Guest SomorPlz Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 I would like to know how to get certain files off another computer without connecting through the internet. I havea patch over cable
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Accessing another computer "SomorPlz" <SomorPlz@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:99C29C52-A899-4EA2-9032-9D65859462A1@microsoft.com... > I would like to know how to get certain files off another computer without > connecting through the internet. I havea patch over cable It's actually a "crossover" cable. To make this work, you have to manually assign fixed IP addresses (like 192.168.1.100 for one, and 192.168.1.101 for the other, netmask of 255.255.255.0) and the same workgroup. You also have to actually share the files or folders you want access to. For example, http://www.computing.net/networking/wwwboard/forum/24735.html If you have both systems attached to a router, you don't need (and can't use) the crossover cable, and the router will provide the IP addresses. Once that's done, you can share files. However, this *will* break any other networking done with the adapters you set fixed IPs for. Make notes of any changes you made. HTH -pk
Guest SomorPlz Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Accessing another computer I think I'm in over my head here using crossover cables
Guest Elmo Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Accessing another computer SomorPlz wrote: > I would like to know how to get certain files off another computer without > connecting through the internet. I havea patch over cable Use a Thumb drive? The USB cable I have has drivers for W98 and XP machines. It also has its own software to let you drag files from one machine to the other. USB Link Cable, under $30. -- Joe =o)
Guest SomorPlz Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: Accessing another computer Found my anwers here http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?catalog=LCID%3d1033&1033comm=1&spid=1173&query=Configure+a+Direct+Cable+Connection+with+Windows+XP+Home+Edition&pwt=false&title=false&kt=ALL&mdt=0&res=20&ast=1&ast=4&mode=a&adv=1
Guest Plato Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: Accessing another computer =?Utf-8?B?U29tb3JQbHo=?= wrote: > > I would like to know how to get certain files off another computer without > connecting through the internet. I havea patch over cable Get a router and setup a network. Networking http://www.howstuffworks.com/home-network.htm http://www.homenethelp.com/home-network.asp http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/ http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/category04 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/default.mspx http://compnetworking.about.com/od/windowsxpnetworking/Windows_XP_Networking_Microsoft_Windows_XP.htm http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813936 http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking/xp_network.htm http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/getstarted/default.mspx -- http://www.bootdisk.com/
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