2007 20:08

Oh.... and welcome to the GZ forums...

riahon

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#87276 19-Sep-2007 22:24

Do a search on MS site for this:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4f01a31d-ee46-481e-ba11-37f485fa34ea&DisplayLang=en

WindowsXP-KB922120-v5-x86-ENU.exe

I went through similar problem but this installed on XP machines allow it to be seen by Vista so you can transfer files.

HTH

KiLLerZm

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#87303 20-Sep-2007 08:09

Hi,

I have set up a home network. When i click my network places, then select view work group computers, i can see my desktop PC but when i double click it, it says ..... is not accessible, You might not have permission to use this network resourced. How do i get into the files of my desktop pc