Ethernetting to my Notebook

[Guest]

I want to transfer a bunch of files from my desktop to my notebook and I
thought I would use ethernet instead of my wifi network to speed up the
transfer.

Both computers use XP SP2.

I thought that if I just connected up ethernet that wizards would walk me
through it. Silly me.

So if anyone can tell me how I do this I would be very grateful.

 

[Guest]

By the way. What I did is plug the notebook into the router to which my
desktop is always plugged.

I ran a wizard on the desktop but can't seem to run one on the notebook. My
desktop complains that there is another device with the same IP on the
network.

 

[Guest]

From searching this newgroup I think that what I should do it temporarily
disconnect my router from the desktop and use that (my only) ethernet port to
connect directly (with a crossover cable) to the notebook with file and
printer sharing.

Then I can transfer my files, disconnect the crossover cables, reconnect the
router to the desktop, and be back in my previous configuration with both
computers sharing the wifi net.

Is this OK? Any advice? Do I call up the wizard on each computer?

 

[Guest]

This may not sound very helpful, especially from someone waiting for an
answer to their own query, but if it isnt broke dont try and fix it.

Chances are that the few extra minutes you take to do what you want to do
with your working wifi can end up in hours of frustration trying to configure
a new ethernet network.

 

[Guest]

markelvin,

The problem is that I want to transfer about 30 gigabytes of data and my
notebook uses the 11 megabit 802.11b so it will take at least 24 hours if not
more to make the transfers.

So I would like to accomplish this at ethernet speeds assuming this can be
done with some finite amount of frustation.

 

[Hans-Georg Michna]

The problem is that I want to transfer about 30 gigabytes of data and my
notebook uses the 11 megabit 802.11b so it will take at least 24 hours if not
more to make the transfers.

So I would like to accomplish this at ethernet speeds assuming this can be
done with some finite amount of frustation.

Grok,

the way to go is to connect both computers to the router.

Normally the DHCP server should be enabled in the router and all
IP address, subnet mask, standard gateway, and DNS server
settings should be set to automatic in all connected computers.

Then you should get rid of the error message and can work on the
transfers.

For that, of course, the computers have to be set up properly
for file sharing, i.e. they have to actually share the files.

For more detailed information in case you have more networking
problems, please see http://winhlp.com/wxnet.htm .

Hans-Georg

 

[jameshanley39]

From searching this newgroup I think that what I should do it temporarily
disconnect my router from the desktop and use that (my only) ethernet port to
connect directly (with a crossover cable) to the notebook with file and
printer sharing.

Then I can transfer my files, disconnect the crossover cables, reconnect the
router to the desktop, and be back in my previous configuration with both
computers sharing the wifi net.

Is this OK? Any advice? Do I call up the wizard on each computer?

file and printer sharing is a bit of a job to set up, 'cos can be many
issues.

I prefer to transfer files through remote desktop. It's less of a job.

I don't know why your laptop isn't getting its ip from the router
anyway. You can tell it to. I wouldn't bother with the crossover
cable. It may have to be a crossover cable not straight through else
error, and if all you use is that crossover cable, then you won't have
internet access during the procedure.
It's good to connect your machines to your router (use straight
through cables). The home router, can hand out ips to them, 'cos it's
not just a router. You'll have internet access so you can google
easily if you run into difficulties.

 

[RalfG]

You don't need a crossover cable with a router. Some routers might not even
work with a crossover cable.
Your problem likely stems from contention between the ethernet and wireless
adapters in the laptop. The simplest way around it would be to temporarily
disable the wireless connection in Network Connections. Set up the ethernet
adapter on the laptop to use DHCP and connect to the router with a normal
ethernet cable. If the router accepts a crossover cable connection you can
use that if it is all you have.

If you want to use a direct connection to the desktop's ethernet port then
you do need to use a crossover cable. In this scenario there is NO DHCP
server, so you would also have to set the IPs of both the desktop and laptop
manually. Keep it simple, use 192.168.0.5 for one and 192.168.0.10 for the
other, with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 for both. There is no DNS server
or Gateway but you may need to enable NetBios on the WINS tab in the
Advanced TCP/IP settings on both. Make sure file and printer sharing is
enabled on both computers and that whatever software firewalls are installed
are not blocking it.