Copy a file from wireless laptop to wired PC?

[Stan Hilliard]

How can I copy a file from my wireless laptop to my wired desktop PC?

The configuration is:

Cable --> Cable modem --> PC Ethernet card --> router --> Wireless to
Laptop.

The OS is:

Desktop: Win98SE

Laptop: Win XP home edition

What can I set up to copy a file from the laptop over the wireless
connection to the desktop PC.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Plug the cable modem into the router's WAN port and the pc into a wired
router port. Connect the wireless pc to the private network via the router's
wireless network.

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| How can I copy a file from my wireless laptop to my wired desktop PC?
|
| The configuration is:
|
| Cable --> Cable modem --> PC Ethernet card --> router --> Wireless to
| Laptop.
|
| The OS is:
|
| Desktop: Win98SE
|
| Laptop: Win XP home edition
|
| What can I set up to copy a file from the laptop over the wireless
| connection to the desktop PC.

 

[Ron Martell]

How can I copy a file from my wireless laptop to my wired desktop PC?

The configuration is:

Cable --> Cable modem --> PC Ethernet card --> router --> Wireless to
Laptop.

The OS is:

Desktop: Win98SE

Laptop: Win XP home edition

What can I set up to copy a file from the laptop over the wireless
connection to the desktop PC.

If your physical layout is as you have described it then you need to
rearrange them.

It should be:

Cable --> Cable Modem --> Router (WAN Port) --> Router (LAN Port) - PC
--> Wireless to Laptop

Once that is set up you need to ensure that the TCP/IP protocol is
installed on the Win98SE machine, that it is bound to Ethernet card
and is using DHCP rather than a fixed i.p. address.

Then you need to ensure that both the Desktop and the Laptop are using
the same Workgroup name and that their computer names are different.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Stan Hilliard]

If your physical layout is as you have described it then you need to
rearrange them.

It should be:

Cable --> Cable Modem --> Router (WAN Port) --> Router (LAN Port) - PC
--> Wireless to Laptop

It was and is that way. My mistake.

Once that is set up you need to ensure that the TCP/IP protocol is
installed on the Win98SE machine, that it is bound to Ethernet card
and is using DHCP rather than a fixed i.p. address.
Yes

Then you need to ensure that both the Desktop and the Laptop are using
the same Workgroup name and that their computer names are different.

The Workgroup names were the same except for case. In case the name is
case-sensitive, I made them exactly the same by changing the Desktop
to match the Laptop.

I have shared a drive on the Desktop PC. What do I have to do now to
make the Laptop recognize the PC and its shared drive?

Stan Hilliard

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

It was and is that way. My mistake.


The Workgroup names were the same except for case. In case the name is
case-sensitive, I made them exactly the same by changing the Desktop
to match the Laptop.

I have shared a drive on the Desktop PC. What do I have to do now to
make the Laptop recognize the PC and its shared drive?

Stan Hilliard

Workgroup names aren't case sensitive. Using the same workgroup name
on both computers makes some networking tasks a little easier, but it
isn't necessary.

On the Laptop, click Start | Run, type the name of the Desktop PC in
the box in this format, and click OK:

\\name

That will open a window showing the Desktop's shared drives.
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addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

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[Stan Hilliard]

Workgroup names aren't case sensitive. Using the same workgroup name
on both computers makes some networking tasks a little easier, but it
isn't necessary.

On the Laptop, click Start | Run, type the name of the Desktop PC in
the box in this format, and click OK:

\\name

That will open a window showing the Desktop's shared drives.

That allowed me to connect from the Laptop to the Desktop and browse
and copy files in the shared drives.

But it only works with the Desktop's Sygate Personal Firewall turned
off!

How can I tell the firewall to allow the Laptop to pass? I know the
name (CPQ1556 ...) and the remote host number (192.168. ...) of the
laptop, but I don't know how to tell the firewall to pass it.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Check the documentation for your software for instructions but you'll need
to open up TCP ports 139 and 445, and UDP ports 137 and 138.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| That allowed me to connect from the Laptop to the Desktop and browse
| and copy files in the shared drives.
|
| But it only works with the Desktop's Sygate Personal Firewall turned
| off!
|
| How can I tell the firewall to allow the Laptop to pass? I know the
| name (CPQ1556 ...) and the remote host number (192.168. ...) of the
| laptop, but I don't know how to tell the firewall to pass it.

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

:
| That allowed me to connect from the Laptop to the Desktop and browse
| and copy files in the shared drives.
|
| But it only works with the Desktop's Sygate Personal Firewall turned
| off!
|
| How can I tell the firewall to allow the Laptop to pass? I know the
| name (CPQ1556 ...) and the remote host number (192.168. ...) of the
| laptop, but I don't know how to tell the firewall to pass it.

Check the documentation for your software for instructions but you'll need
to open up TCP ports 139 and 445, and UDP ports 137 and 138.

Is that safe, Dave? Wouldn't that open holes in the firewall that
anyone, including hackers on the Internet, could exploit?

Stan, software firewalls typically let you put a range of IP addresses
(such as 192.168.x.x) into a "trusted" zone. That allows all types of
access by your own computers, while blocking all types of access by
everyone else. Check the Sygate documentation for how to do that.
--
Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[Dave Patrick]

Yes, the router should have those ports closed out of the private network.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Is that safe, Dave? Wouldn't that open holes in the firewall that
| anyone, including hackers on the Internet, could exploit?
|
| Stan, software firewalls typically let you put a range of IP addresses
| (such as 192.168.x.x) into a "trusted" zone. That allows all types of
| access by your own computers, while blocking all types of access by
| everyone else. Check the Sygate documentation for how to do that.
| --
| Best Wishes,
| Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
|
| Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
| for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
| addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
|
| Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[peter]

This could go on for days.....so here is a graphical website that will
expalin in detail how to setup a wired or wireless LAN
with security
http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/net.asp
peter

 

[Bill Sharpe]

This could go on for days.....so here is a graphical website that will
expalin in detail how to setup a wired or wireless LAN
with security
http://www.homenethelp.com/web/howto/net.asp
peter

If the OP only has one file to copy between computers(subject was "copy
a file...") he should be able to do so by sending it as an e-mail
attachment to himself.

If he wants to do so on a regular basis then follow thread advice.

Bill