home network

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I have a small network at home which uses one laptop(xp) and a desktop(2000).
Both have been connecting to the internet through a linksys router (the
laptop is wireless).

I recently upgraded the desktop to a larger hard drive and I want to use it
to store files.

Is there any way to have a setup that I can access my desktop from my laptop
using the wireless function of the linksys router?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I have a small network at home which uses one laptop(xp) and a desktop(2000).
Both have been connecting to the internet through a linksys router (the
laptop is wireless).

I recently upgraded the desktop to a larger hard drive and I want to use it
to store files.

Is there any way to have a setup that I can access my desktop from my laptop
using the wireless function of the linksys router?

On the WinXP PC, create local user account(s), with non-blank
password(s), that have the desired access privileges to the desired
shares. Log on to the other PCs using those account(s), and you will be
able to access the designated shares, provided your network is
configured properly. Also, make sure that WinXP's built-in firewall is
disabled on the internal LAN connection.

On the Win2K PC, create local user account(s), with non-blank
password(s), that have the desired access privileges to the desired
shares. Log on to the other PCs using those account(s), and you will be
able to access the designated shares, provided your network is
configured properly.

Usually, WinXP's Networking Wizard makes it simple and painless --
almost entirely automatic, in fact. There's a lot of useful,
easy-to-follow information in WinXP's Help & Support files, and here:

Home Networking
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/homenet/default.asp

Networking Information
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/networking.htm

PracticallyNetworked Home
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/index.htm

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

Configuring Windows 2000 Professional to Work in a Peer-to-Peer
Network
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q258717


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[Dave Patrick]

You'll want to create an account (in User Accounts) on the WinXP machine
with the username and password that you use to logon to the Windows 2000
machine with. Likewise you'll need to create an account (in Users and
Passwords) on the 2000 machine with the username and password that you use
to logon to the XP machine with. Then you'll need to share out the
resource(s) with permissions for those users. Also make sure they're all
part of the same workgroup. Then you'll no longer be prompted for the IPC$
password (Inter-process communication)

In a peer level workgroup, when you try to access resources on a Windows
NT/2000/XP/2003 machine, Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 needs to authenticate the
user. If the user account doesn't exist in it's local account database, then
access will be denied.

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:
|I have a small network at home which uses one laptop(xp) and a
desktop(2000).
| Both have been connecting to the internet through a linksys router (the
| laptop is wireless).
|
| I recently upgraded the desktop to a larger hard drive and I want to use
it
| to store files.
|
| Is there any way to have a setup that I can access my desktop from my
laptop
| using the wireless function of the linksys router?