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I have two laptops, both running Windows XP Pro. One was recently upgraded
to SP2. The other had all the recent updates not including SP2.
They both have PC card wireless cards--one D-Link (only b), the other
Netgear (b&g).
I do not have an access point. I would just like to connect the two
computers occasionally to transfer files, etc. In other words, an "ad hoc"
connection.
File sharing is enabled on both computers, in the root directory of the boot
drive, for the whole drive.
I can sometimes get it so both computers say they are connected to the
"default" network, In looking at the status windows of these connections,
both say that they have sent data, but received nothing, 0 bytes.
I can find no way to access the hard drive of the other computer. In "My
Computer", "Tools", I click "Map Network Drive", but no network drive is
found, that can be mapped to a drive letter.
I tried the new "Set up Wireless Network" (or whatever it's called) applet
on the SP2 computer, but that is apparently only for infrastructure
connections, not for ad hoc connections like I am trying to create.
Is there anyone reading who could give me any advice, on how to get this to
work? I would appreciate it very much. Thank you.
to SP2. The other had all the recent updates not including SP2.
They both have PC card wireless cards--one D-Link (only b), the other
Netgear (b&g).
I do not have an access point. I would just like to connect the two
computers occasionally to transfer files, etc. In other words, an "ad hoc"
connection.
File sharing is enabled on both computers, in the root directory of the boot
drive, for the whole drive.
I can sometimes get it so both computers say they are connected to the
"default" network, In looking at the status windows of these connections,
both say that they have sent data, but received nothing, 0 bytes.
I can find no way to access the hard drive of the other computer. In "My
Computer", "Tools", I click "Map Network Drive", but no network drive is
found, that can be mapped to a drive letter.
I tried the new "Set up Wireless Network" (or whatever it's called) applet
on the SP2 computer, but that is apparently only for infrastructure
connections, not for ad hoc connections like I am trying to create.
Is there anyone reading who could give me any advice, on how to get this to
work? I would appreciate it very much. Thank you.