Is what I have peer-to-peer?

[Deon H]

Hi there and thanx for not flaming me.

I have a 4 PC wireless network. Each has access to the net through my
wireless ADSL Router.

I want both of these PC's to share the shared folder with the other and
the one PC must share the printer connected to it.

Through GOOGLE I have come accross this tutorial to setup a peer-to-peer
network. As wording of this kind is new to me, I'm not sure if this is
the one.

http://www.utexas.edu/its/wireless/install/install_peer.html

I don't know the wording for it, but I want PC's to share the "shared
folder"with the others.

Knowing what I want, I must begin now to do it.

Thanx for your help.

Deon

 

[PA Bear]

See if this page of MVP Steve Winograd's helps you, Deon:

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ:
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm
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[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

See if this page of MVP Steve Winograd's helps you, Deon:

Steve Winograd's Networking FAQ:
http://www.bcmaven.com/networking/faq.htm

Thanks for the plug, Bear.

Deon, you have a peer-to-peer network. Some of what that tutorial
says applies to your setup, and some of it doesn't. For example, your
wireless network uses Infrastructure mode, not Ad-Hoc mode.

Run XP's Network Setup Wizard on each computer:

XP ICS - Starting the Network Setup Wizard
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/networksetupwiz.htm

If the Wizard finds a shared Internet connection, tell it to use that
connection. If it doesn't, tell it that you connect to the Internet
through a residential gateway (router). The Wizard will automatically
create a Shared Documents folder on each computer and share the
printer.
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[Sleepless in Seattle]

Never use the wizard.

XP File sharing etc. explained

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_filesharing/index.htm
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp/filesharing.htm
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/troubleshoot/
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0204.mspx

 

[NobodyMan]

Hi there and thanx for not flaming me.

Not so quick...you can't thank us for "not flaming you" until after
you haven't been flamed.......

I have a 4 PC wireless network. Each has access to the net through my
wireless ADSL Router.

So you have four PCs. OK.

I want both of these PC's to share the shared folder with the other and
the one PC must share the printer connected to it.

"I want both of these PCs..." - so what happened to the other two?
You just said you have a Four PC network!

Through GOOGLE I have come accross this tutorial to setup a peer-to-peer
network. As wording of this kind is new to me, I'm not sure if this is
the one.

Yes, you have a P2P network. If you aren't using a domain controller
running a Server OS, then you are running in p2p mode.

 

[Deon H]

Hi there,

thanx for all the advice.

Sorry, my mistake - it is 4 PC's


Keep well!

Deon